Research Article

Isolation and TLC Densitometric Quantification of Lysergol from the Seeds of Ipomoea muricata (Linn.) Jacq.

Table 4

Recovery study of Lysergol by the proposed TLC densitometric method.

LysergolAmount of Lysergol present (ng)Amount of Lysergol added (ng)Amount Lysergol found (ng)Recovery (%)Average Recovery (%)

50% addition12060181.37100.76100.4 ± 0.34
12060180.91100.50
12060179.9099.94

100% addition120120241.36100.56100.4 ± 0.11
120120240.72100.30
120120240.82100.34

125% addition120150271.92100.71100.6 ± 0.16
120150272.15100.79
120150271.13100.41