Determination of gibberellic acid in a commercial seaweed extract by capillary electrophoresis

Authors

  • María Quijano-Avilés ESPOL Polytechnic University, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador (CIBE), Campus Gustavo Galindo. Guayaquil, Ecuador.
  • Wendy Gavica Universidad de Guayaquil, UG, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas (FCQ), Guayaquil, Ecuador.
  • Ana Barragán ESPOL Polytechnic University, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador (CIBE), Campus Gustavo Galindo. Guayaquil, Ecuador.
  • Patricia Manzano ESPOL Polytechnic University, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador (CIBE), Campus Gustavo Galindo. Guayaquil, Ecuador. ESPOL Polytechnic University, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida (FCV). Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil, Ecuador.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17268/sci.agropecu.2018.01.17

Keywords:

Algae extract, gibberellin, phytohormone, uv-vis, validation.

Abstract

Gibberellic acid (GA3) is an important plant growth regulator used in agriculture. This work has developed and validated a simple method for the quantification of GA3 in a seaweed extract product using capillary electrophoresis with direct UV detection. A fused-silica capillary of 50 µm inner diameter and 30 cm of effective length with extended light path, 50 mmol.L-1 of borate buffer as background electrolyte solution (pH 9.11), voltage of +30kV applying hydrodynamic injection of 50 mbar for 5 s and length detection of 200 nm were employed. The method was validated according to the International Conference Harmonisation guidelines. Satisfactory results in the range of 10 – 100 mg.L-1 were obtained for precision (RSD below 3.62%), linearity (R2: 0.9976, lack of fit test p > 0.05), specificity and accuracy for which the limit of detection and quantitation were 3.07 and 9.29 mg.L-1, respectively. The results indicate that the method is suitable for implementation in agroindustry in order to assure the quality control of GA3 of seaweed products.

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Received August 10, 2017.

Accepted January 30, 2018.

Corresponding author: mquijano@espol.edu.ec (M. Quijano-Avilés).

Published

2018-03-27

How to Cite

Quijano-Avilés, M., Gavica, W., Barragán, A., & Manzano, P. (2018). Determination of gibberellic acid in a commercial seaweed extract by capillary electrophoresis. Scientia Agropecuaria, 9(1), 157-160. https://doi.org/10.17268/sci.agropecu.2018.01.17

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