Objective:To establish methods of high performance liquid chromatograph(HPLC)so as to determine content of rubrofusarin gentiobioside,assiaside C and Aurantio-obtusifolin-6-O-β-D-glucopyranoside of cassia seed.Methods:Performed Zorbax Eclipse XDB-C18 column at the temperature of 30℃,and used acetonitrile and tetrahydrofuran(A)-1%acetic acid(B)(A∶B=30∶70)as mobile phase by isocratic elution,with the flow rate being 1.0 mL/min and detection wavelength at 278 nm.Results:Three effective components achieved a baseline resolution.Rubrofusarin gentiobioside,assiaside C and Aurantio-obtusifolin-6-O-β-D-glucopyranoside respectively demonstrated a good linear relationship with the peak area in the range of 0.136 4~1.091 μg,0.117 9~0.943 μg,and 0.126 3~1.010 μg.The respective typical equation was Y=3.78×106X-143 92,Y=2.67×106X-784 35,Y=3.15×106X-108 435 respectively,and their average recovery was 100.53%,98.95%and 102.30% respectively.For the determination of cassia seed from different habitats,the result indicated there was great difference among the content of these three effective components.Conclusion:By methodologyverification,the determination method is accurate,reliable,and of good reproducibility.It can be an effective reference to the evaluation and quality control of cassia seed.