Standard preparation
Dissolve a suitable quantity of
USP Deslanoside RSin alcohol,and quantitatively dilute with alcohol to obtain a solution having a known concentration of about 200µg per mL.
Procedure
Transfer 3.0mLeach of the
Standard preparation,the
Assay preparation,and alcohol to provide the blank,to separate 25-mLconical flasks.Evaporate each with gentle warming and with the aid of a current of air just to dryness,and cool in a vacuum desiccator for 30minutes.Add 15.0mLof acid-ferric chloride TSto each flask,mix by swirling,and allow the mixtures to stand protected from light,swirling frequently,at a temperature not exceeding 30

,for 15minutes.Pass each through separate fine glass wool filters.Concomitantly determine the absorbances of the solutions in 1-cm cells at the wavelength of maximum absorbance at about 590nm,with a suitable spectrophotometer,using the blank to set the instrument.Repeat the measurements at 2-minute intervals until maximum absorbance readings have been obtained.Calculate the quantity,in mg,of C
47H
74O
19in the Deslanoside taken by the formula:
0.1C(AU/AS),
in which
Cis the concentration,in µg per mL,of
USP Deslanoside RSin the
Standard preparation;and
AUand
ASare the maximum absorbances of the solutions from the
Assay preparationand the
Standard preparation,respectively.