Planta Med 1982; 45(8): 237-239
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-971380
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Application of Radioimmunoassay to the Quantitation of Hyoscyamine in Plant Material

T. Lehtola1 , A. Huhtikangas2 , R. Virtanen3
  • 1Division of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • 2Department of Pharmacy, University of Kuopio, Finland
  • 3Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Finland
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Publication History

1981

Publication Date:
29 March 2007 (online)

Abstract

A radioimmunoassay has been developed for the analysis of atropine (dl-hyoscyamine) from unpurified ethanolic extracts of Atropa belladonna L. The antiserum used was highly specific for d-hyoscyamine, the unnatural enantiomer. Consequently, a racemization step had to be included in the assay procedure in order to obtain the analysis of atropine. The method is rapid and sensitive, giving excellent values for accuracy, precision and correlation. There was practically no interference in the assay from other compounds present in the extracts.