Determination of Chlorogenic acid and Baicalin in compounded Lonucerae Japonicae Flos acc. Chinese Pharmacopeia using a Purospher^® STAR RP-18e Column

Introduction

Compounded Lonucerae Japonicae Flos is a kind of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It has the effects of heat-clearing and detoxicating, also of cooling blood and detumescence.

In this application, one Chinese pharmacopeia 2020 monograph method was validated using a Purospher^® STAR RP-18 endcapped HPLC column.

The limit of detection (LOD) and the limit of quantitation (LOQ) were found to be 0.06 µg/mL and 0.017 µg/kg, respectively, for chlorogenic acid, while the limit of detection (LOD) and the limit of quantitation (LOQ) were 0.29 µg/mL and 0.87 µg/kg, respectively, for baicalin. The method can be used for determination of chlorogenic acid and baicalin in compounded Lonucerae Japonicae Flos.

Section Overview

• Introduction
• Experimental
• Results
• Conclusion
• Materials

Experimental 

The samples were first ground, and the active ingredients chlorogenic acid and baicalin were extracted with an aqueous methanol solution. All samples were filtered through Millex PTFE syringe filters prior to HPLC-UV analysis (Table 1).

Results

Chromatograms at 278 nm for chlorogenic acid

Chromatograms at 326 nm for baicalin

Specificity and Repeatability

Calibration

Calibration data – chlorogenic acid

Calibration data – baicalin

Conclusion

The Chinese pharmacopeia 2020 monograph method was reproduced using a using a Purospher^® STAR RP-18 endcapped HPLC column. The limit of detection (LOD) and the limit of quantitation (LOQ) were found to be 0.06 μg/mL and 0.17 μg/mL, respectively, for chlorogenic acid, while the limit of detection (LOD) and the limit of quantitation (LOQ) were 0.29 μg/mL and 0.87 μg/mL, respectively, for baicalin. The method can be used for determination of chlorogenic acid and baicalin in compounded Lonucerae Japonicae Flos according to the Chinese pharmacopoeia 2020.