PMID- 15792251 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060725 LR - 20061115 IS - 1615-9306 (Print) IS - 1615-9306 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 4 DP - 2005 Mar TI - Qualitative and quantitative analysis of active flavonoids in Flos Lonicerae by capillary zone electrophoresis coupled with solid-phase extraction. PG - 365-72 AB - Flavonoids are an important bioactive group in the commonly used herbal medicine Flos Lonicerae. A new method of capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) coupled with solid-phase extraction (SPE) was developed for simultaneous assay of flavonoid aglycones and glycosides in Flos Lonicerae. Optimum CZE separation was achieved with a background electrolyte (BGE) solution consisting of 80 mM boric acid and 20 mM phosphate acid, adjusted to pH 8.1, with 15% acetonitrile (v/v) added, and applying a separation voltage of 28 kV. The SPE method was used for pretreating the complex matrix of botanical materials and good reproducibility was obtained when avicularin was used as internal standard. Linearity of the method was excellent with correlation coefficients (r2) in the range of 0.9995-0.9999 and detection limits were lower than 0.6 microg/mL for the four flavonoids. The obtained recoveries varied between 93 to 104% while the relative standard deviations (RSDs) were below 4.4% (n=3). The developed CZE method was successfully used for the separation of eight flavonoids and the quantification of the four flavonoids in five species of Flos Lonicerae. FAU - Chen, Jun AU - Chen J AD - Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicines, Department of Pharmacognosy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China. FAU - Li, Song-Lin AU - Li SL FAU - Li, Ping AU - Li P FAU - Song, Yue AU - Song Y FAU - Chai, Xing-Yun AU - Chai XY FAU - Ma, Ding-Yuan AU - Ma DY LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Germany TA - J Sep Sci JT - Journal of separation science JID - 101088554 RN - 0 (Flavonoids) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Electrophoresis, Capillary MH - Flavonoids/*analysis/*chemistry MH - Lepidoptera/*chemistry MH - Molecular Structure MH - Time Factors EDAT- 2005/03/29 09:00 MHDA- 2006/07/26 09:00 CRDT- 2005/03/29 09:00 PHST- 2005/03/29 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/07/26 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/03/29 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jssc.200400024 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Sep Sci. 2005 Mar;28(4):365-72. doi: 10.1002/jssc.200400024.