ABSTRACT

A simple, accurate and precise HPTLC method has been developed for the estimation of rutin from the aerial parts of Alhagi pseudalhagi (M. Bieb) Desv. The method employed silica gel 60 F₂₅₄ precoated plates as stationary phase and a mixture of ethyl acetate: acetic acid: formic acid: water (10:1:1:1 v/v/v/v) as mobile phase. Densitometric scanning was performed at 366 nm after derivatizing the resolved peaks with anisaldehyde-sulphuric acid reagent. Beer’s law was obeyed in the concentration range of 400-1200ng/spot with regression equation for standard rutin as Y= 7.658x - 53.86 and r²=0.9885. The Retention factor for rutin is 0.39 ± 0.008. The % RSD (n=9) for interday, intraday precision and the recovery values were found to be 1.31% and 1.46% and 99.55-101.12%, respectively. The method was validated as per ICH Guidelines, proving its utility in estimation of rutin from the aerial parts of Alhagi pseudalhagi (M. Bieb) Desv.