title: Quantitative determination of phospholipids in a pharmaceutical drug by scanning and video densitometry.
abstract: This paper describes a convenient and practice method for quantitation of surfactant phospholipids (1,2-dipalmitoyl-3-sn-phosphatidyl choline [DPPC] and 1-palmitayl-2-oleyl-3-sn-phosphatidyl glycerol [POPG]) in a recombinant surfactant lyophile (Venticute) by high-performance, thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) with video densitometry. DPPC and POPG were extracted from Venticute-lyophile using methanol. Separation from the other active ingredients and excipients was accomplished by HPTLC on silica gel F254 plates with a mixture of chloroform, methanol, glacial acetic acid, and water as development solvent. Postchromatographic derivatization by dipping in copper sulphate/phosphoric acid reagent and subsequent heating shows grey-brown bands on a light blue background. These were detected with the video densitometer in the VIS range, and with scanning densitometry at 365 nm. Linear calibration in a working range of 0.7-1.3 microg DPPC and 0.35-0.65 microg POPG was demonstrated by integrating the area under the peaks. Good results were obtained with recovery experiments. When compared to classical slit scanning densitometry, video densitometry represents a fast alternative to quantitate thin-layer chromatograms in surfactant phospholipid analysis.
authors.affiliation: University of Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Essig
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Kovar
mesh_terms: D015060:1,2-Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine / Q000032:analysis*; D003720:Densitometry; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols; D015060:1,2-Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine; C051388:1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoglycerol