Abstract:
A supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) method was developed for the extraction of paeonol in
Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. and its patent preparations. A systematic method was used to optimize five variables (temperature, pressure, modifier concentration, static extracting time and CO
2 dynamic extracting volume) of SFE. Sample extracts were analyzed by wide-bore capillary gas chromatography (CGC). The method showed good linearity (γ=0.9999)in the range of 0.1~1.6 mg·ml
-1 of paeonol. The average recovery was 97.8% with RSD=2.35% (
n=3) for
Paeonia suffruticosa andr., 100.3% with RSD=1.89% (
n=3) for its patent preparations.