This invention proposes an analytical method for evaluating the quality of
red yeast rice based on HPLC fingerprinting and multi-component quantitative analysis, belonging to the field of
quality control technology for
red yeast rice and related products. The method includes: taking a
red yeast rice sample, ultrasonically extracting it with 50%
methanol, centrifuging, and filtering to prepare a
test solution; performing detection using high-performance liquid
chromatography; constructing a red
yeast rice
fingerprint chromatogram based on the detection results, and simultaneously determining the content of six active ingredients: ankaflavin,
citrinin,
lactone-type mevastatin,
lactone-type
lovastatin, acid mevastatin, and acid
lovastatin; and combining chemical
pattern recognition methods to perform
discriminant analysis on red
yeast rice samples from different sources to evaluate the quality of the red
yeast rice. This invention achieves an organic combination of simultaneous quantitative analysis of multiple components in red yeast rice and overall quality evaluation based on
fingerprint chromatograms. Methodological validation shows that this method has good precision,
repeatability, and stability, and is accurate and reliable, suitable for the
quality control of red yeast rice raw materials and health foods and pharmaceuticals containing red yeast rice.