Table 3 Recovery tests for silymarin using HPLC and UPLC methods (Recovery of silymarin analysis using HPLC and UPLC methods)

Compound	HPLC method		UPLC method
	Recovery (%)	RDS (%)	Recovery (%)	RDS (%)
	Silychristin	98.58	0.84	100.06	0.32
Silydianin	98.88	0.76	100.21	0.29
Silybin A	98.93	0.81	100.36	0.28
Silybin B	98.71	0.78	99.96	0.26
Isosilybin A	98.8	0.77	100.29	0.37
Isosilybin B	98.11	0.79	100.81	0.71
Average recovery	98.67		100.34

RSD: relative standard deviation