The invention belongs to the field of quality analysis of traditional Chinese medicines, and particularly discloses a method for determining the content of
iridoid components, which adopts HPLC (
High Performance Liquid Chromatography) to simultaneously determine the contents of six
iridoid components, namely morroniside, geniposide,
loganin, picroside II, picroside I and
harpagoside, in four medicinal materials, namely dogwood, cape jasmine,
picrorhiza scrophularia and radix scrophulariae. According to the method, the content of
iridoid components in multiple medicinal materials can be measured, the detection cost is reduced, the detection time is shortened, and the detection efficiency is improved. The detection method provided by the invention is stable and reliable, has the advantages of strong specificity, good reproducibility and the like, can ensure the safety and effectiveness of clinical medication of common medicinal materials such as dogwood, cape jasmine, rhizoma picrorhizae, radix scrophulariae and the like, and better meets the medical and market requirements.