Thin-Layer Chromatography: A Laboratory Handbook

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
History of the Development of Thin-Layer Chromatography....Pages 1-4
Instruments used in Thin-Layer Chromatography and their Operation....Pages 5-29
Coating Materials for Thin-Layer Chromatography....Pages 29-34
Special Techniques....Pages 34-40
Documentation of Thin-Layer Chromatograms....Pages 40-44
Quantitative Evaluation of Thin-Layer Chromatograms....Pages 44-58
Isotope Techniques....Pages 58-75
Theoretical Aspects of Thin-Layer Chromatography....Pages 75-133
Introduction....Pages 134-136
Aliphatic Lipids....Pages 137-186
Terpene Derivatives, Essential Oils, Balsams, and Resins....Pages 186-210
Vitamins....Pages 210-248
Steroids....Pages 249-278
Organic Bases....Pages 279-306
Pharmaceutical Products....Pages 306-334
Thin-Layer Chromatography in Clinical Diagnosis and Pharmacology....Pages 335-344
Synthetic Organic Materials....Pages 344-371
Hydrophilic Constituents of Plants, especially of Medicinal Plants....Pages 371-391
Amino Acids and Derivatives....Pages 391-440
Nucleic Acids and Nucleotides....Pages 440-460
Sugars and Derivatives....Pages 461-469
Thin-Layer Chromatography of Inorganic Ions....Pages 469-483
Spray Reagents for Thin-Layer Chromatography....Pages 483-502
Terminology of Thin-Layer Chromatography....Pages 503-505
Back Matter....Pages 506-553