Table 1.
Analytical parameters of the proposed method.
Compound | Linearity *, ** (n = 15) | Mean Found Concentration ** (n = 3) | Precision, rsd (%) (n = 3) | LOD (µg mL−1) | LOQ (µg mL−1) | |||||
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y = (a ± sa) + (b ± sb) x | R2 | 2.5 µg mL−1 | 7.5 µg mL−1 | Intraday | Interday | |||||
2.5 µg mL−1 | 7.5 µg mL−1 | 2.5 µg mL−1 | 7.5 µg mL−1 | |||||||
Limonene | y = (−77 ± 2) + (433 ± 6)x | 0.997 | 2.3 ± 0.1 | 6.5 ± 0.4 | 2 | 0.6 | 3 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Lupenone | y = (−22 ± 9) + (63.9 ± 1.6)x | 0.994 | 2.4 ± 0.1 | 7.0 ± 0.1 | 4 | 0.8 | 7 | 7 | 0.25 | 0.8 |
Lupeol | y = (−42 ± 12) + (111 ± 2)x | 0.996 | 2.6 ± 0.1 | 7.4 ± 0.2 | 1.4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0.25 | 0.8 |
β-Amyrin | y = (−20 ± 17) + (135 ± 3)x | 0.995 | 2.3 ± 0.1 | 7.5 ± 0.6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0.25 | 0.8 |
α-Amyrin | y = (72 ± 42) + (313 ± 8)x | 0.994 | 2.9 ± 0.2 | 8.4 ± 0.1 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 0.25 | 0.8 |
* within the range 0.25–10.0 μg mL−1 for limonene and 0.5–10.0 μg mL−1 for the rest of compounds (a: intercept; sa: standard deviation of the intercept; b: slope; sb: standard deviation of the slope; R2: squared correlation coefficient; rsd: residual standard deviation); ** all values expressed with digits known plus the first uncertain digit.