ABSTRACT
A rapid, precise, accurate, and cost-effective liquid chromatography-mass spectrometer method was developed by using a novel extraction technique for the simultaneous quantification of major oleane derivatives: arjunetin, arjungenin, arjunolic acid, and arjunic acid of Terminalia arjuna in infused edible oil. An innovative idea was implemented to extract the active phytoconstituents from the oil matrix based on the freezing point of oils and extraction solvent. The developed method was validated for all four active compounds in the linear working range of 0.47-1.72 µg/mL, 0.845-2.93 µg/mL, 1.73-5.95 µg/mL and 0.62-2.22 µg/mL with good correlations value (r2) more than 0.99 for arjunetin, arjungenin, arjunolic acid, and arjunetin, respectively. Furthermore, the HPTLC method was also developed for the quick identification of all four active markers along with other phytoconstituents infused in oil.
