CHSJ

Curr Health Sci J, vol. 38, no. 2, 2012

Researches on the preparation and characterization of some tinctures from Silene albae herba and Silene pendulae herba

[Original paper]

V. TIRCOMNICU(1), C.E. GIRD(2), S. RADU(1)


(1)Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova;
(2)Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest


Abstract:

Starting from the varied chemical composition of Silene species (Caryophyllaceae family), the pharmacological utilizations (homeopathy) and the cumulative toxicity for a long time administration, were performed researches concerning the preparation and characterization of tinctures from aerial parts of S. alba and S. pendula species. Tinctures were obtained, according to the Romanian Pharmacopoeia Xth edition, by percolation and characterized from physico-chemical point of view: color, taste, smell, relative density, refractive index, and quality conditions – content in iron and heavy metals, alcohol concentration and evaporation residue. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of tinctures were making for the flavonosids, using thin layer-chromatography, respectively VIS spectrophotometry.


Keywords: Silene albae herba, Silene pendulae herba, tinctures, flavonosids



Corresponding: Stelian Radu, Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 2-4 Petru Rares Street, 200349 Craiova, Romania; Phone/Fax +40251-523 929, e-mail: sradu@umfcv.ro


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.38.02.08 - Download PDF
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