Abstract
A high-pressure thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) method for quantitative analysis of nicotine in Nicotiana sp. was developed using a methanol extract of leaves and stems and TLC plates (silica gel 60 GF254) with spot visualization under ultraviolet (UV) light. Scanning at 235 nm in the absorption-reflection mode produced linear calibration curves in the range of 2 to 25 μg, with a correlation coefficient of 0.991. The average recovery rate was 95% (CV % 1.35). From the present study, the lower limit of detection was 0.08 μg spot−1 for the nicotine. The validity of the method was confirmed by comparing the UV spectra of the tobacco plant samples with standards within the same Rf window.
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