PMID- 18980769 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090219 LR - 20191210 IS - 0021-9673 (Print) IS - 0021-9673 (Linking) VI - 1213 IP - 2 DP - 2008 Dec 12 TI - Enhanced analysis of triterpenes, flavonoids and phenolic compounds in Prunella vulgaris L. by capillary zone electrophoresis with the addition of running buffer modifiers. PG - 231-8 LID - 10.1016/j.chroma.2008.10.033 [doi] AB - A cyclodextrin-modified capillary zone electrophoresis method was developed for the separation and determination of three isomeric compounds (ursolic acid, oleanolic acid and betulinic acid), caffeic acid, p-coumaric acid, rosmarinic acid, rutin and quercetin. Without the addition of beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD) and methanol, the separation of these analytes was poorly resolved. These eight compounds, however, were well separated from each other within 20 min with a borax running buffer (40 mM of borax, pH 9.4) containing 2mM beta-CD and 4% (v/v) methanol at the voltage of 25 kV, temperature of 25 degrees C and detection wavelength of 210 nm. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) of migration time ranged from 0.16 to 0.74% while those of the peak area ratios ranged from 2.17 to 4.61% for six determinations of the analytes at concentration of 10 and 25 microg mL(-1). The correlation coefficients of the calibration curves of the analytes were all >0.998, and the recoveries were from 96.8 to 103.6%. The method was successfully applied to determine these bioactive components in the samples of Prunella vulgaris L. and its beverage drink products. Our results reveal that only the isomeric compounds and rosmarinic acid could be detected in the spikes of P. vulgaris L.; other components were either too low to be detected or not present while only rosmarinic acid was detected in the beverage products. FAU - Cheung, Hon-Yeung AU - Cheung HY AD - Research Group for Bioactive Products, Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong, SAR, China. bhhonyun@cityu.edu.hk FAU - Zhang, Qing-Feng AU - Zhang QF LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Validation Study DEP - 20081015 PL - Netherlands TA - J Chromatogr A JT - Journal of chromatography. A JID - 9318488 RN - 0 (Buffers) RN - 0 (Flavonoids) RN - 0 (Phenols) RN - 0 (Plant Extracts) RN - 0 (Triterpenes) SB - IM MH - Buffers MH - Electrophoresis, Capillary/methods MH - Flavonoids/*analysis MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - Phenols/*analysis MH - Plant Extracts/analysis MH - Prunella/*chemistry MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Triterpenes/*analysis EDAT- 2008/11/05 09:00 MHDA- 2009/02/20 09:00 CRDT- 2008/11/05 09:00 PHST- 2008/07/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2008/10/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2008/10/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2008/11/05 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/02/20 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/11/05 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9673(08)01781-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.chroma.2008.10.033 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Chromatogr A. 2008 Dec 12;1213(2):231-8. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2008.10.033. Epub 2008 Oct 15.