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Biomass Chemical Engineering ›› 2024, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (1): 18-26.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5854.2024.01.003

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Comparation of Three Methods of Analytical Methodology of Indigo and Indirubin in Different Indigo Extracts

Chengzhang WANG1(), Yangyang YAN1,2, Hao ZHOU1, Danyang LIU1, Shibin SHANG1, Huaxing ZHANG3   

  1. 1. Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF; Key Lab. of Biomass Energy and Material, Jiangsu Province; Key Lab. of Chemical Engineering of Forest Products, National Forestry and Grassland Administration; National Engineering Research Center of Low-Carbon Processing and Utilization of Forest Biomass, Nanjing 210042, China
    2. Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
    3. Kaili Small Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Kaili 556000, China
  • Received:2023-02-20 Online:2024-01-30 Published:2024-01-24

Abstract:

Using indigo paste as raw material, indigo acidification substances, glucose reducing substances, and ethyl acetate extractives were prepared using three processes of hydrochloric acid acidification, glucose reduction, and ethyl acetate extraction, respectively. High performance liquid chromatography(HPLC), ultraviolet visible spectrophotometry(UV), and dual wavelength ultraviolet spectrophotometry(dW-UV) were established to analyze the contents of indigo and indirubin in samples from three processes. The optimal analysis methods for each of three samples were determined through Kolmogorov Smirnov test, comparison of Bland Altman deviation plots, and Spearman test. The results showed that the established HPLC, UV, and dW-UV methods were simple, accurate, highly sensitive, stable, and reproducible. Three methods for detecting the content of indigo extract components all followed the normal distribution, and there were significant differences between each the two measured values. The UV method was more suitable for analyzing the content of indigo in indigo acidified substances and indigo reducing substances. HPLC method was more suitable for measuring the content of indigo and indirubin in ethyl acetate extract.

Key words: indigo, indirubin, statistic analysis, HPLC method, UV spectrometry

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