C. Diakanamwa et al., GAS-LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHIC DETERMINATION OF CANTHINONE ALKALOIDS IN HANNOA-CHLORANTHA ROOT BARK AND TISSUE-CULTURES, Phytochemical analysis, 6(4), 1995, pp. 193-195
A capillary gas chromatographic method has been developed for the dete
rmination of canthinone alkaloids, The method was applied to the semi-
quantitative determination of canthin-6-one, 1-methoxycanthin-6-one, 1
-hydroxycanthin-6-one , 8-hydroxycanthin-6-one, 10-hydroxycanthin-6-on
e, and canthin-6-one-3-N-oxide in callus and shoot cultures, and in ro
ot barks of Hannoa chlorantha, The results showed that their concentra
tions were highly dependent on the sample origin and on the culture co
nditions.