Abstract:Objective: To compare difference of chemical components between traditional decotions and dispensing granules decoctions of Shaoyao Gancao decoctions. Method: Four types of 11 kinds of Shaoyao Gancao decoctions were prepared,including traditional decotions(TD),dispensing granules decoctions made by self(DGD-S),dispensing granule decoctions made by factory A and B (DGD-A,DGD-B),fingerprint was eastablished by HPLC,mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile(A)-0.05% phosphoric acid solution(B,pH of 2.42) with gradient elution(0-8 min,16%A;8-35 min,16%-50%A;35-36 min,50%-100%A;36-38 min,100%-16%A;38-40 min,16%A),detection wavelength was set at 250 nm.Taking average information of three batchese of TD for stabdard decoction information,difference informations of Shaoyao Gancao decoctions preparations were compared by five aspects,including appear or disappear of components,contents of index components,common peak area,principal component analysis and fingerprint similarity. Result: Compared with TD,composition of chemical components in DGDs did not change.The content of index components between three kinds of DGD and TD had great difference,especially difference of ammonium glycyrrhizinate were very notable.Total peak area comparison showed that sum of 23 total peak area between TD and DGD-A had no significant difference,but it had significant difference between TD and DGD-S,DGD-B,they were equivalent to 2.5 and 3.2 times of TD,respectively.In PCA plot,DGD-A was closer to TD which showed that the absolute amount of monomer composition was closer to TD,while the absolute amount of DGD-S,DGD-B were far more than TD.Similarity between DGD-A and standard decoctions was minimum,which showed that difference of components proportion between DGD-A and standard decoctions was maximum. Conclusion: Significant difference between TD and DGD only exists in proportion of ingredients,not related to components themselves,suggesting that more experiments should be done to validate whether its drug properties are changed and in clinical application,dosage must be reduced proportionally,so that curative effect is similar to TD.