Study on Qualitative Screening and Quantitative Determination of Rhaponticin in Dahuang Tongbian Tablets
Objective:To establish a method for the qualitative screening and quantitative determination of rhein in Dahuang Tongbian tablets.Methods:TLC was used for preliminary screening,HPLC was used for quantitative determination,and UHPLC-MS was used for qualitative confirmation.Results:TLC test results showed strong specificity and good durability.HPLC results showed that the mass con-centration of rhein showed a good linear relationship in the range of 2.59~259.6 μg·mL-1(R2=0.999 9).RSDS of precision,repeat-ability and stability tests were all less than 2.0%.The average recovery was 97.89%(RSD=0.61%).The confirmed results of UH-PLC-MS/MS were consistent with TLC and HPLC,and the extracted ion pairs with the same retention time of the positive samples and the control products of rhein(421.1→258.9,421.1→199.0).Conclusion:The method is sensitive and accurate,and can be used as a method for the detection of illegal components of rhein in Dahuang Tongbian tablets.