六味地黄丸(浓缩丸)质量标准英文版

Liuwei Dihuang Pills(concentrated pills)
六味地黄丸（浓缩丸）
Pinyin Liuwei Dihuang Wan
Igredients Prepared Rehmannia Root 120g; Fructus Macrocarpii 60g; Cortex Moutan Radicis 45g; Rhizoma Dioscoreae Oppositae 60g; Poria 45g; Rhizoma Alismatis 45g
Procedure Distillate Cortex Moutan Radicis with water vapo for abstracting volatility ingredients; Decoct the gruffs, Fructus Macrocarpii 20g, Prepared Rehmannia Root, Poria and Rhizoma Alismatis with water twice, 2 hours for every time, filter, combine the filtrated, concentrated them to extract; pulverize Rhizoma Dioscoreae Oppositae and excess of Fructus Macrocarpii to fine powder, sifting, mix thoroughly, add the above extract and volatility ingredients of Cortex Moutan Radicis, mix thotoughly, make to pills, dry, polishing.
Description Brownish to black concentrated pills, taste, sweat, acid, slightly bitter.
Identification (1)Microscopical: Epidermal cells of pericarp orange-yellow, polygonal in surface view, with somewhat beaded anticlinal walls. Starch granules triangular-ovoid or oblong, 24-40 µm in diameter hila short cleft Vshaped.
(2)Pulverize 5 g of the pills,heat under reflux with 20 ml of ether for 1 hour, filter and expel ether. Dissolve the residue in 1 ml of acetone as the test solution. Dissolve paeonol CRS in acetone to prepare a solution containing 1 mg per ml. as the reference solution. Carry out the method for thin layer chromatography (Appendix ⅥB), using silica gel G as the coating substance and cyclohexane and ethyl acetate(3:1) as the mobile phase. Apply separately 5-10 μl of each of the two solution to the plate. After developing and removal of the plate, dry in air, spray with 5% ferric chloride in ethanol acidified with hydrochloric acid and heat to the spots clear. The spot in the chromatogram obtained with the test solution corresponds in position and colour to the spot in the chromatogram obtained with the reference solution.
(3)Pulverize 10 g of the pills, dissolve it with 100 ml of water, heat to boil, allow to stand for cool, filter in absorbent cotton, wash the filtrate with two-30 ml quantities of acetidin, combine the filtrate, evaporate the filtrate to dryness, dissolve the residue in 1 ml of methanol as the test solution. Prepare a solution of 4 g of Prepared Rehmannia Root reference drug and 60 ml water, decoct 30 minutes, stand for cool, filter with absorbent cotton, wash the filtrate with two-20 ml quantities of acetidin, combine the filtrate, evaporate the filtrate to dryness, dissolve the residue in 1 ml of methanol as the reference solution. Carry out the method for thin layer chromatography(Appendix Ⅵ), using silica gel G as the coating substance and the lower layer of a mixture of chloroform, xylene and acetidin(1:1), as the mobile phase. Apply separately 3-5μl of each of the two solution to the plate. After developing and removal of the plate, dry in air. Spary with 2,4 - dimethyl ethanol nitrile to spots clear. The spot in the chromatogram obtained with the test solution correspond in position and colour to the spot in the chromatogram obtained with the reference solution and the reference drug solution.
(4)Pulverize 5 g of the pills, dissolve it with 30 ml of water, cool and filter, wash the residue with 30 ml of water, and heat under reflux the residue, with 50 ml of 30% hydrochloric acid for 1 hour, cool and filter, wash the filtrate with two-25 ml chloroform, evaporate the filtrate to dryness,
dissolve the residue in 1 ml of chloroform as the solution. Dissolve the 0.3 g of Rhizoma Dioscoreae Oppositae drug in 50 ml of 30% hydrochloric acid, and make the reference solution as the same way above. Carry out the method for thin thin layer chromatography(Appendix ⅥB), using silica gel G as the coating substance and mixture of chloroform and acetone （9 : 1.5）as the mobile phase. Apply separately 5 μl of each of the test solution and the reference solution to the plate. After the developing and removal the plate, dry in air, examine under the ultraviolet light at 365 nm. The fluorescent spots in the chromatogram obtained with the test solution correspond in position and colour to the spots obtained with the reference drug solution.
(5)Pulverize 10 g of the pills, dissolve it in 100 ml of water, cool and filter in absorbent cotton, wash the residue with 50 ml of petroleum ether (60-90℃) third, evaporate the filtrate to dryness, dissolve the residue in 1 ml of petroleum ether (60-90℃) as the test solution. Decoct the 2 g of Rhizoma Alismatis drug with 50 ml of water, cool and filter in absorbent cotton, and make the reference solution as the same way above. Carry out the method for thin layer chromatography (Appendix ⅥB), using silica gel G as the coating substance and mixture of petroleum ether, acetidin and chloroform (2:2:1) as the mobile phase. Apply separately 10-20 μl of test solution and 10 μl of reference drug solution to the plate. After developing and removal the plate, dry in air. Spary with 5% phosphomolybdic acid in ethanol and heat at 110℃to the spots clear. The spot in the chromatogram obtained with the test solution correspond in position and colour to the spots obtained with the reference drug solution.
(6)Pulverize 10 g of the pills, heat under reflux it with 50 ml of ether, cool and filter, evaporate the filtrate to dryness, dissolve the residue in n-hexane as the test solution. Heat under reflux 2 g Poria with 30 ml ether for 1 hour, filter, evaporate the filtrate to dryness, dissolve the residue in n-hexane as the reference drug solution. Carry out the method for thin layer chromatography (Appendix ⅥB), using silica gel G as the coating substance and mixture of petroleum ether (60-90℃) and ether (3:2) as the mobile phase. Apply separately 20 μl of test solution and 10 μl of reference drug solution to the plate. After developing and removal the plate, dry in air, examine under the ultraviolet light at 365nm. The spot in the chromatogram obtained in the test solution correspond in position and colour to the spot obtained with the reference drug solution.
Other requirements Comply with the general requirements for pills(Appendix ⅠA).
Assay Fructus Macrocarpii Carry out the method for high performance liquid chromatography(Appendix VI D).
Chromatographic system and system suitability Use octadecylsilane bonded silica gel as the stationary phase and a mixture of tetrahydrofuran, acetonitrile, methanol and 0.05% solution of phosphoric acid (1:8:4:87) as the mobile phase. As detector a spectrophotometer set at 230nm, maintain the column temperature at 40℃.The number of theoretical plates of the column is not less than 4000, calculated with reference to the peak of loganin.
Reference solution Dissolve a quantity of loganin CRS, accurately weighed, in 50% methanol to prepare a solution containing 20 μg per ml.
Test solution Pulverize 0.4 g of the pills, accurately weighed, place to a stopper conical flask, add accurately 50 ml of 50% methanol, stopper tightly and weigh, heat under reflux for 1 hours and cool. Weigh again and replenish the lost weight with 50% methanol, mix well and filter.
Messure accurately 10 ml fo the successive filtrate, apply to a column(1 cm in internal diameter) packed with neutral aluminium oxide (100-200 mesh, 4 g). Elute with 50 ml of 40% methanol, collect the eluate, evaporate to dryness and dissolve the residue with 50% methanol, transfer to a 10 ml volumetric flask, dilute with 50% methanol to volume, mix well and filter.
Procedure Inject accurately 10 μl of the reference solution and 10 μl of the test solution into the column, and calculate the content.
It contains not less than 1.4 mg per 1 g of concentrated pills of loganin(C17H26O10) , referred to Fructus Corni.
Cortex Moutan Carry out the method for high performance liquid chromatography (Appendix VI D).
Chromatographic system and system suitability Use octadecylsilane bonded silica gel as the stationary phase and mixture of methanol and water (70:30) as the mobile phase. As detector a spectrophotometer set at 230 nm. The number of theoretical plated of the column is not less than 3500, calculated with the reference to the peak of paeonol.
Reference solution Dissolve a quantity of paeonol CRS, accurately weighed, in 50% methanol to prepare a solution containing 20 μl per ml.
Test solution Pulverize 0.4 g of the pills, weigh accurately, place to a stopper conical flask, add exactly 50 ml of 50% methanol, stopper tightly, and weigh. Ultrasonicate (power 250W, frequency 33kHz) for 30 minutes, allow to cool, weigh again. Replenish the lost weight with 50% methanol, mix well and filter. Use the successive filtrate as the test solution.
Procedure Inject accurately 10 μl of the reference of solution and 10 μl the test solution into column, and calculated the content.
It contains not less than 1.8 mg per 1 g of concentrated pills of paeonol(C9H10O3) , referred to Cortex Moutan.
Action and Indication To nourish yin to reinforce the kidney.
Dizziness, tinnitus, weakness and aching in the lower back and knees, bone-steaming with tidal fever, night sweat, seminal emission or diabetes due to a deficiency of kidney-yin.
Usage and dosage Take orally. 8 pills, 3 times a day.
Strengh 10 pills weight 1.8 g, 8 pills equivalent to 3 g raw herb.
Storage Preserve in tightly closed containers.。