Practical Aspects of Modern TLC
3 Practical Aspects of Modern TLC Originally, the term high-performance thin-layer chromatography referred essentially to the use of special HPTLC plates. Soon it became clear that the potential of the…
Theoretical Concepts
2 Theoretical Concepts If you believe that Chapter 1 has been overwhelmingly difficult, you might want to skip this one and continue with Chapter 3, because now we go even…
Typical Applications in Herbal Analysis
4 Typical Applications in Herbal Analysis This chapter covers the analytical tasks typically associated with quality control of botanicals. Whether it is the selection of the right plant for collection,…
Method Development
5 Method Development There are many cases of new herbal drugs for which no TLC-related information is found in the literature. In other cases, the official methods or other established…
Validation
6 Validation Arriving at this point, you may ask yourself: Do I need to read this chapter? The answer, although not easy, is yes, and this is why: Validation is…
Introduction
1 Introduction This chapter should be regarded as a warm-up. It will answer three questions about high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC): What is HPTLC all about? How does it fit into…
