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Table 4 Summary of stress degradation studies of glycyrrhetic acid

From: Stress degradation studies and stability-indicating TLC-densitometric method of glycyrrhetic acid

Degradation conditions

Time (hour)

Rfof degraded products

Compound remained (ng /1000ng±S.D., n=3)

% Recovery

Acidic hydrolysis a

    

1N HCl

2

0.08, 0.1,0.64

362.19±7.7

36.21

5N HCl

2

0.08,0.1, 0.12, 0.64

253.83±1.5

25.38

Basic hydrolysis a

    

0.1N NaOH

2

Not detected

999.9±5.2

99.9

1N NaOH

2

Not detected

892.9±11

89.2

5N NaOH

2

Not detected

-

100b

Oxidation

    

35%v/v H2O2a

2

Not detected

993.07±5.5

99.3

Oxidation at room temp

24

Not detected

987.8±6.4

98.7

Neutral hydrolysis a

2

Not detected

997.09±7.7

99.7

Wet heating a

2

Not detected

999.47±9.5

99.9

Dry heating

4

Not detected

999.58±6.2

99.9

Photostability- daylight

24

0.35,0.38,0.49

663.74±5.1

66.3

  1. aReflux in parallel synthesizer at 80°C.
  2. bRecover in salt form.