简介:Thepresentstudywasdesignedtodevelopandvalidateasensitiveandreliableultrahighperformanceliquidchromatographycoupledwithquadrupoletime-of-flightmassspectrometry(UPLC-QTOF/MS)methodtoseparateandidentifythechemicalconstituentsofQixueShuangbuTincture(QXSBT),aclassictraditionalChinesemedicine(TCM)prescription.UndertheoptimizedUPLCandQTOF/MSconditions,56componentsinQXSBT,includingchalcones,triterpenoids,protopanaxatriol,flavonesandflavanoneswereidentifiedandtentativelycharacterizedwithinarunningtimeof42min.Thecomponentswereidentifiedbycomparingtheretentiontimes,accuratemass,andmassspectrometricfragmentationcharacteristicions,andmatchingempiricalmolecularformulawiththatofthepublishedcompounds.Inconclusion,theestablishedUPLC-QTOF/MSmethodwasreliableforarapididentificationofcomplicatedcomponentsintheTCMprescriptions.