Abstract:This study is aimed to establish a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for simultaneous determination of skimmin, scopolin and umbelliferone in Saussurea hieracioides. Samples were analyzed on a Wondasil C18-WR column (4.6 mm×250 mm, 5 μm) with methanol (A) and water containing 0.1% phosphate (B) as mobile phases for gradient elution at a flow rate of 1.0 mL·min-1. The detection wavelength and column temperature were set at 325 nm and 35 ℃, respectively, and the sample size was 10 μL. The results showed that skimmin, scopolin and umbelliferone were simultaneously achieved within 40 min under the above conditions. A good linearity was observed in the range of 0.18-5.6 μg (r=1.000 0), 0.060-1.8 μg (r=0.999 9), 0.032-0.97 μg (r=0.999 8) for skimmin, scopolin and umbelliferone, respectively, with the average recoveries of 99.16% (RSD=0.41% ), 100.3% (RSD=0.79%), 102.2% (RSD=0.87%). The method is simple, accurate and reproducible and can be used for the quality control of S. hieracioides.