Chinese Journal of Pharmacovigilance ›› 2024, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (2): 156-162.
DOI: 10.19803/j.1672-8629.20230572

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Four exogenously-polluted components in Tianwang Buxin pills analyzed via TLC and UPLC-QQQ-MS

ZHANG Zan, ZHANG Hui, HE Songhua*, LUO Yi#   

  1. Guangxi Institute for Food and Drug Control, NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Monitoring and Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese Materia Medica, Nanning Guangxi 530021, China
  • Received:2023-09-14 Online:2024-02-15 Published:2024-02-06

Abstract: Objective To tentatively study abnormal components of Tianwang Buxin pills on sale that were found in quality analysis and establish an analytical method for simultaneous determination of four exogenously-polluted components using TLC and UPLC-QQQ-MS. Methods One hundred and fifty-eight batches of samples of Tianwang Buxin pills were qualitatively identified by using the TLC method and optimizing the unfolding system. For abnormal spots, HPLC-Q/TOF-MS was used for identification and confirmation of components. UPLC-QQQ-MS was adopted for quantitative analysis. Results Among the 158 batches of samples, four types of exogenously-polluted components, including Berberine hydrochloride, Epiberberine, Coptisine hydrochloride and Palmatine chloride, were detected in nine batches. These four types of components were linear within the range of 0.97~483.34, 0.98~98.49, 1.00~100.50 and 0.88~87.75 ng·mL-1, respectively. The recovery ranged from 99.30% to 103.99%, and the RSD from 0.90% to 2.62% (n=6). The contents of these components were 20.3~104.1, 1.0~17.6, 0.4~30.6 and 3.2~24.8 μg·g-1, respectively. Conclusion This method is simple, accurate, and highly specific, which can provide reference for quality control of Tianwang Buxin pills.

Key words: Tianwang Buxin pills, thin layer chromatography, ultra high performance liquid chromatography, triple quadrupole mass spectrometry, exogenously, polluted

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