Open AccessIsolation of Methoxyfuranocoumarins FromAmmi majusby Centrifugal Partition Chromatography
Author(s) -
Magdalena Bartnik,
Anna Katarzyna Mazurek
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of chromatographic science
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.362
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1945-239X
pISSN - 0021-9665
DOI - 10.1093/chromsci/bmv098
Subject(s) - chemistry , chromatography , countercurrent chromatography , ethyl acetate , high performance liquid chromatography , petroleum ether , thin layer chromatography , dichloromethane , silica gel , supercritical fluid chromatography , column chromatography , solvent , extraction (chemistry) , organic chemistry
Pure methoxyfuranocoumarins were isolated from Ammi majus L. by use of low-pressure column chromatography (LPCC) followed by centrifugal partition chromatography (CPC). The concentrated petroleum ether extract from fruits of A. majus was fractionated on a silica gel column using a gradient of ethyl acetate in dichloromethane (0-80%, v/v). Coumarin-rich fractions were analyzed by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and high-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC/DAD). Xanthotoxin (8-MOP) and isopimpinellin (isoP), structurally similar compounds, were isolated in one fraction (FR6). To avoid multistep and long-lasting TLC preparation, optimization of CPC conditions has been performed. In one run, an effective separation of 8-MOP and isoP was achieved. The two-phase solvent system composed of n-hexane-ethyl acetate-methanol-water (10 : 8 : 10 : 9; v/v) in an ascending mode (the aqueous phase was a stationary phase, and the organic phase was a mobile phase), with flow rate 3 mL/min and rotation speed 1,600 r.p.m., was used. The identification and high purities of isolated 8-MOP (98.7%) and isoP (100%) were confirmed by HPLC/DAD assay, when compared with standards. The developed CPC method could be applied to the effective isolation of 8-MOP and isoP from plant extracts. The high purity of obtained compounds makes possible further exploitation of these components in biological studies.