Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Preservatives in Commercial Herb Liquid Preparations

시판(市販) 생약(生藥) 액제류중(液劑類中)의 보존제(保存劑) 함량(含量)

The preservatives in 32 commercial liquid preparations of crude drugs have been analyzed by using high performance liquid chromatography. Benzoic acid (BA) and p-hydroxybenzoates were separated with mobile phase of $MeOH-H_2O$ (70:30) (pH 7.0) at a flow rate of 0.9ml/min. BA, sorbic acid and dehydroacetic acid were separated with mobile phase of $MeOH-H_2O$ (40:60) (pH 4.5) at a same flow rate. In addition, the pH values of the preparations were investigated. It was found that BA was used in most of the preparations.