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Determination of oleanolic and ursolic acid in Chinese herbs using HPLC and γ‐CD as mobile phase modifier
Author(s) -
Wang Changhe,
Liu Haijing,
Zhang Binghua,
Guo Huanying
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of separation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.72
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1615-9314
pISSN - 1615-9306
DOI - 10.1002/jssc.201100386
Subject(s) - ursolic acid , oleanolic acid , phosphoric acid , chemistry , terpene , chromatography , high performance liquid chromatography , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
To separate and determine oleanolic acid and ursolic acid, a rapid and accurate HPLC using γ‐CD as the mobile phase additive was developed. The effect of CD nature and concentration, and the acidity of the mobile phase on the chromatographic behavior of two bioactive triterpenes were systematically studied. Two bioactive triterpenes were completely separated ( R = 3.11) on a Kromasil ® C 18 column (150×4.6 mm id, 5 μm) with the mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile/0.1% phosphoric acid with 2 mM γ‐CD as the mobile phase modifier (60:40, v/v). The flow rate was set at 1.0 mL/min and the eluent was detected at 210 nm for two bioactive triterpenes. The linearity of the method was excellent ( r =0.9999) over the studied range of 6–300 μg/mL for oleanolic acid, and 12–600 μg/mL for ursolic acid. The LOD and LOQ were 1.5 and 5.0, 1.0 and 3.0 μg/mL for oleanolic acid and ursolic acid, respectively. The optimized method was successfully applied to separate and determine two bioactive triterpenes in five Chinese herbs. It is concluded that this method could be used for rapid and accurate qualitative and quantitative analysis of the two bioactive triterpenes in Chinese herbs.