HPTLC ASSAY OF THYMOQUINONE IN BLACK SEED AND BLACK SEED OIL (NIGELLA SATIVA LINN) AND IDENTIFICATION OF THYMOQUINONE CONVERSION WITH UV-VIS

Authors

  • Yehualashet Belete African Laboratory for Natural Products (ALNAP), Department of Chemistry, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Ermias Dagne African Laboratory for Natural Products (ALNAP), Department of Chemistry, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Abstract

A reliable and simplified quantitative high performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) method for the determination of the bioactive constituent of the commercially available black seed and black seed oil using a scanning densitometer is described. The identification of thymoquinone spot obtained from 80% aq. MeOH extract of the seed is confirmed by Nuclear Magnetic Spectroscopy (NMR). The solvent system consisted of hexane and dichloromethane (1:1) were used and all the spot visualised and quantitated at 254 nm. The thymoquinone content of freshly pressed black seed oil was 1.3%, while that of the seed was 1%. Furthermore UV-Vis measurement is significantly used for swift relative comparison of thymoquinone levels in black seed oils and to follow the transformation of thymoquinone when the oil is exposed to sunlight.

Keywords: Nigella sativa; black seed; black cumin; black cumin oil; thymoquinone.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.22270/jddt.v4i4.895

Published

14-07-2014
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Belete Y, Dagne E. HPTLC ASSAY OF THYMOQUINONE IN BLACK SEED AND BLACK SEED OIL (NIGELLA SATIVA LINN) AND IDENTIFICATION OF THYMOQUINONE CONVERSION WITH UV-VIS. J. Drug Delivery Ther. [Internet]. 2014 Jul. 14 [cited 2025 May 17];4(4):5-9. Available from: https://www.jddtonline.info/index.php/jddt/article/view/895

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Vol. 4 No. 4 (2014): Volume 4, Issue 4, July-August, 2014

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Research

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Belete Y, Dagne E. HPTLC ASSAY OF THYMOQUINONE IN BLACK SEED AND BLACK SEED OIL (NIGELLA SATIVA LINN) AND IDENTIFICATION OF THYMOQUINONE CONVERSION WITH UV-VIS. J. Drug Delivery Ther. [Internet]. 2014 Jul. 14 [cited 2025 May 17];4(4):5-9. Available from: https://www.jddtonline.info/index.php/jddt/article/view/895
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