Chemical Fingerprints for Boerhavia Diffusa Quality Control in India

RP-HPLC fingerprinting data for 21 samples of the medicinal herb Boerhavia diffusa L. (Punarnava) collected from wild and market sources across India. The dataset includes concentrations of key phytomarkers β-ecdysone and boeravinone B and results from multivariate chemometric analyses. Author Mridul Kant Chaudhary published the study on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license, with a last update in 2026.

Use Cases

• Classifying authentic versus non-authentic herbal samples based on chemical fingerprint patterns.
• Identifying key phytomarker peaks like P3 (β-ecdysone) and P12 (boeravinone B) for quality assessment.
• Applying multivariate chemometric tools (HCA, PCA, OPLS-DA) to botanical authentication data.
• Establishing reference concentration ranges for specific compounds in Boerhavia diffusa.

Strengths

• Includes quantitative data for two major phytomarkers with concentration ranges (e.g., β-ecdysone: 0.76 to 12.64 µg mg⁻¹).
• Analyses 21 distinct samples from multiple sources across India.
• Applies multiple chemometric methods (HCA, PCA, OPLS-DA) for pattern recognition.
• Identifies 13 common peaks in the RP-HPLC fingerprints.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The primary data files are in PDF and DOC formats, which may require extraction for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

RP-HPLC fingerprinting and multivariate chemometric analysis (HCA, PCA, OPLS-DA) of collected plant samples.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 10:06:11; freshness should be verified.

Geography

India (samples collected from wild and market sources across the country)