A simple and accurate high-performance liquid chromatography（HPLC）method to generate the fingerprints of crude Pu-erh tea（CPT）and ripened Pu-erh tea（RPT）is described.A suitable chromatographic system was established using a linear gradient elution with acetonitrile and water containing 0.6% formic acid as the mobile phase and a detection wavelength of 300 nm.HPLC analysis identified 24 common peaks among RPT and 21 common peaks among CPT.This study revealed that crude Pu-erh tea and ripened Pu-erh tea contained some similar major constituents,but with distinctive peaks,which may be caused by the difference in the fermentation process.This HPLC fingerprint method could be used to evaluate and authenticate crude Pu-erh tea and ripened Pu-erh tea.
A new, simple and reliable method using HPLC-UV-ELSD was developed to generate the fingerprint of Ophiopogonis Radix. Homoisoflavonoids and steroidal saponins were determined simultaneously in a single run. A total of 27 Ophiopogonis Radix samples were analyzed, and 18 reference substances were used for the identification of the common peaks. The fingerprint was further analyzed by chemometrics methods including similarity analysis （SA）, hierarchical clustering analysis （HCA） and principal component analysis （PCA）. The results indicated that the combination of chromatographic fingerprint and chemometrics analysis could be used for the geographical differentiation and quality evaluation of Ophiopognnis Radix.
