Simultaneous determination of key osmoregulants in halophytes using HPLC-ELSD
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Faculty
Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science
School
School of Natural Sciences / Centre for Ecosystem Management
RAS ID
16153
Abstract
Osmoregulants are the substances produced by plants that assist in tolerating environmental stresses. Three commonly analysed osomoregulants include mannitol, betaine and proline. A simple, sensitive and rapid HPLC-ELSD method has been developed for the simultaneous analysis of these common osmoregulants in plant extracts. Osmoregulants were extracted using 80 % ethanol and separated on an NH2 column using 0.1 % formic acid and acetonitrile as the mobile phase. Retention time repeatability was 0.85, 1.50, and 0.93 % for mannitol, betaine and proline, respectively. The limit of detection (μmol) was 1.43 × 10-4, 7.81 × 10 -5 and 1.08 × 10-4 for mannitol, betaine and proline, respectively. The developed method was applied to three different plant extracts, Stylosanthes guianensis, Atriplex cinerea and Rhagodia baccata. A second method using a C18 column with 0.1 % heptafluorobutyric acid and acetonitrile as the mobile phase proved to be a useful complementary method for verifying tentative peak identifications.
DOI
10.1007/s10337-013-2494-7
Comments
Kalsoom, U. , Boyce, M. C., Bennett, I. J., & Veraplakorn, V. (2013). Simultaneous determination of key osmoregulants in halophytes using HPLC-ELSD. Chromatographia, 76(17-18), 1125-1130. Available here