scholarly journals Analysis of Flavonol Aglycones and Terpenelactones in Ginkgo biloba Extract: A Comparison of High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography and Column High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

2007 ◽  
Vol 90 (5) ◽  
pp. 1203-1209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean E Gray ◽  
Dale Messer ◽  
Andrew Porter ◽  
Brian Hefner ◽  
Dama Logan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Thin Layer ◽  
Thin Layer Chromatography ◽  
Ginkgo Biloba ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Flavonol Glycosides ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Relative Standard ◽  
Layer Chromatography

Abstract Advancements in automated high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) have made it feasible to assess its use for the quantitative analysis of marker compounds in botanical preparations. We report here the findings of method comparisons for the terpenelactones and flavonol aglycones by column high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with evaporative light scattering and UV detection, and HPTLC with a scanning densitometer. For the HPTLC assay of terpenelactones, total bilobalide, ginkgolide A, and ginkgolide B consistently achieved <70 of the total determined using HPLC, regardless of variations to postchromatographic derivatization time and temperature. Accuracy testing showed the possibility of a matrix interference. In contrast, a good relationship (95) was determined between HPTLC and HPLC for determination of total flavonol glycosides (calculated from combined quercetin, kaempferol, and isorhamnetin) from an acid-hydrolyzed Ginkgo biloba L. (GBE) sample. The HPTLC flavonol aglycone method also performed well in terms of accuracy (overall average of 96 recovery for the 3 aglycones) and consecutive plate repeatability (overall percent relative standard deviation of 4.4). It is demonstrated that HPTLC can be a time-saving complement to HPLC for routine analysis of the flavonol glycosides in GBE.

Quantitative Determination of Vitamin E Isomers using Gas Chromatography, High Performance Liquid Chromatography and High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 294
Author(s):  
Hari Ramakrishnan K. ◽  
Janaky Ranjithkumar
Keyword(s):  
Gas Chromatography ◽  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Vitamin E ◽  
Thin Layer ◽  
Thin Layer Chromatography ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Layer Chromatography

Vitamin E, the fat soluble vitamin is present naturally in some foods and added in food supplements, nutraceuticals etc due to its vital biological function as an antioxidant. Various methods are available for the analysis of vitamin E. Especially High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Gas Chromatography (GC) are exclusively used for the quantitative evaluation of vitamin E, which has also identified the four different isomeric forms of this vitamin. The rate of losses of this vitamin during food processing and analysis, in addition to their transient dynamics, presents complexities in developing a highly sensitive procedure for their separations. Though effective, HPLC instrument is expensive and comparatively cumbersome. In this prospective, the study was to evaluate the usefulness of High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) in the analysis of vitamin E. There are methods available using Thin Layer Chromatography for its analysis, but they are not sensitive enough to identify the isomeric forms of vitamin E. In this HPTLC method, the different isomeric forms of vitamin E - α, β, γ and δ were identified. This technique shall be considered as an alternative to the other methods such as HPLC and GC.

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