Research Article

Simultaneous Quantification of Limonin, Two Indolequinazoline Alkaloids, and Four Quinolone Alkaloids in Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth by HPLC-DAD Method

Table 1

Collected information and contents of the seven markers of the samples ( ).

Sample numberSources AcquisitionContents (%)* SD
timeLim Evo Rut Q1Q2Q3Q4

1GuangxiMar 20071.756 ± 0.02820.224 ± 0.00420.308 ± 0.00490.591 ± 0.01150.245 ± 0.00190.153 ± 0.00030.137 ± 0.0017
2GuangxiSep 20071.129 ± 0.01070.238 ± 0.00090.440 ± 0.00260.122 ± 0.00090.459 ± 0.00150.449 ± 0.00280.173 ± 0.0003
3GuangxiJan 20102.141 ± 0.01550.267 ± 0.00370.211 ± 0.00160.537 ± 0.01050.215 ± 0.00350.214 ± 0.06570.126 ± 0.0015
4GuangxiApr 20102.161 ± 0.03420.471 ± 0.00770.447 ± 0.00780.110 ± 0.00160.499 ± 0.00780.512 ± 0.00880.185 ± 0.0028
5GuizhouNov 20061.747 ± 0.02880.078 ± 0.00080.157 ± 0.00300.571 ± 0.00460.100 ± 0.00190.163 ± 0.00200.113 ± 0.0016
6GuizhouMar 20071.603 ± 0.01290.775 ± 0.01180.742 ± 0.00840.408 ± 0.00340.740 ± 0.00850.688 ± 0.00890.337 ± 0.0047
7GuizhouJan 20101.362 ± 0.01810.231 ± 0.00270.188 ± 0.00320.055 ± 0.00090.221 ± 0.00080.171 ± 0.00320.083 ± 0.0008
8GuizhouMar 20106.111 ± 0.05292.070 ± 0.02511.019 ± 0.01210.375 ± 0.00561.326 ± 0.01981.273 ± 0.02510.487 ± 0.0092
9GuizhouJun 20103.212 ± 0.0536 1.189 ± 0.00580.818 ± 0.00430.250 ± 0.00131.000 ± 0.00670.811 ± 0.00290.333 ± 0.0021
10GuizhouJul 20101.344 ± 0.02100.380 ± 0.00580.496 ± 0.00270.180 ± 0.00200.697 ± 0.00980.500 ± 0.00100.204 ± 0.0035
11HunanApr 20092.621 ± 0.04330.407 ± 0.00630.387 ± 0.00650.213 ± 0.00080.437 ± 0.00480.412 ± 0.00100.217 ± 0.0023
12HunanApr 20101.822 ± 0.03440.324 ± 0.00300.430 ± 0.00580.118 ± 0.00180.497 ± 0.00450.533 ± 0.00960.198 ± 0.0027
13JiangxiMar 20071.635 ± 0.02351.053 ± 0.01990.817 ± 0.01220.138 ± 0.00270.646 ± 0.01260.632 ± 0.00740.224 ± 0.0042
14JiangxiNov 20081.514 ± 0.02900.078 ± 0.00120.200 ± 0.00350.064 ± 0.00120.321 ± 0.00130.385 ± 0.00320.152 ± 0.0020
15JiangxiMar 20101.695 ± 0.01460.825 ± 0.01160.690 ± 0.00370.194 ± 0.00130.740 ± 0.00520.605 ± 0.00380.236 ± 0.0015
16ShanxiMar 20071.135 ± 0.00460.335 ± 0.00310.477 ± 0.00700.126 ± 0.00170.472 ± 0.00860.419 ± 0.00780.171 ± 0.0022
17ShanxiJul 201013.478 ± 0.23131.967 ± 0.03501.127 ± 0.01740.543 ± 0.00281.881 ± 0.03581.151 ± 0.02110.592 ± 0.0062
18SichuanMar 20101.624 ± 0.00280.235 ± 0.00070.386 ± 0.00210.104 ± 0.00160.409 ± 0.00680.454 ± 0.00370.174 ± 0.0026

Content (%) means the content (g) of marker in 100 g crude drug. Content (%) = [found amount ( g) * 20 mL/(20  L * 0.5 g)] 100%; 20 mL is the volume of sample solution; 20  L is the injection volume, and 0.5 g is the weight of pulverized crude drug.