Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research (ISSN : 0975-7384)

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Original Articles: 2015 Vol: 7 Issue: 2

Development and validation of an HPLC-PDA method for the determination of flavonoids in Allamanda species flowers

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the presence of flavonoids in flowers of different Allamanda species and quantify the rutin by high performance liquid chromatography. The gradient method employs a Phenomenex C18 column with methanol, acetonitrile and water acidified with constant flow of 0.8 mL min-1 and photo diode array (PDA) detection at 355 nm. It was possible to detect several flavonoids in the flowers extract, including rutin with Rt 29.6 ± 0.5 min. Good linearity (correlation coefficient >0.999) for calibration curve of standard rutin was achieved. The limits of detection and quantitation were 0.25 and 2 μg mL-1, respectively. The accuracy, in terms of recovery percentage, ranged from 98.18% to 100.9%. The following concentrations of rutin in the ethyl acetate fraction were obtained: A. cathartica 18.46 ± 0.04, A. schottii 24.85 ± 0.08 and A. blanchettii 45.22 ± 0.08 mg 100g of fresh flowers. The Allamanda is an excellent font of flavonoids.