title: Analysis of catechins in extracts of Cistus species by microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography.
abstract: A microemulsion electrokinetic chromatographic (MEEKC) method was developed for the separation of six catechins, specific marker phytochemicals of Cistus species. The MEEKC method involved the use of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as surfactant, heptane as organic solvent and butan-1-ol as co-solvent. In order to have a better stability of the studied catechins, the separation was performed under acidic conditions (pH 2.5 phosphate buffer). The effects of SDS concentration and of the amount of organic solvent and co-solvent on the analyte resolution were evaluated. The optimized conditions (heptane 1.36% (w/v), SDS 2.31% (w/v), butan-1-ol 9.72% (w/v) and 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 2.5) 86.61% (w/v)) allowed a useful and reproducible separation of the studied analytes to be achieved. These conditions provided a different separation profile compared to that obtained under conventional micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MECK) using SDS. The method was validated and applied to the determination of catechin and gallocatechin in lyophilized extracts of Cistus incanus and Cistus monspeliensis.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università di Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Romeo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pomponio
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gotti
authors.forename: N Alfredo
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Santagati
authors.forename: Vanni
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cavrini
mesh_terms: D002021:Buffers; D002392:Catechin / Q000032:analysis*; D020374:Chromatography, Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary / Q000379:methods*; D029758:Cistus / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D002021:Buffers; D010936:Plant Extracts; D002392:Catechin