Preparative Layer Chromatography explains how this method is used for separating large quantities of mixtures containing a wide variety of important compounds.

Features:

• Presents the material in a logical, accessible, and effective format written by recognized specialists in preparative layer chromatography
• Contains numerous figures and tables to augment the text, and selective reference lists including the most important new literature, as well significant classic references
• Highlights uses of PLC in a broad range of applications such as the study of vitamins, lipids, synthetic drugs, and other medicinal chemistry

Contents

Section I

• Adsorption Planar Chromatography in the Nonlinear Range: Selected Drawbacks and Selected Guidelines
• Sorbents and Precoated Layers in PLC
• Selection and Optimization of the Mobile Phase for PLC
• Sample Application and Chromatogram Development
• On Methodical Possibilities of the Horizontal Chambers in PLC
• Location of Separated Zones by Use of Visualization Reagents, UV Absorbance on Layers Containing a Fluorescent Indicator, and Densitometry
• Additional Detection Methods and Removal of Zones from the Layer

Section II

• Medical Applications of PLC
• PLC of Hydrophilic Vitamins
• Preparative Layer Chromatography of Natural Mixtures
• Application of Preparative Layer Chromatography to Lipids
• The Use of PLC for Separation of Natural Pigments
• Application of PLC to Inorganics and Organometallics
• PLC in a Cleanup and Group Fractionation of Geochemical Samples: A Review of Commonly Applied Techniques
• The Use of PLC for Isolation and Identification of Unknown Compounds from the Frankincense Resin (Olibanum): Strategies for Finding Marker Substances

Index

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