The molecular imprinting technique has aroused great interest in preparing novel stationary phases, and the resulting materials named molecularly imprinted polymers coated silica packing materials exhibit good performance in separating diverse analytes based on their good characteristics (including high selectivity, simple synthesis, and good chemical stability). To date, monotemplate is commonly used in synthesizing molecularly imprinted polymersbased stationary phases. The resulting materials always own the disadvantages of low column efficiency and restricted analytes, and the price of ginsenosides with high purity was very high. In this study, to overcome the weaknesses of molecularly imprinted polymers-based stationary phases mentioned above, the multi-templates (total saponins of folium ginseng) strategy was used to prepare ginsenosides imprinted polymer-based stationary phase. The resulting ginsenosides imprinted polymer-coated silica stationary phase has a good spherical shape and suitable pore structures. Additionally, the total saponins of folium ginseng were cheaper than other kinds of ginsenosides. Moreover, the ginsenosides imprinted polymer-coated silica stationary phase-packed column performed well in the separation of ginsenosides, nucleosides, and sulfonamides. The ginsenosides imprinted polymer-coated silica stationary phase possesses good reproducibility, repeatability, and stability for seven days. Therefore, a multitemplates strategy for synthesizing the ginsenosides imprinted polymer-coated silica stationary phase is considered in the future.
K E Y W O R D Schromatographic properties, molecular imprinting, polar pharmaceuticals, stationary phases, templates Article Related Abbreviations: EtOH, ethanol; HAC, acetic acid; MeOH, methanol; MIPs/SiO 2 , molecularly imprinted polymers coated silica; NIP/SiO 2 , non-imprinted polymer-modified silica microspheres; Sil-PEI/CDs, polyethyleneimine-functionalized carbon dots fabricated silica microbeads; XPS, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; γ-MPS, 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate.