1979 Volume 99 Issue 10 Pages 1047-1050
A method for the rapid estimation of gentiopicroside in crude drugs, Gentianae scabrae radix and Gentianae radix, was established by the use of high-speed liquid chromatography. Gentiopicroside is separated on the 25 cm column of Zorbax ODS, using a liquid chromatograph (Shimadzu-Du Pont Model LC-3A) with 5% tetrahydrofuran as the desorption solution, and the separation is completed within 8 min. Gentiopicroside in the crude drugs is extracted with water and the aqueous extract is injected into the column. The content of gentiopicroside was calculated from calibration curves previously prepared using the standard. Precision of the determination is about ±1% and detection limit is 2 ng (S/N ratio, 3). This method is considered to be useful for the evaluation of these crude drugs.
