Determination of Taxifolin and Quercetin in Polygoni Orientalis Fructus by UPLC
Objective To apply ultra performance liquid chromatography(UPLC)to establish a method for the simultaneous determination of taxifolin and quercetin in Polygoni Orientalis Fructus.Methods The separation was performed on an Agilent ZORBAX SB-C18 column with the gradient elution of acetonitrile-0.1%phosphoric acid in water as the mobile phase,the column temperature was 25 ℃,the detection wavelength was 290 nm,the flow rate was 0.2 mL·min-1,and the injection volume was 1 μL.Results The.established analytical method has been examined and found to be satisfactory.Taxifolin and quercetin exhibited a good linear relationship within the concentration range of 3.258 to 104.272 µg·mL-1 and 2.983 to 95.452 μg·mL-1,respectively,with a correlation coefficient(r2=0.9999).The average recovery rates of the spiked samples were 98.8%and 98.8%,with relative standard deviation(RSD)values of 1.9%and 2.2%,respectively.Conclusion The method is simple,rapid,and can determine the contents of taxifolin and quercetin at the same wavelength,which can provide a reference basis for the quality control of Polygoni Orientalis Fructus.