Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2009, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (6): 812-816.

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GC-MS Analysis of Amino Acids in Extract of Cornus Caprae Hircus

XU Jin-zhong, SHEN Jie, CHENG Yi-yu and QU Hai-bin*   

  1. Department of Chinese Medicine Science and Engineering, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P. R. China
  • Received:2008-12-03 Revised:2009-03-17 Online:2009-11-25 Published:2010-01-25
  • Contact: QU Hai-bin. E-mail: quhb@zju.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2005CB523402) and the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China(No.NCET-06-0515).

Abstract:

Amino acids are an important type of bioactive components in Chinese traditional medicines, especially  animal drugs. However, few modern analytical methods targeted at amino acids have been developed for the quality control of animal drugs. A gas chromatography-mass spectrometric method was built for the quantification analysis of amino acids in the extracts of Cornus Caprae Hircus which has been widely used in Chinese medicine compound prescriptions. The full method validation, including the linearity, limit of detection and quantification, repeatability, precision, stability, and recovery test, was examined. The results indicate that the developed method is suitable for the quantification of amino acids in the extracts of Cornus Caprae Hircus. The developed method was applied to the quantification analysis of twelve amino acids in different batches of extracts of Cornus Caprae Hircus.

Key words: Cornus Caprae Hircus; Amino acid; Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; Quantification