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What are Nutraceuticals

by Anchrom Lab | Feb 16, 2022

What are Nutraceuticals? Nutraceuticals a recent trend in the current health market. They are naturally derived products which are extracted from their original food matrix. They range from isolates, novel foods, products of botanical origin and many. Examples of...

TLC HPTLC Photodocumentation

by Anchrom Lab | Jan 18, 2022

TLC/HPTLC Photodocumentation High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) is a visual chromatographic technique. What do we mean by the visual approach? The chromatograms, i.e., HPTLC plates, are observed after development. The human eye can see visible...

HPTLC Methods in Plant Extract Analysis

by Anchrom Lab | Jan 1, 2022

New Methods of HPTLC in Plant Extract Analysis? Plants have been part of human civilization for a long time. Ancient civilizations used plant extracts as food, medicine, and beverages. Leaves, fruit, flower, and bark are the most commonly used to extract plant-based...

HPTLC in herbal drug analysis

by Anchrom Lab | Dec 23, 2021

HPTLC in herbal drug analysis Herbal drugs are gaining popularity nowadays as it has a reputation of being clean, organic and safe for consumption due to their natural source and ingredients. Herbal drugs are used as supplements. They consist of health systems such as...

High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography in forensic science

by Anchrom Lab | Dec 23, 2021

High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) has various applications in fields like herbal, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, cosmetics and forensics. Forensic science relies on chromatographic techniques for identification. The separation of complex mixtures is an...

Thin Layer Chromatography TLC Principle Procedure

by Anchrom Lab | Nov 26, 2021

Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) - Principle, procedure What is Chromatography? Chromatography means separation of mixture or compounds. The components travel through a stationary phase at different speeds and get separated. The mixture is dissolved in mobile phase and...

HPTLC Fingerprinting

by Anchrom Lab | Nov 22, 2021

HPTLC Fingerprinting High Performance Thin Layer chromatography is a versatile technique with applications in herbals, food, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals. What is HPTLC Fingerprinting? HPTLC Fingerprinting is the representation of the phytochemical...

Dr P D Sethi Memorial National Award

by Anchrom Lab | Oct 29, 2021

Anchrom (Technologist, not traders!) announced last week the winners of the prestigious Dr. P. D. Sethi Memorial National Award for the best HPTLC publication from India in the year 2020. There were 12 winners in all, 7 from the Govt. labs /Educational institutes...