Abstract
A reversed phase HPLC procedure is proposed for the determination of eight phenolic compounds (2-O-glucosilcoumaric acid, o-coumaric acid, rosmarinic acid, apigenin-7-O-glucoside, coumarin, herniarin, luteolin, and apigenin) in lavender. The chromatographic separation was achieved using a reversed-phase Spherisorb ODS 2 (5 μm particle size: 25.0 × 0.46 cm) column. From the several extractive solvents assayed, only ethanol was able to extract all the mentioned compounds. Best resolution was obtained using a gradient of water-formic acid (19:1) and acetonitrile. Ten samples were subjected to quantification, all of them showing a common composition pattern.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors are grateful to Agência de Inovação and Praxis XXI for financial support of this work, and to those who kindly supplied the samples, namely to Fundação de Serralves and Daniel Oliveira.