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Simultaneous quantification of ten phenolic acids in Lonicerae Japonicae Flos by HPLC-DAD

Kuixia Chen, Yingtao Zhang*, Xiuwei Yang*, Nan Wang, Wei Xu, Youbo Zhang, Yongqing Zhang   

  1. 1. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
    2. Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China
  • Received:2013-03-26 Revised:2013-04-02 Online:2013-11-15 Published:2014-01-22
  • Contact: Yingtao Zhang*, Xiuwei Yang*

Abstract:

A reverse-phase HPLC-DAD method was developed for simultaneous quantification of ten phenolic acids (caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, neochlorogenic acid, 4-O-caffeoylquinic acid, 3,4-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 3,5-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 4,5-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 3,5-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid methyl ester, 3,4-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid methyl ester, and 4,5-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid methyl ester) in the dried flower buds of Lonicera japonica Thunb. (Lonicerae Japonicae Flos; LJF). An optimal sample preparation method was established as 30-min ultrasonication with 100 times 50% (v/w) ethanol aqueous solution based on the orthogonal test results. The chromatographic separation of the ten phenolic acids was achieved with an AQ-C18 column (4.6 mm×250 mm, 5 µm) and a gradient elution of acetonitrile, methanol and 0.1% formic acid aqueous solution within 55 min. All calibration curves showed good linearity (r2>0.999) within test ranges. The average recoveries were in the range of 98.57%-103.22% with RSD less than 3%. The method developed was accurate, sensitive and reproducible for determination of ten phenolic acids in LJF.

Key words: Lonicerae Japonicae Flos, Phenolic acid, Quantitative determination, HPLC-DAD

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