Isolation of aspalathin and nothofagin from rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) using high-performance countercurrent chromatography: Sample loading and compound stability considerations

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 1381, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-36

  de Beer, Dalene ^a   Malherbe, Christiaan J ^a   Beelders, Theresa ^a,b   Willenburg, Elize L ^a   Brand, D Jacobus ^b   Joubert, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a ARC INFRUITEC NIETVOORBIJ   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aspalathin; Countercurrent chromatography; Nothofagin; Rooibos; Sample stability; Semi preparative HPLC

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION;

ASPALATHIN; COUNTERCURRENT CHROMATOGRAPHY; NOTHOFAGIN; ROOIBOS; SEMI-PREPARATIVE HPLC;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALCOHOL; ASPALATHIN; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ISOORIENTIN; NOTHOFAGIN; ORIENTIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GLUCOSIDE; LUTEOLIN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTER CURRENT CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DIODE ARRAY DETECTION; EMULSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE COUNTERCURRENT CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; PH MEASUREMENT; PHASE SEPARATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ASPALATHUS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLANT LEAF;

ASPALATHUS LINEARIS;

ASPALATHUS; CHALCONES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COUNTERCURRENT DISTRIBUTION; FLAVONOIDS; GLUCOSIDES; LUTEOLIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; POLYPHENOLS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 84922781289     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: 18733778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2014.12.078     Document Type: Article

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