Abstract
A high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of colchicinoid alkaloids in plant material is described. The determination is performed separately in neutral and basic alkaloid fractions using a C 18-bonded silica column. Nine alkaloids, i.e., 3-demethylcolchicine, 2-demethylcolchicine, colchifoline, N-deacetyl-N-formylcolchicine, colchicine, cornigerine, 2-demethyldemecolcine, 3-demethyldemecolcine and demecolcine, in seven Colchicum plants were assayed. For identification of phenolic compounds, a method using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was elaborated and twenty phenolic compounds were identified in extracts from five Colchicum species. As the presence of luteolin appeared to be of value for chemotaxonomic purposes, its simple densitometric determination was developed.
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