Use of Innovative (Micro)Extraction Techniques to Characterise Harpagophytum procumbens Root and its Commercial Food Supplements

ConclusionAll commercial samples respected the European Pharmacopoeia monograph for this plant material, showing a harpagoside content ≥ 1.2%. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Determination of harpagoside and a wide phenolic pattern in H. procumbens root and commercial food supplements, dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (DLLME), ultrasound‐assisted DLLME, sugaring‐out liquid–liquid extraction, and MAE were tested and compared following HPLC‐PDA analysis.

Source: Phytochemical Analysis - November 1, 2017 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Alina Diuzheva, Simone Carradori, Vasil Andruch, Marcello Locatelli, Elisa De Luca, Matteo Tiecco, Raimondo Germani, Luigi Menghini, Alessio Nocentini, Paola Gratteri, Cristina Campestre Tags: Research Article Source Type: research