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Background Ocimum genus, known as Tulsi or Basil, is a prominent botanical class in Asian culture, especially in India. The leaves have immunomodulatory, antioxidant, stress-relieving, and adaptogenic roles in traditional and modern medicine, with prominent usage in herbal teas and nutraceuticals. Objective An high-performance liquid chromatography–photodiode array (HPLC-PDA) method was developed and validated for quantification of vicenin-2, orientin, cynaroside, betulinic acid, genistein with syringic acid, rosmarinic acid, eugenol, carnosic acid, oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, luteolin, and apigenin and was confirmed using a novel electrospray ionisation-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) method in the Ocimum genus samples. Method The methodology parameters were developed on an reverse phase (RP) C18 column with a gradient elution of 1 mL/min flow rate for 0.1% o-phosphoric acid and acetonitrile at 210 and 340 nm wavelengths. Results The validation data for 13 bioactive compounds showed good linearity (r2 > 0.99) with sensitive LOD (0.034–0.684 µg/mL) and LOQ (0.100–2.068 µg/mL) with recoveries (83.66–101.53%). The results of the quantification were found to be precise (RSD, Conclusions The validated HPLC-PDA and LC-ESI-MS/MS method was found to be selective and suitable for analyzing 13 compounds in O. tenuiflorum and 12 cultivars from the Ocimum genus as a quality control tool. This method can be used in routine analysis as an inexpensive alternative to advanced techniques. Highlights This work is the first to report for vicenin-2, orientin, cynaroside, betulinic acid, and genistein, with simultaneous analysis of eight bioactive compounds in the Ocimum genus.

The purpose of this work was to study the stability behavior of doxofylline under different stress conditions and to develop a sensitive stability-indicating HPLC assay method. The stress conditions applied included heat, moisture, acid-base hydrolysis, oxidation, and UV light. The drug was particularly labile under oxidative and thermal stress conditions, with 58.40 and 53.90% degradation, respectively. Good resolution of drug from degradation products formed under stress conditions was achieved on a C18 column using 10 mM KH2PO4 buffer solution (pH 6) methanol (40 + 60, v/v) as the mobile phase (pH 7.2). The flow rate was 1 mL/min, and the detection wavelength was 273 nm. The method was validated for linearity, range, precision, accuracy, LOD, and LOQ. The RSD was found to be