Objective To determine the contents of 21 free and hydrolyzed amino acids from Flos Populi Tomentosae by pre-column derivatization reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). Methods The samples were derived with phenylisothiocyanate (PITC) and HPLC method was adopted. Gradient elution chromatography was applied to determine free and hydrolyzed amino acids con-tents in Flos Populi Tomentosae. Results The 21 amino acids showed a good linearity in the ranges of 0.0019?2.7 μmol?mL-1 with the correlation coefficients over 0.9990. The average recoveries of free amino acids were 88.25%?100.04% with relative standard deviation of 0.57%?2.73% (n=6); and the average reco-veries of total amino acids were 90.21%?100.01% with relative standard deviation of 0.52%?2.32%(n=6). Conclusion The method is sensitive, accurate and reproducible, and it is suitable for the determination of amino acids in many other samples.
标题:柱前衍生RP-HPLC测定杨树花中氨基酸含量
英文标题:Determination of amino acids in Flos Populi Tomentosae by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography