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The extraction of imperialine and imperialine-3 beta-glucoside from Fritillaria pallidiflora Schrenk and quantitative determination by HPLC-evaporative light scattering detection

  • Phytochem Anal. 2002 May-Jun;13(3):158-61. doi: 10.1002/pca.635.
Ping Li 1 Ling-Jie Zeng Song-Lin Li Ge Lin
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  • 1 Department of Pharmacognosy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China. lipingli@public1.ptt.js.cn
Abstract

The extraction procedure and quantitative determination by HPLC-evaporative LIGHT scattering detection (ELSD) of the main bioactive components, namely, imperialine (1) and imperialine-3 beta-glucoside (2), of bulbs of Fritillaria pallidiflora Schrenk have been investigated. The most efficient method for the simultaneous extraction of 1 and 2 involved pre-treatment of the bulb powder with ammonia, followed by reflux with dichloromethane:methanol at 90 degrees C for 4 h. Simultaneous determination of non-chromophoric 1 and 2 by HPLC-ELSD employed a Kromasil C18 column eluted with acetonitrile:water:diethylamine. The assay was accurate and reproducible with an overall variation lower than 4% and a sample recovery higher than 98%. The methods described have been successfully used to evaluate the quality of three batches of the crude traditional Chinese medicinal herb derived from the bulbs of F. pallidiflora.

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