Two Validated Chromatographic Methods for Estimation of (-)-Epicatechin in Plant Sample and Marketed Extract
Abstract
Abstract Two reproducible and simple chromatographic methods (HPLC and HPTLC) have been developed and validated for quantification of (-) - Epicatechin, a polyphenolic flavonoid from the plant Pterocarpus marsupium. The linearity was observed from 2 to 25 μg/ml with a correlation coefficient (r2) of 0.999 for HPLC method and for HPTLC from 200 to 1200 ng/spot with a correlation coefficient (r2) of 0.9911. For HPLC method the relative standard deviation was found to be 1.02 % for system...