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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      54 069
      Separation of the cross-linking amino acids of elastin on thin-layer plates
      S. KELLER, A. GHOSH, G. TURINO, I. MANDL

      J. Chromatogr. 305, 461-464 (1984). Two-dimensional TLC of amino acids on silica with 1) butanol- acetic acid - water 4:1:1, 2) propanol - NH3 -water 8:1:11. Detection by spraying with ninhydrin reagent.

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      Classification: 18
      64 174
      Synthese und geschwulsthemmende Wirkung in vivo von N,N-Di(2-chlor-ethyl)hydraziden natürlicher a-Aminocarbonsäuren
      S. ZAKHARIEV*, S. STOEV, B. ALEKSIEV, L. MANEVA, E. GOLOVINSKY, (*Inst. für Molekularbiologie der Bulg. Akad. der Wissensch., 1113 Sofia, Bulgarien)

      Synthesis and antitumor effect of N,N-di(2-chloro-ethyl)-hydrazides of natural a-aminocarboxylic acids. (German). Pharmazie, 44, 608-611 (1989). TLC of glycine, valine, norvaline, hysine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, cystine, homocystine, aspartic and glutamic acid on silica with butanol - acetic acid - water 4:1:1, 4:1:5 and butanol - acetic acid - pyridine - water 15:3:12:10. Visualization under UV and by exposing to iodine vapor.

      Classification: 18
      76 193
      Survey of the hormones used in cattle fattening based on the analysis of Belgian injection sites
      K. VANOOSTHUYZE*, E. DAESELEIRE, A. Van PETGHEM, A. ARMENS, (*Lab. Food Anal., Univ. Ghent, Havelbekestraat 72, Ghent, Belgium)

      Analyst 119, 2655-2658 (1994). TLC of 40 hormones on silica with chloroform - acetone 9:1, and cyclohexane - ethyl acetate - methanol 117:78:11. Detection by spraying with 10% sulfuric acid in methanol and heating at 95 °C for 10 min. Visualization under UV 366 nm. Detection limit were given. The method enables screening of 39 hormones illegally injected.

      Classification: 13, 18, 32c
      100 044
      Mixed surfactants enable separation of lysine from other essential amino acids in TLC on silica gel
      A. MOHAMMAD*, S. LAEEQ (*Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India; mohammadali4u@rediffmail.com)

      J. Planar Chromatogr. 20, 423-427 (2007). TLC of 8 essential amino acids (L-lysine, L-valine, L-isoleucine, DL-threonine, L-methionine, L-leucine, DL-phenylalanine, DL-tryptophan) on silica gel with 17 mobile phases, of which the mixed aqueous surfactant solution Triton X-100 (0.001 mM) - sodium dodecyl sulfate, 0.081 mM - acetone 1:1:5 was identified as the best mobile phase for specific separation of lysine. Visualization by spraying with 0.3 % ninhydrin in acetone. Limit of detection was 0.5 µg/zone.

      Classification: 18a
      106 105
      Anthracene-anchored derivatized methionine
      D. DAS*, A. SAHANA, R. SAHA, P. KUNDU, S. LASKAR (*Department of Chemistry, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan 713104, India; ddas100in@yahoo.com)

      J. Planar Chromatogr. 23, 255-259 (2010). Synthesis of a new ligand by anchoring anthracene to L-methionine. The ligand allows identification of amino acids on TLC plates based on distinguishable colors. A theoretical calculation (Hartree–Fock) was performed to investigate interaction of the ligand with the amino acids. TLC of 22 amino acids on silica gel with n-propanol - water 7:3. Detection by spraying with 0.01 % anthracenylmethyl L-methionine in acetone, followed by drying and spraying with 0.25 % ninhydrin in acetone. After drying and heating at 110 °C for 10 min the zones were evaluated visually. Detection limits were between 1 and 200 ng/zone.

      Classification: 18a
      113 042
      Analysis of 5-methyltryptamine, L-tryptophan, 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan, and melatonin in the bulbs of garlic by thin-layer chromatographic method coupled with densitometric detection
      B. MUSZYNSKA*, A. MASLANKA, K. ZIAJA, W. OPOKA, A. SZOPA (*Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum, ul. Medyczna 9, Kraków 30-688, Poland, muchon@poczta.fm)

      J. Planar Chromatogr. 27, 210-216 (2014). HPTLC of 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan (1), 5-methyltryptamine (2), L-tryptophan (3) and melatonin (4) on silica gel with propan-2-ol - 25 % ammonia - water 8:1:1. Quantitative determination by absorbance measurement at 280 nm. The hRF values for (1) to (4) were 47, 79, 53 and 85, respectively. Linearity was in the range of 48-720 µg/zone for (1), 38-646 µg/zone for (2), 100-2000 µg/zone for (3) and 108-1737 µg/zone for (4). The intermediate/interday/intra-day precisions were below 3 % (n=5). The LOD and LOQ were 16 and 49 ng/zone for (1), 40 and 122 ng/zone for (2), 116 and 352 ng/zone for (3) and 145 and 439 ng/zone for (4). Mean recovery was between 97.4 and 100.1 % for (1) to (4).

      Classification: 18a
      55 023
      Single-step analysis of amino acid and sugars from biological samples by OPLC
      B. POYAK, O. KUFCSAK, L. BOROSS

      Proc. Intern. Symposium on TLC with special Emphasis on OPLC, Szeged, 70 (1984). OPLC (OPTLC) of amino acids and sugars (glucose, galactose, mannose, fructose) on silica with phenol -1 % SDS - propanol - butanol - iso-butanol - acetic acid 70:28:1:2:1.5. Detection with ninhydrin reagent. Visual detection limits: for sugars: 0.05-01 mg, for amino acids 0.02-0.05 mg.

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      Classification: 10, 18a
      57 021
      Thin-layer chromatographic enantiomeric resolution
      K. GÜNTHER, M. SCHICKEDANZ, J. MARTENS

      Naturwissenschaften 72, 149 (1985). TLC of racemates on chiral modified RP-silica with a) methanol - water - acetonitrile 5:5:20, b) methanol - water - acetonitrile 5:5:3. Detection by spraying with 0.1 % ninhydrin reagent.

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      Classification: 3b, 18a