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  • Pankaj P Daramwar
    Chemistry-Biology Unit
  • Prabhakar Lal Srivastava
    Chemistry-Biology Unit
  • Balaraman Priyadarshini
    Chemistry-Biology Unit
  • Hirekodathakallu V Thulasiram
    Chemistry-Biology Unit

The major sesquiterpene constituents of East-Indian sandalwood oil (Z)-α- and (Z)-β-santalols have shown to be responsible for most of the biological activities and organoleptic properties of sandalwood oil. The work reported here describes the strategic use of medium pressure liquid chromatography (MPLC) for the separation of both α- and β-santalenes and (Z)-α- and (Z)-β-santalols. Silver nitrate impregnated silica gel was used as the stationary phase in MPLC for quantitative separation of α- and β-santalenes and (Z)-α- and (Z)-β-santalols with mobile phases hexane and dichloromethane, respectively. The purities of α-santalene and (Z)-α-santalol obtained were >96%; however, β-santalene and (Z)-β-santalol were obtained with their respective inseparable epi-isomers. Limits of quantification (LoQ) relative to the FID detector were measured for important sesquiterpene alcohols of heartwood oil of S. album using serial dilutions of the standard stock solutions and demonstrated that the quality of the commercial sandalwood oil can be assessed for the content of individual sesquiterpene alcohols regulated by Australian Standard (AS2112-2003), International Organization for Standardization ISO 3518:2002 (E) and European Union (E. U.).

Keywords

  • Chromatography, Liquid, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Plant Oils/analysis, Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes, Pressure, Santalum/chemistry, Sesquiterpenes/analysis, Silica Gel/chemistry, Silver Nitrate/chemistry, Stereoisomerism
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4564-70
Number of pages7
JournalAnalyst
Volume137
Issue number19
Early online date27 Jul 2012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Oct 2012
Externally publishedYes
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