title: Estimation of Costunolide and Dehydrocostus Lactone in Saussurea lappa and its Polyherbal Formulations followed by their Stability Studies Using HPLC-DAD.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Saussurea lappa is one of the popular Ayurvedic herb; costunolide and dehydrocostus lactones are well-known sesquiterpene lactones contained in many plants used as popular herbs, such as S. lappa, and have been considered as potential candidates for the treatment of various types of tumor.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The present study was used for the quantification of costunolide and dehydrocostus lactone in S. lappa and its polyherbal formulations, stability studies of markers and characterization of their degradants.
  
  
  METHODS
  HPLC analysis was performed on Waters NOVAPAK HR C18 column (300 mm × 3.9 mm i.d., 6 μm) using isocratic elution with acetonitrile and water (60:40% v/v).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The calibration curves of both analytes showed good linearity within the established range 5-100 μg/ml. The limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ) were 1.5 and 4.6 μg/ml for costunolide and 1.3 and 4.0 μg/ml for dehydrocostus lactone, respectively. Good results were achieved with respect to repeatability (%RSD < 2.0) and recovery (99.3-101.8%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The method was found to be precise, accurate, specific, and was successfully used for analyzing costunolide and dehydrocostus lactone in S. lappa and its polyherbal formulations. The developed method was found to be suitable for stability studies of markers and characterization of their degradation products.
authors.affiliation: Division of Natural Products Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Rao Vadaparthi
authors.affiliation: Division of Natural Products Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Division of Natural Products Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: Vanka Uma Maheswara
authors.initials: VU
authors.lastname: Sarma
authors.affiliation: Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Wadura, Sopore, J and K, India.
authors.forename: Qazi Altaf
authors.initials: QA
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.affiliation: Division of Natural Products Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: K Suresh
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Babu
keywords: Costunolide; HPLC; dehydrocostus lactone; stability studies