Plant Drug Analysis: A Thin Layer Chromatography Atlas

ISBN-13: 9783642005732 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 384 str.

Hildebert Wagner; Sabine Bladt; Veronika Rickl

Opis

This second edition of Plant Drug Analysis includes more than 200 updated color photographs of superb quality demonstrating chromatograms of all relevant standard drugs. All drugs presented meet the standard of the official pharmacopoeia and originate from well-defined botanical sources. With this guide the technique of thin layer chromatography can be easily used without previous pharmacognostic training. Only commercially available equipment and reagents are needed, the sources as well as all practical details are given. From the reviews ..".should not be missed in any laboratory dealing with crude drug analysis" trends in analytical chemistry ..".a unique and remarkable collection...an invaluable guide" Phytochemistry "The color photographs...are unbelievably well done" Analytical Biochemistry ..".a required text for any laboratory concerned with the analysis of medicinal plant products" Irish Pharmacy Journal

Recenzje

"...should not be missed in any laboratory dealing with crude drug analysis" trends in analytical chemistry;
"...a unique and remarkable collection...an invaluable guide" Phytochemistry; "The color photographs...are unbelievably well done" Analytical Biochemistry; "...a required text for any laboratory concerned with the analysis of medicinal plant products" Irish Pharmacy Journal

Spis treści

Alkaloid Drugs.- Drugs Containing Anthracene Derivatives.- Bitter Drugs.- Cardiac Glycoside Drugs.- Coumarin Drugs.- Drugs Containing Essential Oils (Aetherolea), Balsams and Oleo-Gum-Resins.- Flavonoid Drugs Including Ginkgo Biloba and Echinaceae Species.- Drugs Containing Arbutin, Salicin and Salicoyl Derivatives.- Drugs Containing Cannabinoids and Kavapyrones.- Drugs Containing Lignans.- Drugs Containing 1,4-Naphthoquinones Droserae herba, Dionaeae herba.- Drugs Containing Pigments.- Drugs with Pungent-Tasting Principles.- Saponin Drugs.- Drugs Containing Sweet-Tasting Terpene Glycosides.- Drugs Containing Triterpenes.- Drugs Containing Valepotriates (Valerianae radix).- Screening of Unknown Commercial Drugs.- Thin-Layer Chromatography Analysis of Herbal Drug Mixtures.

Blurb

This second edition of Plant Drug Analysis includes nearly 200 new color photographs of superb quality demonstrating chromatograms of all relevant standard drugs. The atlas will be a useful reference for analyzing plant drugs, identifying unknown drugs or monitoring the purity or constituents of a given drug.
All drugs presented meet the standard of the official pharmacopoeia and originate from well defined botanical sources. With this guide one can easily use the technique of thin layer chromatography without previous pharmacognostic training. Only commercially available equipment and reagents are needed, the sources as well as all practical details are given.