Stability study of thymoquinone, carvacrol and thymol using HPLC-UV and LC-ESI-MS.
Acta Pharm
; 70(3): 325-342, 2020 Sep 01.
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| ID: mdl-32074066
The aim of this study was to investigate the stability of three major antioxidants of Nigella sativa: thymoquinone (TQ), carvacrol (CR) and thymol (THY), under different stress conditions using HPLC and LC-MS/MS. Forced degradation for each compound was performed under different conditions, including oxidation, hydrolysis, photolysis and thermal decomposition. The results showed that both CR and THY were stable under the studied conditions, whereas TQ was not affected by acidic, basic and oxidative forced conditions but the effect of light and heat was significant. The degradation products of TQ were further investigated and characterized by LC-MS/MS. HPLC-UV method has been fully validated in terms of linearity and range, the limit of detection and quantitation, precision, selectivity, accuracy and robustness. The method was successfully applied to quantitative analysis of the principal antioxidants of Nigella sativa TQ, CR and THY in different phytopharmaceuticals.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Timol
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Benzoquinonas
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Cimenos
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Antioxidantes
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En
Revista:
Acta Pharm
Asunto de la revista:
FARMACIA
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FARMACOLOGIA
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Egipto
Pais de publicación:
Polonia