The invention relates to the technical field of pharmaceutical analysis, and discloses a purification method of
acarbose impurities. The method comprises the following steps: S1, adjusting the pH value of the
acarbose waste liquid to be alkaline to obtain a to-be-separated liquid containing an
impurity 1-
impurity N, loading the to-be-separated liquid to a
silica gel column, and carrying out
gradient elution I to obtain M primary fractions corresponding to peak values of one or more impurities in the
impurity 1-impurity N, M < = N, and N > = 3; s2, respectively adjusting the pH values of the M primary fractions in the step S1 to be alkaline, loading the M primary fractions to a
silica gel column for
gradient elution II, and collecting secondary fractions corresponding to the peak values of the primary fractions; and S3, concentrating the secondary fraction obtained in the step S2, loading the concentrated secondary fraction into a
silica gel column filled with an amino-bonded chromatographic filler, carrying out
gradient elution III, and collecting a purified fraction corresponding to a single impurity
peak value. The method is simple to operate, various impurities can be separated from a
large sample, the purity and the yield of a single impurity are relatively high, and the industrial requirements can be met.