Research Article

Compound Specific Extraction of Camptothecin from Nothapodytes nimmoniana and Piperine from Piper nigrum Using Accelerated Solvent Extractor

Table 1

Accelerated Solvent Extraction (ASE) conditions for extraction and UFLC attributes during determination of CPT and piperine from N. nimmoniana and P. nigrum, respectively.

Plant nameN. nimmoniana P. nigrum

CompoundCamptothecinPiperine
Sample size (g)1.00.1
Extraction solventsMethanolEthanol
Temperature range (°C)40–80 40–60
Temperature elevation (°C)10 10
Heat (min)55
Max pressure range (psi)1525–1675 1520–1570
Static time (min)1.01.0
Static cycles1.01.0
Flush (%)1010
Purge time (min)0.50.5
Total extraction time/cycle (min)6.56.5
Linearity equation
0.9920.981
LOD ( g mL−1)0.20200.1173
LOQ ( g mL−1)0.61210.3554