title: [Study on the HPLC fingerprint and simultaneous determination of three triterpene glycosides in Schefflera heptaphylla].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish the HPLC fingerprint and simultaneously determination three triterpene glycosides in Schefflera heptaphylla.
  
  
  METHODS
  The separation was carried out on an Agilent Zorbax SB-C18 (4.6 mm x 250 mm, 5 microm) column eluted with methanol--0.1% glacial acetic acid as the mobile phase, and samples were detected by an evaporative light scattering detector (ELSD). The similarity evaluation system for chromatographic fingerprint of traditional Chinese medicine (Version 2004 A) was used in data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Schefflera heptaphylla from different regions were similar and the separation of three triterpene glycosides was good.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This method is simple and reliable. The HPLC fingerprint and contents of three kinds of triterpene glycosides of Schefflera heptaphylla can be used for their quality control.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Natural Products/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China. ksdchun416@126.com
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Guo-Cai
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ying-Hui
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Guang-Xiong
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Wen-Cai
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Yao-Lan
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D027481:Araliaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006027:Glycosides / Q000032:analysis*; D024301:Plant Bark / Q000737:chemistry; D011786:Quality Control; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D006027:Glycosides; D014315:Triterpenes