Abstract:
A micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatographic(MECC) method for the separation and determination of emodin, aloe-emodin and rhein in several
Rheum species was estab-lished. The buffer solution used in this method was a mixture of 0.025 mol·L
-1 3-cyclohexylamino-1-propane-sulfonic acid(containing 0.025 mol·L
-1 sodium dodecyl sulfate)-acetonitrile(100:10 ) at pH 10. 9 The linear calibration range was 2.5~17.5μg,ml
-1(r=0.9999) for aloe-emodin,0~50μg· ml
-1(r=0.9999) for emodin and 5.0~35μg·ml
-1(r=0.9996)for rhein. The recovery was 98.2%~101.8%for aloe-emodin, 99.9%~101.9%for emodin and 99.2%~101,2%for rhein. This method is simple, rapid and reproducible.