Research Article

Development and Validation of a New Analytical HPLC-PDA Method for Simultaneous Determination of Cucurbitacins B and D from the Roots of Trichosanthes kirilowii

Table 3

Analytical figure of merit of the proposed method for the determination of cucurbitacins B and D.

SampleRetention time (min)Linear regression equationCorrelation coefficient (R2)LODLOQ
(μg/mL)

Cucurbitacin B15.450 ± 0.042y = 2960.9x + 2153.70.9991.875.66
Cucurbitacin D12.589 ± 0.046y = 2621.2x + 1950.811.303.93