Simultaneous Determination of Five Compounds in Sanjie Zhentong Capsules by High-performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Ultraviolet and Evaporative Light Scattering Detectors
Objective: To establish a quantitative method of three main saponins and two major active flavonoids in Sanjie Zhentong capsules by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with ultraviolet detectors and evaporative light scattering detectors (HPLC-UV-ELSD), and compare the contents of notogin-senoside R1, ginsenoside Rg1,ginsenoside Rb1,loureirin A, loureirin B among 15 batches of the drugs. Method: HPLC-UV-ELSD was conducted on a Waters Symmetry@C18(4.6 mm×250 mm, 5 μm) with gradient elution, the mobile phase was ACN and H2O, the temperature of drift tube was 45 ℃ and the nebulizing gas flow rate was 3.7 L·min-1. Result: Five compounds were simultaneously detected with one injection, good linear relationships were found(0.999 5-0.999 7), and the average recovery rates were 99.1%-104.2%. Conclusion: The HPLC-UV-ELSD method is simple and reproducible, which can be used for quality control of Sanjie Zhentong capsules.