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Physical Charaterization of Chromatographic Components from the Bioactive Aqueous Fraction of Vernonia amygdalina [Esteraeceae] Leaf
1P.C. Adiukwu, 2P. Waako, 3G. Nambatya and 1T.C. Fleischer
1School of Pharmacy, University of Hsealth and Allied Sciences, P.M.B. 31 Ho, Ghana
2Faculty of Health Sciences, Busitema University, P.O. Box 236 Busitema, Eastern Region
3Natural Chemotherapeutic Research Laboratories, P.O. Box 4864 Kampala, Uganda
British Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology 2017 1:1-8
Received: April 12, 2017 | Accepted: June 23, 2017 | Published: July 25, 2017
Abstract
The objective of this study was to isolate and characterize the bioactive saponin from Vernonia amygdalina leaf using its physical and chromatographic properties. Standard procedure of liquid-liquid extraction was employed to isolate crude saponin and column chromatography to obtain fractionate for bio-evaluation. Antipyretic evaluation of the crude saponin and fractionate was carried out using Saccharomyces cerevisiae induced pyrexia. Pure components from fractionate were separated using Reverse-Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography. The physical properties of these components were evaluated according to standard procedures using organoleptic, ignition and solubility tests. Obtained data indicated three pure colored components with retention times 7.78±0.19, 8.76±0.16 and 13.54±0.87 min. Data obtained showed all the components to be aromatic and polar in character. Finding suggests that the bioactive saponin is triterpenoidal.
Keywords:
Antipyretic, organoleptic, reverse-phase, saponin, solubility, triterpenoidal,
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The authors have no competing interests.
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