Determination of Coptis Chinensis Franch and Phellodendron Amurense Rupr in Qingwei-Huanglian Wan by Pls-HPLC Method

Abstract

Coptis chinensis Franch contains berberine(1), palmatine(2), jatrorrhizine(3) and etc. And phellodendron amurense Rupr also contains above components. Qingwei-Huanglian Wan is made from Coptis chinensis Franch, phellodendron amurense Rupr and etc. Berberine, palmatine and jatrorrhizine in Qingwei-Huanglian Wan were determined by HPLC. The optimal composition of mobile phase CH₃COOEt-HCOOH-EtOH (15:3:2) for HPLC separation of berberine, palmatine and jatrorrhizine was successfully determine by using window diagram technique. Detection wavelength was 345nm. Flow rate: 1.5ml/min. Calibration graphs for (1), (2) and (3) were rectilinear for 0.06–0.39μg, 0.06–0.61μg and 0.01–0.12μg respectively. The basic principle and method of partial least squares method (PLS) is presented in this paper. The data from HPLC were treated with PLS program to obtain the contents of Coptis chinensis corresponding with the requirement. All these indicate that PLS-HPLC method is new and feasible for the determination of crude drugs in Chinese Patent Medicine. 2. PLS is a new multivariate statistical method, and its performance is better than other traditional methods such as ordinary multivariate regression and principal components regression. This is because the calibration technique, which makes good use of the information in concentration matrix Y and content matrix X, is used in PLS method. 3. The method is applicable to the quanlity control of the products. The contents of IV and V in VI can be predicted accurately fast, if the method described here is used by factories making VI.