Gas-liquid chromatographic determination of major constituents of Piper methysticum
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in The Analyst
- Vol. 106 (1259) , 160-165
- https://doi.org/10.1039/an9810600160
Abstract
A procedure is described for the quantitative determination of seven known major constituents in sun-dried roots, rhizomes and commercially powdered samples of Piper methysticum. A 3.0–8.0-g amount of powdered sample is extracted with chloroform in a Soxhlet apparatus for 6 h. After evaporation of solvent the extract (about 0.35 g) is dried at 100 °C for 2 h and then dissolved in chloroform to about 0.7%m/V concentration. The resulting solution is analysed by gas-liquid chromatography using dual 1.5 m × 4 mm i.d. glass columns, containing 3%m/m of OV-1 on Chromosorb W HP, and dual differential flame-ionisation detectors with nitrogen as carrier gas, the column temperature being 210 °C. There is no interference from the eight other trace constituents, non-polar low-boiling compounds or polar “tarry” material.Keywords
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