建立了高效液相色谱-串联质谱（HPLC-MS/MS）快速测定香辛料中去甲乌药碱的分析方法。实验优化了样品前处理条件和色谱质谱条件。在优化条件下，样品经体积比为80%甲醇-水提取，纯水进行一定倍数的稀释，以Waters XBridge C18（150 mm×2.1 mm，5 μm）色谱柱分离，电喷雾正离子扫描，多反应监测（MRM）模式检测，基质匹配标准溶液外标法定量，实现了香辛料中去甲乌药碱的精确定量分析。去甲乌药碱在0.05~20.0 ng/mL范围内线性关系良好，相关系数为0.9999，方法检出限为0.7 μg/kg，定量限为2.33 μg/kg，在3个添加水平条件下八角的平均回收率为91.80%~99.97%，相对标准偏差为1.43%~2.35%。该方法简单、灵敏、准确性高、稳定性好，适用于香辛料中去甲乌药碱的测定。

A rapid analytical method for determination of higenamine in spices had been developed by high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) in this work. The sample pretreatment conditions and the HPLC-MS/MS conditions were optimized. The sample was extracted with 80% methanol water by volume, and then diluted with pure water for a certain number of times. The target compound was separated on a Waters XBridge C18 (150 mm×2.1 mm, 5 μm) column, and determined using electrospray ionization (ESI) source in positive mode with the multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) acquisition mode. It was quantified with the matrix-matched external standard method, which was performed to accurately quantify higenamine in spices. The results showed that this method exhibited a good linearity in the range of 0.05~20.0 ng/mL, with the correlation coefficients (r) of 0.9999. The limit of detetion (LOD, S/N=3) were 0.7 μg/kg, and the limit of quantitation (LOQ, S/N=10) were 2.33 μg/kg. At the three spiked levels, the average recoveries of star anise were in the range of 91.80%~99.97% with the relative standard deviations of 1.43%~2.35%. The method is simple, sensitive, accurate, stable and suitable for the rapid determination of higenamine in spices.

湖北省自然科学基金计划项目（2018CFB340）、湖北省食品药品监督管理局科研项目(201801020)、湖北省食品药品监督管理局科研项目(201602009)