Quantitative analysis of all types of β-carboline alkaloids in medicinal plants and dried edible plants by high performance liquid chromatography with selective fluorometric detection

Phytochemical Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 247-253

  Tsuchiya, Hironori ^a   Hayashi, Hideaki ^a   Sato, Masaru ^a   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^b   Iinuma, Munekazu ^b  

^a ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dried edible plants; Fluorometric detection; High performance liquid chromatography; Medicinal plants; carboline alkaloids

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLITES;

DRIED EDIBLE PLANT; EDIBLE PLANTS; FLUORESCAMINES; FLUOROMETRIC DETECTION; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHODS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERNAL STANDARDS; MEDICINAL PLANTS; Β-CARBOLINE; Β-CARBOLINE ALKALOID;

ALKALOIDS;

ALKALOID; BETA CARBOLINE; FLUORESCAMINE; HARMALINE; HARMALOL; HARMAN; HARMINE; HARMOL; TRYPTOLINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; FLUOROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; OXIDATION;

EID: 0032843337     PISSN: 09580344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1565(199909/10)10:5<247::AID-PCA465>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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