The invention relates to a preparation method of
jatrorrhizine. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: (1) taking dry stem leaves of
mahonia fortunei (Lindl.) Fedde, soaking the stem leaves with 1% of saturated
ammonia water for 2-6 hours,
drying the stem leaves in the air, adding the stem leaves into a flash extractor, taking 85-95% of
ethanol solution as an extraction
solvent to carry out flash extraction, and filtering to obtain extracting solution; (2) concentrating the extracting solution to extract, adjusting the pH value to 1-3, filtering out insoluble substances, adjusting the pH value of the filtrate to 8-9, enriching the filtrate on a
macroporous resin column, firstly washing the product until the color is light, then eluting the product with 50% of
ethanol solution, collecting the eluant, and concentrating and
drying the eluant to obtain a crude product; and (3) separating the crude product through preparative liquid
chromatography to obtain the
jatrorrhizine. The method has the characteristics of quickness, safety, high efficiency,
energy conservation, avoidance of damaging active ingredients and the like, and is suitable for industrial production.