Ultra-high-performance liquid chromatograph with triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer quantitation of twelve phenolic components in different parts of sarcandra glabra

Objective: The study objective was to determine phenolic components for the quality control (QC) of cultivated Sarcandra glabra (Thunb.) Makino ( S. glabra). Materials and Methods: A sensitive, ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric method for the simultaneous determination of 12 phenolic components has been developed. Six caffeoylquinic acids, two caffeoylshikimic acids, and four flavanonol glucosides were selected for the comprehensive analysis of distribution in different parts (root, stem, and leaf). Results: Twelve phenolic components were linear in the concentration range of 0.005–5.0 μg/mL ( R2 > 0.995). The relative standard deviation of intra-day and inter-day precision across three validation runs over the entire concentration range was <5%. The recovery determined was within 5% in terms of relative error. Our results showed that the 12 phenolic compounds were mainly distributed in leaves and stems far more than those in roots. Conclusions: This study provided an ultra-high-performance liquid chromatograph with triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer quantitative method of 12 phenolic components for the QC of cultivated S. glabra. It was found that the phenolic components were significantly accumulated in the aerial parts (stems and leaves) of cultivated S. glabra.