A simple and reliable preparative high-performance liquid chromatographic technique for isolation of a bioactive flavone diglycoside from and extract of Cuminum cyminum seeds

Abstract

In this paper we describe a sensitive and reproducible reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method with photodiode-array detection for isolation and quantification of the bioactive hydrophilic constituent 7-(1- O -β- d -galacturonide-4′- (1- O -β- d -glucopyranosyl)- 3′,4′,5,7-tetrahydroxyflavone, 1 , from the seeds of Cuminum cyminum . Compound 1 was separated isocratically on a C 18 preparative column, in high purity, after removal of solvents. The purity and identity of the compound were established by use of LC-mass spectrometry and by spectroscopic techniques ( 1 H and 13 C NMR). The purity of 1 was also confirmed by HPTLC.