Flavonoids are secondary plant metabolites used in cosmetic products as cosmetically active ingredients due to their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Antioxidants are also important in cosmetic products for supporting the physical and chemical stability of the final product.
The aim of this thesis was to develop a suitable high-performance liquid chromatography method for the detection and quantification of the flavonoids orientin, isoorientin and vitexin in various plant samples. By changing the duration of the method and the rate of increase of the mobile phase, we developed a method for quantifying the selected flavonoids. We partially validated the method and determined its linearity, accuracy, precision, selectivity and repeatability, and we also determined the detection and quantification limits.
The mobile phase consisted of different proportions of mixtures A and B. Mixture A was prepared from water, acetonitrile, and trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in a ratio of 1000:20:1. The percentage of mixture B, which consists of acetonitrile, water, and TFA in a ratio of 1000:20:1, is given in a gradient program with a flow rate of 2 mL/min: 0,01-1 min 0 %, 1-1,01 min 3 %, 1,01-45 min 8 %, 45-55 min 38 %, 55-55,01 min 100 %, 55,01-58 min 100 %, 58,01-60 min 0 %. The samples were injected into a reverse phase column in quantities of 2 µL and detected at a wavelength of 254 nm. Selectivity was confirmed by adequate separation of analytes on the chromatogram and matching of their retention times with standard reference compounds. The linearity of the method was confirmed by a correlation coefficient R2 ≥ 0.9993 for rutin, orientin, isoorientin and vitexin. The average accuracy values were within the range ± 10 % after preparation with glass boats for control samples of lower concentrations (94.903 %) and after preparation with plastic boats for control samples of lower concentrations (92.64 %) and quercetin (95.953 %). Repeatability did not deviate from the upper limit of 5 % after the preparation procedure with glass boats for control samples of lower concentrations of rutin (RSD = ± 1.38 %) and after the preparation procedure with plastic boats, for control samples of lower concentrations of rutin and quercetin (RSD = ± 2.992 %, RSD = ± 3.531 %).
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