Simultaneous determination of seven bioactive constituents in Liuwei Wuling tablet by HPLC coupled with DAD

We employed high performance liquid chromatography （HPLC） method coupled with diode array detector （DAD） for the determination of seven major bioactive compounds （forsythoside A, specnuezhenide, phillyrin, schisandrin, schisantherin A, deoxyschizandrin and schisandrin B） in Liuwei Wuling tablet （LWWLT）. The HPLC baseline separation was carried out on an Inertsil ODS-3 column （250 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm） at 25 ℃ with a gradient elution system composed of 0.1% phosphoric acid solution and acetonitrile. The detection wavelength was set at 230 nm. Calibration curves for seven compounds showed good linear regressions, with correlation coefficients exceeding 0,999 within the tested concentration range. The limits of detection and quantification of each compound were in the range of 0.03-0.28 μg/mL and 0.11-0.87μg/mL, respectively. The relative standard deviation values of precision, stability and repeatability were less than 2.34%. The average recovery of all seven constituents ranged from 96.71% to 103.9%. The validated quantification method was successfully applied for the analysis of 10 batches of commercial LWWLT from Shandong Shibo Jindu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. These results would make foundations for quality control and the further pharmacology study of LWWLT.

Simultaneous Determination of Eight Active Components in Liuwei Wuling Tablet Using HPLC

Objective To develop an effective method for simultaneous determination of eight major components in Liuwei Wuling Tablet（LWT）. Methods Reversed phase HPLC method was used with variously improved conditions. Results Salidroside, forsythoside A, specnuezhenide, phillyrin, schisandrol A, schizandrol A, schizandrin A, and schizandrin B in LWT were successfully separated on a Kromasil 100-5-C_（18） reverse phase column（250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm） using acetonitrile -0.1% phosphoric acid（gradient elution） as mobile phase. The detection wavelength was 275 nm with flow rate of 1.0 mL/min, and the column temperature was maintained at 35 ℃. The recovery rate of the method was within the range of 95.13%-104.56% and the precision（RSD） was less than 3% for all eight analytes. All the compounds showed good linearities（r^2〉0.9980） in a relatively wide concentration range. Conclusion Simultaneous quantification of the multiple components by HPLC would be a better strategy for the quality evaluation of LWT.