Simultaneous Determination of Gallic acid, Catechin, Rutin, Ellagic ...

Conclusions
A new HPLC method to simultaneously analyze gallic
acid, catechin, rutin, ellagic acid and qurecetin has been
developed and validated for stability, linearity, accuracy
and precision. This HPLC procedure provided excellent
identification and quantification of these five phenolic
compounds presented in M. alba, C. pulcherrima and N.
nucifera flowers with a short analysis time (15 min). The
experimental results indicated that C. pulcherrima flower
extract contained an especially high concentration of
gallic acid (2.07 mg.g -1 dry weight). It was also shown
that catechin, rutin and ellagic acid were detected in all
flower extracts and M. alba flower contained highest
amount of quercetin (3.05 mg.g -1 dry weight). Since the
phenolic compounds have been of interest of health
benefits, the present analytical study could be a potential
application to identify and quantify the phenolic
compounds in other flower extracts.
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by Srinakharinwirot
University research fund. The authors would like to thank
the Natural Product Evaluation Center (NPEC), Faculty
of Pharmacy, Srinakharinwirot University for providing
research facilities.
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