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Multicomponent Analysis of Liuwei Dihuang Pills by a Single Marker Quantification Method and Chemometric Discrimination of Fingerprints

Table 5

Relative retention times determined by different instruments and columns.

InstrumentColumnRelative retention time
RRT1RRT2RRT3RRT4RRT5RRT6RRT7

Waters e26951#0.08600.12090.27220.57620.59640.67040.8736
2#0.09470.12370.28260.58630.60650.67960.8752
3#0.09540.12350.28510.56350.59780.67610.8742

Agilent 1260 InfinityII1#0.08730.12200.27390.57970.59930.67490.8759
2#0.09560.12320.28480.59080.60900.68640.8777
3#0.09570.12210.28470.56370.59560.67660.8761

Shimadzu Nexera X21#0.08630.11780.26530.57100.59190.66740.8728
2#0.09530.12080.27630.58230.60320.67800.8857
3#0.09600.12110.27980.56140.59660.67680.8788

Meanā€‰0.09250.12170.27830.57500.59960.67630.8766
RSD (%)ā€‰4.81.52.51.90.920.790.44

RRT1, RRT2, RRT3, RRT4, RRT5, RRT6, and RRT7 are the relative retention times of gallic acid, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, morroniside, sweroside, loganin, paeoniflorin, and cornuside, respectively.