Research Article

Simultaneous Determination of Nine Active Compounds of the Traditional Chinese Medicinal Prescription Shaoyao-Gancao-Tang and Analysis of the Relationship between Therapeutical Effect and Compatibility of Medicines

Table 6

Precision, repeatability, stability, and recovery of nine standard substances.

Standard SubstancePrecisionRepeatabilityStabilityRecoveries (%)(a)RSD
RSD (%)RSD (%) RSD (%)(%)(%)
()()()()

Oxypaeoniflorin1.65%1.00%1.96%99.00%1.28%
Albiflorin1.75%1.83%1.19%99.00%1.32%
Paeoniflorin0.58%1.84%1.32%99.00%2.12%
Benzoylpaeoniflorin1.91%2.00%1.91%100.00%2.40%
Glycyrrhizic acid1.64%1.75%1.53%100.00%1.18%
Liquiritin1.20%1.56%1.17%101.00%2.33%
Liquiritigenin1.02%0.92%1.43%99.00%0.89%
Isoliquiritin1.40%1.34%1.43%100.00%0.53%
Isoliquiritigenin1.28%0.96%1.29%101.00%2.50%

Recovery (%) = 100 * (amount found − original amount)/amount spiked.