ESTIMATION OF BIOACTIVE PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS OF ABIES PINDROW AERIAL PARTS USING TLC DENSITOMETRY

The present investigation was undertaken to estimate contents of bioactive phenolic compounds in A. pindrow aerial parts using TLC densitometry. Maltol, p-coumaric acid, p-hydroxy benzoic acid, protocatechuic acid and gallic acid were resolved in TLC of methanol extract of plant using solvent systems – chloroform:methanol (9.7:0.3; scanned at 276 nm), toluene:diethyl ether (1:1; scanned at 320 nm), chloroform:methanol:glacial acetic acid (19:1:1; scanned at 266 nm), chloroform:methanol:formic acid (9:1:1; scanned at 295 nm) and chloroform:methanol:acetonitrile: formic acid (12:3:3:2; scanned at 292), respectively. The developed methods for estimation of phenolic compounds in plant were validated as per ICH guidelines. The contents of maltol, p-coumaric acid, p-hydroxy benzoic acid, protocatechuic acid and gallic acid in plant were found to be 0.10280±0.00002, 0.00860±0.00000, 0.00780±0.00001, 0.10030±0.00003 and 0.06440±0.00002% w/w, respectively. On the basis of validation parameters, the developed TLC densitometric methods for estimation of phenolic compounds in the plant were found to precise, accurate and specific.