Objective: To establish an ultra-performance liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (UPLC-QQQ MS/MS) method for the simultaneous determination of 14 active components in Qiyu Sanlong decoction, including L-argnine, monotropein, deacetyl asperulosidic acid, rutin, peimisine, calycosin-7-O-β-D-glucoside, caffeic acid, solasonine, solamargine, p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid, calycosin, astragaloside Ⅳ and astragaloside Ⅰ. Methods: The chromatographic separation experiment was performed on an ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 column(2.1 mm×100 mm, 1.7 μm), with gradient elution of 0.1% formic acid aqueous solution (A)-acetonitrile (B) as mobile phase at the flow rate of 0.2 mL · min-1, injection volume of 5 μL, and column temperature of 35 ℃. The ion source was an electrospray ionization source (ESI), the scanning mode was simultaneous scanning of positive and negative ions, and the monitoring mode was multiple reaction monitoring. Results: The 14 active components revealed good linearity within their respective ranges (r>0.995 0), RSDs of precision and repeatability were below 2%, RSDs of stability were below 3%, and the average recoveries ranged from 88.4% to 108.5% with the RSDs ranging from 0.020% to 3.6%. The content ranges of the aforementioned 14 components in 10 batches of self-prepared Qiyu Sanlong decoction were as follows (in μg · g-1): 667.28-785.78, 165.72-197.27, 196.32-275.60, 17.60-26.52, 4.68-10.75, 279.12-388.05, 26.00-47.57, 385.52-442.77, 288.00-358.82, 629.88-839.02, 86.67-125.83, 51.58-65.83, 25.50-37.53, and 55.50-76.13. Conclusion: The UPLC-QQQ MS/MS method established in this study is rapid, accurate, sensitive and repeatable, which can provide a reference for the quality control of Qiyu Sanglong decoction.
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