OBJECTIVE To establish an HPLC method for determination of the related substances in papaverine hydrochloride.METHODS NanoChrom ChromCore 120 C8 column was used;the mobile phase A consisted of 3.4 g·L-1 potassium dihydrogen phosphate aqueous solution,adjust pH t0 3.5 with phosphoric acid-acetonitrile(90∶10),the mobile phase B was methanol,with gradient elution at the flow rate of 0.8 mL·min-1;the detection wavelength was 238 nm;the column temperature was 50 ℃.RESULTS The minimum separation between the main component and each impurity was>1.5;Papaverine and its thirteen impurities showed a good linear relationship in the self-concentration range(r>0.999);and the average recoveries were 93.1%-101.2%with RSDs of 2.3%-8.1%.CONCLUSION The method is accurate,sensitive and reliable,which is suitable for the determination of related substances in papaverine hydrochloride.