Simultaneous Determination of Paeoniflorin, Trans-cinnamic Acid, Schisandrin and Glycyrrhizin in So-Cheong-Ryong-Tang by HPLC-DAD and HPLC-ESI-MS

  • Lee, Mi-Kyeong (Institute for Life Science, Elcom Science Co. Ltd.) ;
  • Lee, Ki-Yong (College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Jung-Hyun (College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Seung-Hyun (Institute for Life Science, Elcom Science Co. Ltd.) ;
  • Choi, Ok-Gyung (Institute for Life Science, Elcom Science Co. Ltd.) ;
  • Park, Jin-Ho (Institute for Life Science, Elcom Science Co. Ltd.) ;
  • Cho, Jung-Hee (Herbal Medicine Evaluation Department, Korea Drug & Food Administration) ;
  • Kim, Do-Hoon (Herbal Medicine Evaluation Department, Korea Drug & Food Administration) ;
  • Baek, Ju-Hyun (Herbal Medicine Evaluation Department, Korea Drug & Food Administration) ;
  • Oh, Mi-Hyune (Herbal Medicine Evaluation Department, Korea Drug & Food Administration) ;
  • Kim, Hyo-Jin (College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women's University) ;
  • Sung, Sang-Hyun (College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Seoul National University)
  • Received : 2009.08.20
  • Accepted : 2009.12.29
  • Published : 2010.03.31

Abstract

High performance liquid chromatographic method with diode-array detection (HPLC-DAD) has been performed for the simultaneous determination of four marker constituents, paeoniflorin, trans-cinnamic acid, schisandrin and glycyrrhizin in traditional herbal medicinal preparation, So-Cheong-Ryong-Tang (SCRT). The presence of paeoniflorin, trans-cinnamic acid, schisandrin and glycyrrhizin in this decoction was ascertained by retention time, spiking with each authentic standard, UV spectrum and ESI mass spectrum. All four compounds showed good linearity ($r^2$ > 0.998) in a relatively wide concentration ranges. The RSD for intra-day and inter-day precision was less than 3% and the limits of detection (LOD) were less than 30 ng. The mean recovery of each compound was 94.1-113.0% with RSD values less than 3.0%. These results suggest that the developed HPLC method is simple, effective and could be readily utilized as a quality control method for commercial SCRT products.

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