Pseudolaric acid A-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (Pseudolaric acid A-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside) is a natural product with antibacterial, anticancer, and antifungal properties.

A reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography method was established for the first time to simultaneously qualify the seven major diterpenoids in Pseudolarix kaempferi, namely pseudolaric acid B O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (1), pseudolaric acid C2 (2), pseudolaric acid C1 (3), deacetylpseudolaric acid A (4), Pseudolaric acid A-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (5), pseudolaric acid B (6) and pseudolaric acid A (7). The optimal conditions of separation and detection were achieved on an Inertsil ODS-3 column with gradient elution of methanol and 0.5% aqueous acetic acid (v/v) at the flow rate of 0.6 ml min(-1) within 40 min and detection wavelength set at 262 nm. All calibration curves showed good linear regression (r2>0.9999) within test ranges. This method provided good accuracy with recoveries in the range of 94.3-106.1% and good precision with R.S.D.s of repeatability and intermediate precision less than 0.57% and 4.67%, respectively. The method was successfully applied to qualitative and quantitative determination of 20 P. kaempferi among the 54 samples collected from different areas.