Abstract:The feasible, reliable and selective multi-template molecularly imprinted polymers (MT-MIPs) based on SBA-15 (SBA-15@MT-MIPs) for the selective separation and determination of the trace level of ginsenoside Rb 1 (Rb 1 ), ginsenoside Rg 1 (Rg 1 ) and notoginsenoside R 1 (R 1 ) simultaneously from biological samples were developed. The polymers were constructed by SBA-15 as support, Rb 1 , Rg 1 , R 1 as multi-template, acrylamide (AM) as functional monomer and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as cross-linker. The new synthetic SBA-15@MT-MIPs were satisfactorily applied to solid-phase extraction (SPE) coupled with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for the separation and determination of trace Rb 1 , Rg 1 and R 1 in plasma samples. Under the optimized conditions, the limits of detection (LODs) and quantitation (LOQs) of the proposed method for Rb 1 , Rg 1 and R 1 were in the range of 0.63-0.75 ng·mL −1 and 2.1-2.5 ng·mL −1 , respectively. The recoveries of R 1 , Rb 1 and Rg 1 were obtained between 93.4% and 104.3% with relative standard deviations (RSDs) in the range of 3.3-4.2%. All results show that the obtained SBA-15@MT-MIPs could be a promising prospect for the practical application in the selective separation and enrichment of trace Panax notoginseng saponins (PNS) in the biological samples.