Process for the preparation of standardized composition of arjunoglucoside from the bark of Terminalia arjuna
AssigneeSami Labs Limited
InventorsMuhammed Majeed, Kalyanam Nagabhushanam, Beena Bhat
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Abstract
Disclosed is a novel process for the isolation of bioactive compounds from Terminalia arjuna. More specifically, the invention discloses a process for isolation and enrichment of bioactive compounds Arjunic acid, Arjunolic acid, Arjungenin, Arjunetin, Arjunoglucoside-I, Arjunoglucoside-II, and Catechin from the bark of Terminalia arjuna. The invention also discloses a composition standardized to contain 3% arjunoglucosides isolated from the bark of Terminalia arjuna.
Claims3
A process for the isolation of standardized composition comprising of arjunoglucoside from bark of Terminalia arjuna, said process comprising steps of:
- (a) Charging Terminalia arjuna bark powder into an extractor,
- (b) Adding 3 volumes of ethanol or methanol to Terminalia arjuna bark powder and refluxing for 3 hours at 65 to 70° C.,
- (c) Filtering the ethanol or methanol extract of step b) and concentrating under vacuum to get a brown coloured powder,
- (d) Dissolving the powder obtained from step c) into 5 volumes of de-mineralize water and stirring thoroughly for 1 hr at 50-55° C. to obtain a solution,
- (e) Transferring the solution from step d) to separating funnel and extracting with 2 volumes of ethyl acetate, 6 times, and separating the aqueous and organic layer,
- (f) Collecting and combining the ethyl acetate fractions 1-6 from step e and concentrating under vacuum to obtain brown coloured powder,
- (g) Loading the powder of step 1) into a silica gel and eluting with chloroform:methanol,
- (h) Identifying the compounds from step g) as Arjunic acid corresponding to STR#1, Arjunolic acid corresponding to STR#2, Arjungenin corresponding to STR#3, Arjunoglucoside-I corresponding to STR#4, Arjunoglucoside-II corresponding to STR#5, Arjunetin corresponding to STR#6, and catechin corresponding to STR#7
A process for enriching arjunoglucoside II, said process comprising steps of:
- (a) Charging Terminalia arjuna bark powder into an extractor,
- (b) Adding 3 volumes of ethanol or methanol to Terminalia arjuna bark powder and refluxing for 3 hours at 65 to 70° C.,
- (c) Filtering the ethanol or methanol extract of step b) and concentrating under vacuum to get a brown coloured powder, Assay of arjunoglucoside-II by HPLC=0.55% w/w
- (d) Dissolving the powder obtained from step c) into 5 volumes of de-mineralize water and stirring thoroughly for 1 hr at 50-55° C. to obtain a solution,
- (e) Transferring the solution from step d) to separating funnel and extracting with 2 volumes of ethyl acetate, 6 times, and separating the aqueous and organic layer,
- (f) Collecting and combining the ethyl acetate fractions 1-6 from step e and concentrating under vacuum to obtain brown coloured powder, Assay of arjunoglucoside-II by HPLC=20-21% w/w.
A composition comprising at-least 3% arjunoglucosides wherein said composition comprises Arjunic acid corresponding to STR#1, Arjunolic acid corresponding to STR#2, Arjungenin corresponding to STR#3, Arjunoglucoside-I corresponding to STR#4, Arjunoglucoside-I corresponding to STR#5, Arjunetin corresponding to STR#6, and catechin corresponding to STR#7
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