A validated high-performance thin-layer chromatography method for the simultaneous estimation of berberine, berbamine, palmatine, magnoflorine and jatrorrhizine from Berberis aristata

Berberis aristata DC., well known as ‘Indian barberry’ or ‘tree turmeric’, (Berberidaceae) is a medicinal herb native to the Northern Himalaya. A dig in the research literature evinced different pharmacological and therapeutic effects of B. aristata and its isoquinoline alkaloids. Records on investigations for the chemical composition of the plant corroborated isoquinoline alkaloids, berberine, berbamine, palmatine, magnoflorine and...