Determination of four aristolochic acid components in Zaizao pills by UPLC-MS/MS
OBJECTIVE To determine the aristolochic acid Ⅰ,aristolochic acid Ⅱ,aristolochic acid Ⅲ and aristolactam Ⅰin Zaizao pills by UPLC-MS/MS method.METHODS The chromatography was performed on Waters Acquity BEH UPLC C18 column(100 mm × 2.1 mm,1.7 μm)with methanol and 0.1%formic acid aqueous solution(containing 5 mmol·L-1 ammonium formate)at a gradient elution rate of 0.3 mL·min-1.The quantitative analysis was carried out by external standard method in multiple reaction monitoring mode with positive electrospray ionization.RESULTS The 4 aristolochic acids components showed good linearity in the range of test concentration,with correlation coefficients greater than 0.9990.The average recoveries were between 88.4%and 102.5%,with RSD less than 5%.CONCLUSION The established method is simple,sensitive,accurate,which can provide reference for the quality control of Zaizao pills.