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[Determination of arbutin in the herbs of Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. by RP-HPLC]

Sun H, Wang X, Huang R, Yuan C.

Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Harbin.

Determination of arbutin in the herbs of Vaccinium vitis-idaea has been carried out by RP-HPLC, using Inertsil-ODS column (4.6 mm x 250 mm) and mobile phase of methanol and water (15:85), and detecting at 280 nm wavelength. The average content of arbutin is 4.44%, RSD = 2.93%; the recovery rate is 100.7%, RSD = 2.85%.