Research Article

A Rapid Screening Method for Sibutramine Hydrochloride in Natural Herbal Medicines and Dietary Supplements

Table 2

The analysis results of the orthogonal experiment.

No.V1 (ml)C1 (μg/ml)Extraction rate (%)V2 (ml)V2 : V3V3 (ml)C2 (μg/ml)LLE rate (%)Transfer efficiency (%)

1716.5987.744.01 : 312.05.3699.0386.89
22 : 36.010.6394.9483.30
34 : 33.018.8891.2780.08

43.530.9181.672.01 : 36.09.9795.8078.24
52 : 33.020.23104.6485.46
64 : 31.541.00103.1784.26

72.029.8443.301.01 : 33.017.84179.3377.65
82 : 31.523.85119.9051.92
94 : 30.7548.85122.7853.16

C: the concentration of sibutramine hydrochloride in the detection solution. LLE rate: the extraction rate of liquid-liquid extraction step. Transfer efficiency: the efficiency of the sibutramine transfer from the sample to the test liquid.