title: Quantitative analysis of lovastatin in capsule of Chinese medicine monascus by capillary zone electrophoresis with UV-vis detector.
abstract: A capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) method was developed for the quantitative analysis of lovastatin (Lvt) in capsule of monascus-Chinese medicine. Lvt in the capsule was separated using an electrolyte system consisting of 16% ethanol (v/v) in 60 mM Gly-sodium hydroxide buffer, pH 10.5, 16 kV applied voltage, 238 nm detection wavelength with a capillary of 51 cm x 75 microm i.d (43 cm to detector). Under the optimized conditions, the linear response of Lvt concentration ranges from 4.0 to 240 microg/mL with high correlation coefficient (r=0.9998, n=9), the limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ) for Lvt are 0.73 and 2.42 microg/mL, the precision values (expressed as R.S.D.) of intra-day and inter-day are 1.40-2.12% and 1.47-3.88%, respectively. The recoveries of the analyte at three concentration levels are 90.28-100.71%. The developed method can be well used for the quantification of Lvt in the drug in commercial formulations.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Analytical Biochemistry and Bioseparation, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang, 200240 Shanghai, PR China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Liu-Yin
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Cheng-Xi
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D002021:Buffers; D002214:Capsules; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000032:analysis*; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008148:Lovastatin / Q000032:analysis*; D032741:Monascus / Q000737:chemistry*; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000032:analysis; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012997:Solvents; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D002021:Buffers; D002214:Capsules; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D012997:Solvents; D008148:Lovastatin; D010634:Phenobarbital