title: Accumulation of three important bioactive compounds in different plant parts of Withania somnifera and its determination by the LC-ESI-MS-MS (MRM) method.
abstract: A comprehensive experiment was conducted to study the accumulation pattern and determination of three important bioactive compounds namely withaferin-A (WA), 12-deoxywithastramonolide (WO) and withanolide-A (WD) and its determination by the liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS-MS) method in root, stem, fruits and leaves of Withania somnifera. A rapid and sensitive LC-ESI-MS-MS method was developed and validated for the determination of these three important bioactive compounds, having same molecular weight. The multiple reaction monitoring method was established by two transitions for each analyte and intense transition used for quantification. Separation of the three analytes was achieved within a run time of 5 min on an RP-18 column using a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile and 0.1% acetic acid in water in an isocratic condition. The developed method was validated as per the ICH guidelines. The developed method was found to be suitable for identification and quantification of WA, WO and WD in different plant parts such as roots, stems, fruits and leaves of W. somnifera. The accumulation of WA was highest in leaves samples (8.84 ± 0.37 mg/g) and it was 2.23, 5.85 and 27.26 times higher than its concentration in fruits, stems and roots, respectively. WO and WD contents were highest (0.44 ± 0.016 and 0.72 ± 0.016 mg/g, respectively) in root.
authors.affiliation: ICAR-Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research, Boriavi, Anand 378310, Gujarat, India gajbhiye_narendra@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Narendra A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Gajbhiye
authors.affiliation: ICAR-Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research, Boriavi, Anand 378310, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Jayanti
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Makasana
authors.affiliation: ICAR-Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research, Boriavi, Anand 378310, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Satyanshu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D018514:Plant Structures / Q000378:metabolism*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods*; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D032341:Withania / Q000378:metabolism*