Objective To establish a HPLC method for determining the impurity α-naphthol content in Duloxetine Hydrochloride Enteric-Coated Capsules.Methods The chromatog. column was the Agilent C8 column (150 mm × 4.6 mm, 3.5 μm) with the mobile phase of acetonitrile-propanol-buffer solution (2.9 g/L phosphoric acid solution was prepared, adjusting pH to 2.5 with sodium hydroxide solution, taking 1 L of this solution, adding 10.3 g of sodium 1-hexanesulfonate monohydrate, shaking up for complete dissolving) (13:17:70), the flow rate was 1.0 mL/min, the detection wavelength was set at 230 nm and the column temperature was 40°C.Results The injection volume of α-naphthol in the range of 8×10-4-8×10-3 μg (r = 0.9976) showed the good linear relation with the peak area.The average recovery rate was 99.25%, RSD = 0.89% (n = 9).Conclusion The established HPLC method was strongly specific, durable and accurate, could be used for the α-naphthol determination in Duloxetine Hydrochloride Enteric-Coated Capsules.