OBJECTIVE To determi ne the contents of total fla vonoids i n Scutellaria barbata standard decoction ，evaluate in vitro antioxidant activity ，establish the fingerprint and conduct chemical pattern recognition analysis. METHODS The contents of total flavonoids in S. barbata standard decoction （calculated by scutellarein ）were determined by ultraviet-visible spectrophotometry. In vitro antioxidant activity of S. barbata standard decoction was investigated by free radical scavenging tests of 1，1-diphenyl- 2-trinitrophenylhydrazine（DPPH）and 2，2′-azino-bis（3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid ）ammonium salt （ABTS）；HPLC method was adopted. Using scutellarin as reference ，the fingerprints of 16 batches of S. barbata standard decoction were drawn and evaluated by Similarity Evaluation System of TCM Chromatogram Fingerprint （2004 A edition ），and the common peaks were determined；Pearson correlation analysis was carried out by using SPSS 24.0 software to screen substances with in vitro antioxidant activity. Taking them as variables ，cluster analysis and principal component analysis were carried out by using SPSS 24.0 and SIMCA 14.1 software. RESULTS The linear range of total flavonoids were 2.106-21.06 μg/mL（R2＝0.999 3）；RSDs of precision ， reproducibility and stability tests （120 min）were all lower than 2％；the recovery was 100.62％（RSD＝0.55％，n＝6）；the contents of total flavonoids were 0.634-1.053 mg/mL. Median inhibitory concentration （IC50） of DPPH radical scavenging experiment ranged 1.120-3.602 mg/mL，and IC 50 of ABTS radical scavenging e xperiment range d 0.684-1.327 mg/mL. The results of correlation analysis showed that the content of total flavonoids Δ 基金项目 ：河北省高校省级重点学科建设项目 （No.冀教 in S. barbata standard decoction was negatively correlated 高〔2013〕4号）；承德医学院自然科学研究计划项目（No.201824） ＊讲师，硕士。研究方向：中药质量控制 。电话：0314-2291186。 with the IC 50 of DPPH free radical and ABTS free radical E-mail：duyilongww@sina.com scavenging experiment ，and the correlation coefficients were # 通信作者 ：教授，硕士。研究方向 ：中药质量控制 。电话： －0.976 and －0.940 respectively（P＜0.01）. There were 18 0314-2291186。E-mail：phf2301@163.com common peaks in the fin gerprints of 16 batches of S. barbata 中国药房 2022年第33卷第4期 China Pharmacy 2022Vol. 33 No. 4 ·425· standard decoction ；the s imilarities were 0.964-0.997. A total of 4 common peaks were identified ，such as scutellarin （peak 8）， scutellarein（peak 14），luteolin（peak 15），apigenin（peak 17）.In the HPLC fingerprints of S. barbata standard decoction ，the peak areas of peak 3-4，8-9，12-15 and 17 were significantly negatively correlated with the IC 50 of DPPH free radical and ABTS free radical scavenging experiment （P＜0.05）. The results of cluster analysis showed that 16 batches of S. barbata standard decoction could be clustered into two categories ，of which S 2，S7-S8 and S 14-S16 were clustered into one category ，S1，S3-S6 and S 9-S13 were clustered into one category. By principal component analysis ，16 batches of S. barbata standard decoction were divided into two categories ，of which S 2，S4，S7 and S 14-S16 were clustered into one category ，and S 1，S3，S5-S6 and S 8-S13 were clustered into one. The comprehensive scores were high in the samples of S 4，S13，S15. CONCLUSIONS Established HPLC fingerprint and chemical pattern recognition analysis method can be used to evaluate the quality of S. barbata standard decoction ； peak 3-4，8-9，12-15 and 17 and total flavonoids are the potential material basis for S. barbata standard decoction to scavenge DPPH free radical and ABTS free radical.