A critical study of use of the Fe(II)/3-hydroxy-4-nitroso-2,7-naphthalenedisulfonic acid complexes in the quantification of polyphenols in medicinal plants
2013
da Silva, Diego Xavier | de Souza, Maryane Woth | Corrêa, Camila dos Santos | Moya, Horacio Dorigan
A critical study of the use of the Fe(III)/3-hydroxy-4-nitroso-2,7-naphthalenedisulfonic acid (NRS) complexes on the quantification of the polyphenols content in aqueous extracts of plants, expressed as pyrogallic acid, [PA], is presented. The reaction used is based on the reduction of Fe(III) to Fe(II) by [PA] in the presence of NRS in a buffered medium (Tris; pH 8.0) with formation of Fe(II)/NRS complexes. A calibration curve of absorbance (at 730nm) vs. [PA] is linear (r=0.998; n=7) from 1.0 to 7.0μmolL−1 [PA]. LD and RSD were 0.5μmolL−1 and 2.5% (6.0μmolL−1 [PA], n=10), respectively. The influence of pH, type of buffer solution and interfering species possibly present in the samples were evaluated. Aqueous extracts of twelve medicinal plants used in the Brazilian folk medicine were analysed by using both Fe(III)/NRS complexes and the Folin–Ciocalteu reagent.
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