Determination of (-) hydroxycitric acid in commercial samples of Garcinia cambogia extract by liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection.

Jayaprakasha, G. K. and Sakariah, K. K. (2000) Determination of (-) hydroxycitric acid in commercial samples of Garcinia cambogia extract by liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection. Journal of Liquid Chromatography & Related Technologies, 23 (6). 915-923, 13 ref..

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Abstract

An HPLC method was developed for the separation of organic acids in commercial samples of Garcinia cambogia (Malabar tamarind) extracts. HPLC using various concn. of H2SO4 (6-12mM) as the mobile phase was studied; 6mM H2SO4 was selected as the best concn. for separation of organic acids from tamarind extracts. The major organic acid in commercially available extracts of Garcinia cambogia was (-) hydroxycitric acid (HCA) present at 51-55% (w/w) of extracts. Tartaric, citric and malic acids were present in much smaller quantities. A flow rate of 1.0 ml/min under isocratic conditions was used for elution of HCA and detection was via UV at 210 nm. This method accurately determined HCA in Garcinia cambogia extracts at levels of 2-10 mug. Recoveries were in the range 98.42-100.5% and coeff. of variance were between 0.25 and 0.63% (n = 5). Therefore, it is suggested that this method is ideally suited for rapid routine analysis of commercial Garcinia camboiga extracts.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	EXTRACTS-; FRUITS-SPECIFIC; HIGH-PERFORMANCE-LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC-ACIDS; PLANTS-; GARCINIA-CAMBOGIA; HPLC-; TAMARINDS-
Subjects:	600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 01 Analysis 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 24 Fruits
Divisions:	Human Resource Development
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	23 Jul 2012 06:59
Last Modified:	23 Jul 2012 06:59
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/7686

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