[Simultaneous determination of 11 polyphenols in ratafee by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography]

To develop a novel quantitative method for simultaneous analysis of 11 polyphenols in ratafee by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography.

The separation was performed on a Agilent Eclipse XDB C18 (4.6 mmx250 mm, 51 m) and the column temperature was set at 30 degrees C. The mobile phase was consisted of 0. 1% phosphoric acid (A) and methanol (B), with a linear gradient elution at a flow rate of I. 0 ml/min. The gradient program was as follow: 10% B isocratic (0-10 min), 10%-20% B liner (10-15 min), 20% B isocratic (15-25 min), 20%-60% B liner (25-65 min), 60% B isocratic (65-75 min). And detection wavelength was 210, 270, 320, 327 and 360 nm.

The correlation coefficients of the 11 calibration curves were all higher than 0.9995. The scopes of the recovery rate was within the range of 85.1% to 112.0%, with RSDs no more than 2%. The limit of quantification (LOQ) and the detection limit (LOD) were 0.32-1.59 ng and 0.10-0.48 ng, respectively.

The method is accurate and reliable, and can successfully analyze different ratafee samples from different sources.