Cumulative CAMAG Bibliography Service CCBS

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The Cumulative CAMAG Bibliography Service CCBS contains all abstracts of CBS issues beginning with CBS 51. The database is updated after the publication of every other CBS edition. Currently the Cumulative CAMAG Bibliography Service includes more than 11'000 abstracts of publications between 1983 and today. With the online version you can perform your own detailed TLC/HPTLC literature search:

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      126 028
      Development and validation of stability indicating chromatographic methods for simultaneous determination of citicoline and piracetam
      M. ABDELRAHMAN, A. AHMED*, M. OMAR, S. DERAYEA, N. ABDELWAHAB (*Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nahda University, 62514, Beni-Suef, Egypt, amal.badawy@nub.edu.eg)

      J. Sep. Sci. 43, 2981-2988 (2020). HPTLC of citicoline (1) and piracetam (2) in presence of their degradation products on silica gel with methanol - chloroform - ammonium chloride buffer 9:1:2. Quantitative determination by absorbance measurement at 230 nm. The hRF values for (1) and (2) were 15 and 85, respectively. Linearity was between 0.2 and 4 µg/zone for both (1) and (2). Intermediate precision was below 2 % (n=3). The LOD and LOQ were 56 and 180 ng/zone for (1) and 53 and 170 ng/zone for (2), respectively. Average recovery was 100.9 % for (1) and 99.8 % for (2).

      Classification: 17c
      126 032
      Validation and eco-scale assessment of stability-indicating HPTLC method for quantitative analysis of carbamazepine and its degradation product, iminostilbene, in pure forms, pharmaceutical preparations, and spiked human plasma
      I. NAGUIB, N. ALI, F. ELROBY, M. EL GHOBASHY, F. ABDALLAH* (*Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62514, Egypt, dr.zahrafared@yahoo.com)

      J. Planar Chromatogr. 33, 219-229 (2020). HPTLC of carbamazepine (1) and its degradation product iminostilbene (2) on silica gel with petroleum ether - acetone 7:3. Quantitative determination by absorbance measurement at 230 nm. The hRF values for (1) and (2) were 12 and 63, respectively. Linearity was between 0.1 and 1.4 µg/zone for (1) and 0.1 and 1.2 µg/zone for (2). Intermediate precision was below 2 % (n=3). The LOD and LOQ were 0.03 and 0.09 µg/zone for (1) and 0.03 and 0.09 µg/zone for (2), respectively. Average recovery was  99.7 % for (1) and 99.7 % for (2).

      Classification: 17c, 32a
      124 043
      A simple and rapid method for histamine analysis in fish and fishery products by TLC determination
      Z. TAO (Tao Zhihua)*, M. SATO, Y. HAN (Han Yali), Z. TAN (Tan Zhujun), T. TAMAGUCHI, T. NAKANO (*Department of Food and Biology Technology, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou University Town, 100, Guangzhou, China, tzh730@hotmail.com)

      Food Control. 22, 1154-1157 (2011). TLC of histamine in fish and fishery products on cellulose with ammonia - ethanol 1:3. Detection by spraying with Pauly's reagent (equal mixture of 20 mM sulfanilic acid in a 1 M HCl solution and 200 mM sodium nitrite solution, followed by adding 10 % anhydrous sodium carbonate in a 5 % ethanol solution). Color intensity was recorded using a digital camera, followed by imaging processing. Linearity was between 30 and 1000 ng/zone for histamine. Intermediate precision was below 5 % (n=3). The LOD was 20 ppm (2 mg/100 g). Recovery rate was between 93 and 98 %.

      Classification: 17a
      124 042
      Quantitative TLC-SERS detection of histamine in seafood with support vector machine analysis
      A. TAN (Tan Ailing), Y. ZHAO (Zhao Yong), K. SIVASHANMUGAN, K. SQUIRE, A. WANG* (*School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA, wang@engr.orst.edu)

      Food Control. 103, 111-118 (2019). Thin layer chromatography in tandem with surface-enhanced Raman scattering (TLC-SERS) of histamine in tuna samples on diatomaceous earth plates with ethanol - ammonia 3:1. Detection by spraying with Pauly's reagent (equal mixture of 20 mM sulfanilic acid in a 1 M HCl solution and 200 mM sodium nitrite solution, followed by adding 10 % anhydrous sodium carbonate in a 5 % ethanol solution). Gold nanoparticles were deposited on the plate zone and measurements were performed using a Raman spectrometer with an excitation laser wavelength of 785 nm.

      Classification: 4e, 17a
      124 010
      Evaluation of polyherbal ayurvedic formulation ‘Peedantak Vati’ for antiinflammatory and analgesic properties
      A. BALKRISHNA, R. RANJAN*, S.S. SAKAT, V.K. SHARMA, R. SHUKLA, K. JOSHI, R. DEVKAR, N. SHARMA, S. SAKLANI, P. PATHAK, P. KUMARI, V. AGARWAL (*Drug Discovery and Development Division, Patanjali Research Institute, Haridwar, India, ravikant.ranjan@prft.co.in)

      J. Ethnopharmacol. 235, 361-374 (2019). HPTLC of colchicine (1) and withaferin A (2) in the polyherbal ayurvedic formulation Peedantak Vati (PV) on silica gel with chloroform - 
      methanol - water - formic acid 140:13:2:4. Quantitative determination by absorbance measurement at 218 nm. The hRF values for (1) and (2) were 22 and 28, respectively. LOD and LOQ were 40 and 120 ng/zone for (1) and 120 and 240 ng/zone for (2), respectively.  

      Classification: 8b, 17c
      98 046
      TLC determination of aliphatic polyamines on calcium sulfate layers
      H. A. KHAN (Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451 Saudi Arabia)

      Chromatographia 64 (7-8), 423-427 (2006). TLC of six polyamines (ornithine, citrulline, putrescine, cadaverine, spermidine and spermine) on calcium sulfate (CaSO4) and silica gel with 11 different mobile phases, using methanol as the solvent to enhance selectivity and produce differential Rf values. On CaSO4 better separation was achieved than on silica gel, no derivatization is needed, and development time is about 1/3 shorter. Quantitative determination by absorbance measurement at 550 nm after extracting substances from the plates and eluting from the coating material. Limit of detection (LOD) was 750 ng, limit of quantification (LOQ) was 1880 ng. Quantitative separation of underivatized polyamines in spiked human urine samples.

      Classification: 17a
      74 072
      Thin-layer chromatographic determination of brain catecholamines and 5-hydroxytryptamine
      G. ALEMANY*, M.C. NICOLAU, A. GAMUNDI, R. RIAL, (Dept. Biol. Fonamental Cienc. Salut, Univ. Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain 07071)

      Biomed Chromatogr. 7, 315-316 (1993). TLC of norepinephrine, serotonine and dopamine in rat brain on silica with dichloromethane - acetone - ethyl acetate - methanol 140:60:4:1. Detection by spraying with ethylene diamine - methanol - 0.5% potassium ferricyanide 10:40:10, and incubating for 7 min. at 60°C. Quantification by fluorodensitometry 415/>495 nm.

      Classification: 17b
      106 102
      Development of high-performance thin-layer chromatographic method for simultaneous estimation of atenolol and nifedipine in combined dosage form
      Madhuri RAMTEKE*, A. KASTURE, N. DIGHADE (*V.R.M. Institute of Diploma in Medical Lab. Technology, R-2, Electronic Zone, MIDC, Hingna Rd., Nagpur 441110, India, shende_madhuri@rediffmail.com)

      Asian Journal of Chemistry 22(8), 5951-5955 (2010). TLC on silica gel with cyclohexane - methanol - ethyl acetate - 25 % ammonia 10:3:6:1. The hRf value was 7 for atenolol and 69 for nifedipine. Densitometric evaluation at 230 nm. The linearity was in the range of 3-21 µg/band for atenolol and 1.2-8.4 µg/band for nefidipine. The recovery was 100.7 % for both drugs. The method was found suitable for analysis of the combined dosage form of atenolol and nefidipine without interference of excipients.

      Classification: 17c