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- The study focused on the genus Usnea, a group of edible lichens with medicinal uses, aiming to quantify usnic acid in three species using advanced analytical techniques.
- Quantification methods (HPTLC-MS and UPLC-QTof-MSE) successfully identified usnic acid levels and sixteen different metabolites, showcasing excellent accuracy and linearity in results.
- The research validates these methods according to ICH guidelines and highlights their potential in profiling herbal formulations containing Usnea spp. for various health applications.
Article Abstract
Background: The genus Usnea (Parmeliaceae; lichenized Ascomycetes) is pale grayish-green fruticose lichens which grow as leafless mini-shrubs and comprise about 360 species. Most of the Usnea species are edible and is utilized in preparation of traditional foods as well as in medicines to combat wide range of ailments.
Objective: The goal of this work was to quantify usnic acid in three Usnea spp. [Usnea ghattensis (UG), Usnea orientalis (UO) and Usnea undulata (UU)] using HPTLC-MS and chemical profiling of acetone extracts using UPLC-QTof-MSE resulted in the identification of sixteen compounds based on their MS/MS fragmentation patterns.
Methods: Hyphenated techniques, HPTLC-MS and UPLC-QTof-MSE have been proposed to quantify usnic acid and analysis of metabolites in the crude extracts qualitatively. This method allowed tentative characterization of metabolites from Usnea spp.
Results: The quantification study showed the excellent linearity of the usnic acid at 0.25-1 µg/band with a correlation coefficient r 2>0.99, and LOD, LOQ was found to be 51.7 and 156.6 ng/band, respectively. Further, UPLC-QTof-MSE analysis of crude extract led identification of lichen substances through their exact molecular masses and MS/MS fragmentation studies.
Conclusions: The present study summarizes HPTLC method for quantification of usnic acid in three different Usnea spp. Along with two herbal formulations containing Usnea spp. as the ingredient and developed method was validated as per the ICH guidelines and further UPLC-QTof-MSE analysis provides characterization of the sixteen different secondary metabolites based on their mass fragmentation studies.
Highlights: Rapid HPTLC method for quantification of usnic acid in three different Usnea spp. along with two herbal formulations and metabolite profiling using UPLC-QTof-MSE.
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