Objective To establish a new,rapid,and reliable reversed-phase ultra performance liquid chromatography (RP-UPLC)method for the simultaneous determination of six quaternary ammonium alkaloids(QAAs)in Coptidis Rhizoma.Methods The effect of different experimental parameters on the analysis of QAAs by RP-UPLC was evaluated.Results Optimal resolution was achieved with an Acquity UPLC BEH C18 column using a gradient elution profile and a mobile phase consisting of water spiked with 10 mmol/L ammonium bicarbonate(A,pH adjusted to 10.0 by ammonia water)and acetonitrile(B),at a flow rate of 0.30 mL/min and wavelength of 345 nm. The column temperature was set at 30℃.The proposed method was found to be reproducible,precise,and rapid according to the method validation.Conclusion The proposed method,which is compatible with MS analysis and the preparation of QAA,provides some helpful insights into the quality control of Coptidis Rhizoma.
This paper describes a novel approach to the quality control of a Chinese herbal injection based on microca lorimetric determination of its effect on the biothermal active fingerprint(BTAF)of Escherichia coli(E.coli)growth.Yinzhihuang Injection(YZHI)was selected for this proof of concept study.Reference samples of Y ZHI were collected and compared with test(stressed)samples prepared under different stress conditions.The BTAF of E.coli growth was found to be affected by YZHI and the changes were analyzed on the basis of eleven biothermokinetic parameters.Similarity and multivariate statistical analysis were used to investi-gate the differences between reference and test samples and discriminant analysis was used to delineate the altered samples.Reference samples were found to have coincident BTAFs with similarity index>0.99.Stressed samples showed differences in the BTAF which increased in line with decreased quality.Discriminant formulae were developed based on a sensitivity parameter which could identify all altered samples.In conclusion,BTAF can be used to assess the quality of YZHI both qualitatively and quantitatively and has the potential to provide a sensitive method for quality control of Chinese herbal injections.
