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Dr. P.D Sethi Memorial Awards 2022

Dr. P.D Sethi Memorial Awards 2022

The award was started in the year 2006 in memory of the Late Dr P. D. Sethi, an eminent chromatographer in the field of High-Performance Thin Layer Chromatography. 

TLC/HPTLC Fingerprinting Analysis of Cyperus rotundus (Linn.)

TLC/HPTLC Fingerprinting Analysis of Cyperus rotundus (Linn.)

HPTLC association has developed a method for Cyperus rotundus rhizome. This method also discriminates C. rotundus from other related species. This method is adopted in the International HPTLC Atlas for the identification of herbal drugs and in the British Pharmacopoeia, 2018. Standards isoeugenol and isoeugenyl acetate were used.

The Role of HPTLC in Food Analysis

The Role of HPTLC in Food Analysis

As food/ food components are very complex in nature, analysis of foods is a very challenging sector. Food samples often come with heavy matrices due to the presence of primary metabolites like carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.

What is the Rf value in HPTLC?

What is the Rf value in HPTLC?

In TLC/HPTLC, basically, two phases are important i.e. stationary phase and mobile phase. The gas phase also plays an important role if we are giving saturation.