Abstract:A chiral chromatographic method for the determination of calcium L-5-methyltetrahydrofolate (L-5-MTHF-Ca) was established, and the feasibility of the method was evaluated by methodology validation. Methods high performance liquid chromatography is used. The chromatographic column is CHIRALPAK HSA chiral column (4 mm×150 mm, 5 μm). The mobile phase is phosphate buffer solution ∶ acetonitrile (90 ∶ 10, V ∶ V). The flow rate is 0.6 mL/min. The injection volume is 5 μL. The column temperature is 30 ℃ and the detection wavelength is 280 nm. The results shows that the method could separate L-5-MTHF-Ca well, the resolution is 3.24, and the linear relationship is good in the concentration range of 0.016~0.100 mg/mL, the correlation coefficient is 0.9997, the detection limit and quantitation limit are 3.11 μg/mL and 4.98 μg/mL respectively, the precision is 0.38%, and the average recovery is 103.71%. System suitability test results are good, but L-5-MTHF-Ca will slowly degrade over time, so sample analysis as soon as possible. The method is simple, accurate and can be used for the determination of L-5-MTHF-Ca in various foods and health products.