%0 Journal Article %T M¨¦todo para la cuantificaci¨®n de cumarina en extracto seco a partir de extractos de Justicia pectoralis Jacq. %A Rodr¨ªguez Chanfrau %A Jorge E. %A L¨®pez Hern¨¢ndez %A Orestes D. %A Gil Apan %A Jos¨¦ M. %J Revista Cubana de Plantas Medicinales %D 2008 %I ECIMED %X rationale: justicia pectoralis jacq., an acantaceae family species, is an herbaceous plant that is used as a traditional sedative by the cuban population. objectives: to develop and to validate a high performance liquid chromatography to determine coumarin in dry extract from j. pectoralis extracts. methods: a high performance liquid chromatography method to determine coumarin was developed and validated. results: the method was specific, accurate, precise and linear. conclusions: this method may be used to quantify coumarin in dry power samples obtained through spraying drying from j. pectoralis extracts. %K coumarin %K analysis methods %K justicia pectoralis %K validation of analysis methods %K hplc %K quality control. %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1028-47962008000300004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en