Simultaneous determination of gallic acid, corilagin and brevifolin in Phyllanthus urinaria by RP-HPLC
Objective To establish an HPLC method for simultaneous determination of gallic acid,corilagin and brevifolin in Phyllanthus urinaria. Methods The chromatographic separation was achieved on a Kromasil C18 (250 mm × 4. 6 mm, 5 μm) column with acetonitrile-0. 1 % phosphoric acid solution as mobile phase ( gradient elution). The flow rate was 1. 0 mL·min-1, the column temperature was maintained at 30 ℃, and the detective wavelength was set at 280 nm. Results The calibration curves of gallic acid,corilagin and brevifolin were linear in the range of 5.300-106.7 mg·L-1 (r = 0.999 8), 2.00 -40.6 mg·L-1 (r=0.999 7), 0.270-5.42 mg·L-1 (r = 0.999 7),respectively. The average recoveries(n =9) were 97.9%, 101.7%, 100. 2% ;and the RSDs were 1. 8%, 1.8%, 2.7% .respectively. Conclusions The method is reliable, accurate and reproducible for quality control of P. urinaria.