Table 3

Precision of the intra-day and inter-day measurements

Conc. μg/ml
Intra-day a
Inter-day b

Peak areas Mean (SD)
RSD %
Precision %
Peak areas Mean (SD)
RSD %
Precision %

Low (4.08)
63.0 (0.8)
1.36
95.90%
65.3 (0.5)
0.88
95.08%
Mid (20.42)
303.1 (0.4)
0.15
95.48%
309.9 (1.8)
0.60
95.80%
High (122.52)
1870.0 (7.5)
0.39
97.55%
1890.0 (17.8)
0.95
98.59%

Note: a: n = 5; b: n = 6 (twice a day for three consecutive days).

Xie et al. Chinese Medicine 2008 3:6   doi:10.1186/1749-8546-3-6