Bicyclic diterpenoid lactone andrographolide is regarded as a “natural antibiotic” as it is known to exhibit a range of bioactivities including anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antipyretic, antineoplastic, cardioprotective, hepatoprotective and hypoglycaemic, and is present in Andrographis paniculata. The aim of this article is to review the information on analytical methods for andrographolide in biological samples, pharmaceutical formulations and plant materials. This article includes various techniques such as Spectrophotometry, Chemiluminescence method, Electroanalytical method, Chromatography and various hyphenated techniques.

A rapid, simple and validated reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic method has been developed for analysis of oxaprozin in pharmaceutical dosage forms. Oxaprozin was separated on an ODS analytical column with a 45:55 (v/v) mixture of acetonitrile and triethanolamine solution (5 mM, pH 3.5 ± 0.05, adjusted by addition of 85% phosphoric acid) as mobile phase at a flow rate of 2.0 mL min −1 . The effluent was monitored by UV detection at 254 nm. Calibration plots were linear in the range 160 to 240 μg mL −1 and the LOD and LOQ were 14.26 and 41.21 μg mL −1 , respectively. The high recovery and low relative standard deviation confirm the suitability of the method for routine QC determination of oxaprozin in tablets.

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Objective: The study aims to develop and validate a novel reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic method for simultaneous estimation of andrographolide and aloe-emodin in herbal formulation and validate as per the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines. Methods: The analysis was carried on a Shimadzu LC Prominence-i 2030 model with the Lab Solution software. The column used for separation was Prontosil C18 (250×4.6 mm, 5 μ), with a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile and 0.05% orthophosphoric acid (45:55), at a flow rate of 1 ml/min, column temperature was maintained at 28°C and effluents were monitored at 225 nm. The injection volume was 10 μl. Results: The retention time of andrographolide and aloe-emodin was found to be 4.57±0.2 min and 12.29±0.2 min, respectively. The markers were resolved using linear responses that were obtained in concentration ranges of 0.5–60 μg/ml with correlation coefficient (r2) of 0.9992 and 0.999 for andrographolide and aloe-emodin, respectively. The precision results were found to be satisfactory, which indicates that the method is precise. The recovery values lie in the range of 98–120% indicating the accuracy of the method. Conclusion: A novel, simple, accurate, precise, and robust reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography method was developed for the simultaneous estimation of andrographolide and aloe-emodin. The developed method can be used for analysis of the formulations containing these phytoconstituents.