PMID- 15496333 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050428 LR - 20061115 IS - 0731-7085 (Print) IS - 0731-7085 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 2 DP - 2004 Oct 29 TI - Solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometric analysis of volatile compounds in a compounded Chinese medicinal prescription, Xiao-Cheng-Qi-Tang. PG - 381-5 AB - In this paper, a headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was applied for the analysis of volatile compounds in a famous compounded Chinese medicinal prescription, Xiao-Cheng-Qi-Tang. Some parameters affecting the extraction efficiency such as stirring, extraction temperature, fiber exposure time and desorption time were optimized. The best results were obtained using a 100 microm PDMS fiber during headspace extraction at 90 degrees C with stirring at 1000 rpm for 20 min. Twenty-seven compounds were identified in Xiao-Cheng-Qi-Tang including some main compounds such as d-limonene and linalool. Inter- and intra-day relative standard deviations (R.S.Ds.) were less than 15.6%, showing that the method had a good reproducibility. The result might provide some foundation for building the convincing theory on the pharmacological activity of this prescription. FAU - Sha, Yunfei AU - Sha Y AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Raod, Shanghai 200032, PR China. FAU - Shen, Shun AU - Shen S FAU - Duan, Gengli AU - Duan G LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - J Pharm Biomed Anal JT - Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis JID - 8309336 RN - 0 (Drugs, Chinese Herbal) RN - 0 (Indicators and Reagents) RN - 0 (Solutions) RN - 0 (xiao-cheng-qi-tang) SB - IM MH - Drugs, Chinese Herbal/*analysis MH - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry MH - Indicators and Reagents MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Solutions MH - Temperature EDAT- 2004/10/22 09:00 MHDA- 2005/04/29 09:00 CRDT- 2004/10/22 09:00 PHST- 2004/04/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2004/06/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2004/06/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2004/10/22 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/04/29 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/10/22 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0731708504002638 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jpba.2004.06.009 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2004 Oct 29;36(2):381-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpba.2004.06.009.