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This study developed an ionic liquid-assisted sequential ultrasound\u2013microwave extraction method and evaluated paeoniflorin, oxypaeoniflorin and albiflorin by HPLC as multi-marker responses. Among the ionic liquids tested, 1-propyl-3-methylimidazolium dihydrogen phosphate showed the best extraction response. Box\u2013Behnken response surface optimization gave practical extraction conditions of a solid-to-liquid ratio of 1:26 g\/mL, ionic liquid concentration of 0.12 mol\/L and ultrasound time of 22 min. Under these conditions, paeoniflorin and total marker glycosides reached 29.12 and 34.98 mg\/g dry material, respectively, representing increases of 32.4% and 34.5% compared with conventional reflux extraction. UPLC-QTOF-MS profiling provided complementary chemical profile information for the optimized extract and tentatively annotated Paeonia-related monoterpene glycoside derivatives, galloylated glucose derivatives and polyphenolic constituents. Electrostatic potential, SAPT and non-covalent interaction analyses, supported by 1H NMR chemical shift perturbation, suggested possible hydrogen bonding, electrostatic and dispersion interactions between paeoniflorin and the selected ionic liquid. 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