Research Article

Quantitative Analysis of Six Phenolic Acids in Artemisia capillaris (Yinchen) by HPLC-DAD and Their Transformation Pathways in Decoction Preparation Process

Table 3

Precision, repeatability, stability, and recovery of six phenolic acids.

No.AnalytesPrecision (RSD %)a)Repeatability (RSD %, n = 6)Stabilitya (RSD%, n = 6)Recoveryb (%, n = 6)
Intraday (n = 6)MeanRSD%

15-Caffeoylquinic acid0.060.100.57104.640.22
23-Caffeoylquinic acid0.270.101.31105.100.34
34-Caffeoylquinic acid0.250.041.14102.821.82
41,3-Dicaffeoylquinic acid0.210.090.4598.761.39
53,4-Dicaffeoylquinic acid0.460.841.34103.451.79
64,5-Dicaffeoylquinic acid0.290.992.6299.681.27

aRSD (%) = (SD/mean) × 100. bRecovery (%) = 100 × (amount found – original amount)/amount spiked.