Determination of stigmasterol,β-sitosterol and lupeol in phyllanthus urinaria L by HPLC

To establish an HPLC method for separation and determination of stigmasterol,β-sitosterol and lupeol in phyllanthus urinaria L by HPLC.A Eclipse Zorbax XDB-C18 column(4.6 mm×150 mm i.d.,5 μm) was used for chromatographic separation under the conditions with methanol as the mobile phase at flow rate of 0.7 mL/min.The detection wavelength was 210 nm.The results indicated that stigmasterol,β-sitosterol and lupeol could be baseline separated.The linear range of stigmasterol,β-sitosterol and lupeol were 0.4mg/mL～8.8 mg/mL(R2 were 0.9975),0.5～10.0 mg/mL(R2 = 0.9978) and 0.5mg/mL～10.0 mg/mL(R2 = 0.9981),respectively.The mean recoveries of stigmasterol,β-sitosterol and lupeol were 94.4%～95.1%,91.2%～97.9% and 92.4%～104.6 %,respectively.RSD was less than 5%.The method has been applied to monitor the extraction of stigmasterol,β-sitosterol and lupeol in phyllanthus urinaria L by super-critical fluid extraction with satisfactory.