Chemical Profiles by Thin‑layer Chromatography and High‑performance Liquid Chromatography of Plant Species from Northeast Brazil
Julia Aparecida Lourenço de Souza2,3, Wliana Alves Viturino da Silva3, Isabelle Cristinne Ferraz Bezerra3,4, Magda Rhayanny Assunção Ferreira3,4, Luiz Alberto Lira Soares2,3,4★★ Corresponding author
- 1Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil.
- 2Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil.
- 3Postgraduate Program in Therapeutic Innovation, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
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Luiz Alberto Lira Soares
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil.
Received: 12-06-2017; Revised: 14-07-2017.
Volume 14, Issue 56 · pp. 437–443 · PUBLISHED 14 August 2018 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_225_17
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Background: Fingerprint analysis plays a key role in quality control of herbal medicines due to its technical capacity to represent the chemical diversity of these complex matrices. Several traditional Brazilian species showed very little data in their chemical profiles. Objective: Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the chemical profiles of Brazilian herbal species by thin‑layer chromatography (TLC) and high‑performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Materials and Methods: The herbal materials of 7 species (Anacardium occidentale, Annona muricata, Guazuma ulmifolia, Phyllanthus niruri, Psidium guajava, Punica granatum, and Spondias mombin) were collected from three different locations in Northeast Brazil, botanically authenticated and their chemical profile analyzed by TLC (cinnamics, flavonoids, and tannins) and by HPLC (polyphenols). Results: The chromatographic data showed the similarities between chemical profiles of the sample fingerprints, confirming the presence of several classes of secondary metabolites as well as the identification of different chemical standards (catechin, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, ellagic acid, gallic acid, quercetin, or rutin). Conclusion: The chromatographic profiling of the herbal drugs by TLC and HPLC were successfully characterized and allowed for the identification of promising chemical markers, improving the state of art in the quality control of the herbal species investigated in this study.
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Souza, J. A. L. D., Silva, W. A. V. D., Bezerra, I. C. F., Ferreira, M. R. A., & Soares, L. A. L. (2018). Chemical Profiles by Thin‑layer Chromatography and High‑performance Liquid Chromatography of Plant Species from Northeast Brazil. Pharmacognosy Magazine, 14(56), 437–443. https://doi.org/10.4103/pm.pm_225_17