Abstract
A fast and simple method for simultaneous detection and quantification of the medicinally important E- and Z-guggulsterone from raw oleogum-resin of Commiphora wightii by UPLC was developed. Both E- and Z-guggulsterone were extracted from naturally occurring resin samples using ethyl acetate and methanol. Chromatographic separation of the analytes and their respective standards were performed on an Acquity UPLC BEH C18 column followed by UV as well as a triple quadrupole detector in positive ionization mode. A linear gradient elution profile followed; mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile and 2 mM ammonium acetate in water. The method was validated over a range of 6.25 to 100 ng mL−1 for both the guggulsterones. The calibration curves were linear with correlation coefficients of 0.9998 for E-guggulsterone and 0.9999 for Z-guggulsterone. The LOD and LOQ were 1.65 and 5.02 ng mL−1 for E-guggulsterone and 2.57 and 7.79 ng mL−1 for Z-guggulsterone respectively. The average recovery of E-guggulsterone (104.63%) and Z-guggulsterone (104.33%) achieved from spiked samples were consistent and reproducible. The intra- and inter-day assay precision of the analytes over the entire concentration range was less than 2%. The developed method required only 6 min to complete a run including 1 min to equilibrate the system and hence suitable for high throughput applications. Efficiency, reliability and accuracy of the developed method were evaluated by analyzing resin sample from different C. wightii populations. The result of this study offers improvement in terms of speed and sensitivity as compared to previously reported methods.
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We thank the late Dr. ML Sharma and Dr. M Krishnamohan for helping to locate and identify C. wightii plants. The authors gratefully acknowledge the technical support from Waters India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, India and the Department of Agriculture, Government of Jharkhand for providing infrastructure development fund. This study was financially supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India (NBDB Grant 102/IFD/SAN/1192/2004-05).
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Haque, I., Kumar, M. & Mukhopadhyay, K. A Rapid and Simple UPLC-MS–MS based Simultaneous Determination of the Medicinally Important E- and Z-Guggulsterone from Oleogum-Resins of Naturally Occurring Commiphora wightii Plants. Chroma 70, 1613–1619 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1365/s10337-009-1347-x
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