For this study, we utilized a Kq-400 db ultrasonic cleaner from Shenzhen Keweida Ultrasonic Equipment Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China), a 98-1-b electronic temperature-regulating heating sleeve from Heze Shengbang Instrument Development Co. Ltd. (Heze, China), a tp-213 electronic balance from Shanghai Ziyi Instrument Equipment Co. Ltd. (Shanghai, China), and a
Waters 2695 HPLC instrument from Waters Co. (Milford, MA, USA). In addition, a HiQ Sil-C18 reversed-phase column (4.6 mm × 250 mm, 5
μm, KYA TECH Corp., Tokyo, Japan) was used for chromatographic separation.
We utilized an acetonitrile-water-acetic acid (32 : 68 : 0.5, v/v/v) mobile phase for HPLC analyses, with a 1.0 mL/min flow rate, a 10
μL injection volume, and a column temperature at 25°C column temperature. Isoliquiritigenin was then detected based on absorbance at 350 nm (see
Figure 1).
The resultant calibration curve used the formula (
Y = 3 × 10
7) (
X + 2 × 10
6) (
R2 = 0.9911,
X: isoliquiritigenin concentration,
Y: peak area), indicating a good linear fit for isoliquiritigenin.
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