Abstract:
A method for determination of palmatine and berberine from coptis chinensis franch by high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC) was developed. Optimun operating conditions were as follows: ODS C
18 column. (4.6 250 mm.) CH
3CN:0.05mol/LKH
2PO
4H
2O(pH=2.5)=30:70(
V/V) mobile phase with a flow rate of 0.6 mL/min. and using UV detector at 268 nm. The results of palmatine and berberine show that the calibration equition was
C=1.696×10
-5A+0.8401,
R2=0.9999 and
C=1.580×10
-5A+0.5114,
R2=0.9999. The reproducibility was good with
RSD=0.015% and 0.14% respectivelv. The recovery was 99.09%~100.30% and 98.96%~101.86% respectively. The method is accurate, rapid and simple.