Abstract:Objective: To establish a method for simultaneous determination of seven components such as paeoniflorin, ginsenoside R1, ginsenoside Rg1, forsythin, harpagoside, ginsenoside Rb, dehydrocostuslactone contained in Rupixiao granule. Method: HPLC was conducted on an Alltima C18 column (4.6 mm×250 mm, 5 μm) at 30 ℃; the mobile phase was consisted of acetonitrile (A)-water (B) with gradient elution at the flow rate of 1.0 mL ·min-1 detected at 203 nm. Result: The linear range (mg ·L-1) of paeoniflorin, ginsenoside R1, ginsenoside Rg1, forsythin, harpagoside, ginsenoside Rb, dehydrocostuslactone was 3.906 25-125 (r=0.999), 9.375-300 (r=0.999), 37.5-1 200 (r=1.000), 2.1875-70 (r=0.999), 3.75-120 (r=0.999), 25-800 (r=0.999) and 0.625-20 μg(r=1.000) respectively. The average recoveries were 97.95% (RSD 0.71%), 99.05% (RSD 1.11%), 100.70% (RSD 2.46%), 102.74% (RSD 0.35%), 103.06% (RSD 0.55%), 98.25% (RSD 1.68%) and 100.16% (RSD 1.82%) respectively. Conclusion: The developed method was convenient, reliable and accurate for the quality control of Rupixiao preparation.