Paper
CAO Jingya1,2, LI Zhining1,2, LI Feifei1,2, CHEN Ling2,3, WEI Yue1,2*
In this study, the HPLC fingerprint spectra of the raw herbs, standard decoction, intermediates and dispensing granules of Forsythia suspense were established. The correlations among them were analyzed. An Agilent Eclipse XDB-C18 RP column was used with methanol and water as the mobile phase with a linear gradient elution. The flow rate was 1.0 ml/min, the column temperature was 25 ℃ with the detection wavelength of 235 nm. There were ten common characteristic peaks in the fingerprint spectra of the ten batches of raw herbs, standard decoction, intermediates and dispensing granules of Forsythia suspense. The results presented a good correlation. Six peaks were identified from the ten common peaks, including forsythenside F(peak 3), forsythoside Ⅰ (peak 4), (+)-pinoresinol-4-O-β-Dglucopyranoside (peak 5), forsythoside A (peak 7), forsythin (peak 8) and phillygenin (peak 10). The main chemical compositions existing in the raw herbs, standard decoction, intermediates and dispensing granules of Forsythia suspense are basically the same. The established HPLC fingerprints can be used to control the quality in the whole production process of Forsythia suspense dispensing granules.