title: Microwave-assisted extraction of scutellarin from Erigeron breviscapus Hand-Mazz and its determination by high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: An efficient microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) technique has been developed to extract scutellarin from Erigeron breviscapus for rapid determination by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The maximum yield of scutellarin reached 1.02% in 40 min under the optimal MAE conditions with 80 degrees C of extraction temperature and 1:10 (w/v) of the solid/liquid ratio. The MAE showed obvious advantages in terms of short duration and high efficiency to extract scutellarin in comparison with heat-flux extraction. The mechanism of the enhanced extraction by microwave assistance was discussed by detecting particle size and specific surface area of plant materials and observing cell destruction of plant material by light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The results showed that the plant materials were significantly destroyed due to the cell rupture after MAE treatment. Afterward, the method validation for HPLC-UV analysis was developed. Calibration range was 0.1-100 microg mL(-1) for scutellarin, and correlation coefficient R was 0.9993. Limit of detection was less than 0.01 microg mL(-1). The intra- and inter-day relative standard deviation (R.S.D.) of scutellarin detection ranged from 1.58% to 2.96% and from 3.32% to 4.19%, respectively. The recovery of the method for scutellarin ranged from 96.7% to 101.9%.
authors.affiliation: National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, PR China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Moytri
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: RoyChowdhury
authors.forename: Chunzhao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D047310:Apigenin / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D049919:Erigeron / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005965:Glucuronates / Q000032:analysis*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008872:Microwaves; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D005965:Glucuronates; C484876:scutellarin; D047310:Apigenin