| Abstract: | The separation of Digitalis cardenolides has been carried out by HPLC on an adsorbent column. By choice of suitable mobile phase, isocratic elution permitted resolution of mixtures of (a) aglycones, (b) secondary glycosides, and (c) primary glycosides, while gradient elution provided a means of resolving more complex mixtures of these cardiac steroids. HPLC could therefore be used in the quality control of cardiotonic drugs replacing the TLC tests for related compounds currently used, and by suitable calibration could replace the colorimetric assay procedure normally used for such drugs. |
