Determination of pectolinarin, ziyu-glycosideⅠ, ligustroflavone, specnuezhenide, demethylwedelolactone, and wedelolactone in Shenyanling Capsules by HPLC
Objective To develop an HPLC wavelength switching method for simultaneous determination of pectolinarin, ziyu-glycoside I, ligustroflavone, specnuezhenide, demethylwedelolactone, and wedelolactone, in Shenyanling Capsules. Methods HPLC method was adopted for the analysis on Agilent Extend-C18column (250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm). The mobile phase consisted of methanol -acetonitrile (1:1) and 0.5% glacial acetic acid solution with gradient elution. The detection wavelengths were 330 nm in 0 — 14 min (determination of pectolinarin), 203 nm in 14 — 20 min (determination of ziyu-glycoside I), 224 nm in 20 — 29 min ( determination of ligustroflavone and specnuezhenide) , and 351 nm in 29 — 45 min ( determination of demethylwedelolactone and wedelolactone).The flow rate was 0.8 mL/min, and the column temperature was set at 30 ℃ with injection volume of 10 μL. Results Pectolinarin, ziyu-glycoside I, ligustroflavone, specnuezhenide, demethylwedelolactone and wedelolactone had good linearity in the ranges of 2.97 — 59.40 , 19.59 — 391.80, 1.78 — 35.60, 4.96 — 99.20, 1.13 — 22.60, and 3.29 — 65.80 μg/mL, respectively. The average recoveries were 97.97%, 99.78%, 96.98%, 98.52%, 98.10%, and 99.10%, with RSD of 0.76%, 1.01%, 0.66%, 1.22 %, 0.95%, and 1.56%, respectively. Conclusions The method is simple and rapid which provides reference for quality standard of Shenyanling Capsules.