Objective To establish an HPLC method for simultaneous determination of Isoquercitrin and astragalin in Moringa oleifera leaves prescription. Methods By using HPLC method with Cosmosil-C18 column (4.6 mm × 250 mm, 5 μm) and the column temperature was 40 degrees Celsius, the mobile phase contains a 0.1％phosphoric acid in water(A) and acetonitrile(B), the detection wavelength was set at 350nm by UV detector and the flow rate was 1.3 ml/min. Results The Isoquercitrin and astragalin was better separated in 30 minutes, and Isoquercitrin had a good linear correlation at the range of 0.24-4.73 μg, while astragalin was 0.11-2.19 μg, the average spiked recoveries of isoquercetin and astragalin were 99.09％ (RSD=0.60％) and 99.08％ (RSD=1.37％), respectively. Conclusions The proposed method is simple,accurate,and repeatable and can be used for quality control as well as a powerful tool to evaluate the processing of Moringa oleifera leaves. It can provide the reference basis and data support for the determination of content of Moringa oleifera health products.

Objective To optimize the extraction technology of Compound purgative Moringa Oleifera by central composite design-response surface method. Methods The content of isoquercetin and astragalin, the yield of dry extract and overall desirability (OD) were used as the evaluation indexes; the factors such as water addition, extraction times and time for extraction were employed to optimize extraction technology of central composite design-response surface method. Results Optimal extraction technology was as follows: 3 times extracted with 10-fold the amount of water for 1 h each time. Conclusions Central composite design-response surface method was suitable for optimizing extraction technology of compound purgative Moringa Oleifera.