Phytochem. Anal. 30, 405-414 (2019). HPTLC fingerprint of 70 standard medicinal plants on silica gel with ethyl acetate – ethyl methyl ketone – formic acid 98% – water 5:3:1:1. Derivatization with anisaldehyde, Liebermann–Burchard, 3 % iron(III) chloride (FeCl₃) and phosphomolybdic acid reagent. Detection before and after derivatization under visible light and UV light (254 and 366 nm). A similarity search algorithm based on color (RGB, HSV and Lab) information alone or together with hRF values was built  to assess the fingerprinting of medicinal plants. The method showed better results than principal components analysis (PCA), classification and regression trees (CART) and partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS‐DA).

Phytochem. Anal. 30, 332-345 (2019). TLC fingerprint of Musa paradisiaca fruits on silica gel with hexane - acetone 7:2. Detection by dipping into 5 % anisaldehyde sulfuric acid solution in methanol. Densitometric absorption measurement at 540 nm. To determine antioxidant activity, the plate was dipped into 0.05 mM DPPH* radical reagent solution in methanol and kept at room temperature in dark conditions for 30 min. Further analysis of zones by gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry.

J. AOAC Int. 102, 776-780 (2019). HPTLC of sibutramine, phenolphthalein, and three PDE5 inhibitors (sildenafil, vardenafil and tadalafil), as well as caffeine, fluoxetine, theophylline, and acetaminophen as adulterants in weight loss products on silica gel with methyl tert-butyl ether – toluene – methanol 8:2:1. Densitometric absorption measurement at 225 nm. The hR_F values of reference substances increased in the following order: fluoxetine, sildenafil, vardenafil, caffeine, theophylline, tadalafil, acetaminophen, phenolphthalein and sibutramine. The method was successfully used for the screening of 12 commercial products. Of those, nine products tested positive for at least one undeclared component.

J. Liq. Chromatogr. Relat. Technol. 42, 324-329 (2019). HPTLC of individual pharmaceutical products containing moxifloxacin HCl (1), ofloxacin (2), amoxicillin trihydrate (3), acetylsalicylic acid + acetaminophen + caffeine (4), nimesulide (5), irbesartan (6), and pantoprazole (7) on silica gel with methanol - ammonium hydroxide - water 7:2:1 for (1), methanol - ethyl acetate - ammonium hydroxide 7:7:3 for (2), acetone - water - methanol - glacial acetic acid 20:10:5:2 for (3), ethyl acetate - glacial acetic acid 19:1 for (4), toluene - acetone 10:1 for (5), ethyl acetate - acetone - glacial acetic acid 180:40:1 for (6) and ethyl acetate - methanol - toluene 4:1:2 for (7). Quantitative determination by absorbance measurement at 366 nm. The hRF values for (1) to (3) and (5) to (7) were 72, 30, 80, 33, 40 and 43, respectively. The hRF values for (4) were 62 for acetylsalicylic acid, 49 for acetaminophen and 22 for caffeine. The quantitative methods were used to transfer the Global Pharma Health Fund (GPHF) Minilab Manual and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Compendium to HPTLC following a model process for moxfloxacin HCl, ofloxacin, and amoxicillin trihydrate. The results met the guidelines of the model process regarding the calibration curves: r-values were at least 0.99, assays were within 85–115% specification limits of the label values of individual tablets and capsules, validation recoveries were within 95 - 105 % at all three spike levels, RSDs were no higher than 3 % for assays and validation analyses, and peak identity and peak purity checks had correlation factors of at least
0.99. 
 

J. Chinese Trad. Patent Med. 40 (11), 2450-2454 (2018). Dabaidu Jiaonang capsules are used for clearing blood poison and relieving swelling and pain. For quality control, TLC of its extracts, the respective reference drug and selected standards on silica gel (1) for Rheum palmatum L., with petroleum ether (30-60 ˚C) – ethyl formate – formic acid 15:5:1, detection under UV 365 nm; (2) for Cortex phellodendri (and berberine hydrochloride), with n-butanol – glacial acidic acid – water 7:1:2, detection under UV 365 nm; (3) for Radix paeoniae rubra (and paeoniflorin), with chloroform – ethyl acetate – methanol – formic acid 40:5:10:0.2, detection by spraying with 5% vanilline in H2SO4 – ethanol 1:4 and heating at 85 ˚C until the zones are visible in daylight; (4) for Angelica dahurica (Fisch. ex Hoffm.) Benth. et Hook. f. ex Franch. et Sav (and iso-/imperatorin), with petroleum ether (30-60 ˚C) – diethyl ether 3:2, detection under UV 365 nm; (5) for Pericarpium citri reticulatae (and hesperidin), first with ethyl acetate – methanol – water 100:17:13 up to 30 mm, then with the upper phase of toluene – ethyl acetate – formic acid – water 20:10:1:1 up to 80 mm, detection by spraying with 5% AlCl3 in ethanol and viewing under UV 365 nm; (6) for Boswellia carteri, with cyclohexane – ethyl acetate 11:2, detection by spraying with 5% vanilline in H2SO4 – ethanol 1:4 and heating at 85 ˚C until the zones are visible in daylight. Quantification of aloe emodin, rhein, emodin, chrysophanol, physcion by HPLC.

J. Liq. Chromatogr. Relat. Technol. 42, 238-248 (2019). Review of recent applications of TLC in medicinal chemistry, including the determination of lipophilicity of biologically active compounds and its influence as activity descriptors of absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination and toxicity. Practical applications of TLC as a fast screening technique in different stages of monitoring processes were also described, including systems recently used for stability studies of selected drugs.

Planta Med. 83(17), 1321-1328 (2017). Benzoyl-aconine esters (lipo-alkaloids) produced by transesterification of aconitine (isolated from Aconitum sp.) with long-chain fatty acids were purified by a multistep chromatographic method, including cyclodextrane gel filtration chromatography, centrifugal planar chromatography on aluminium oxide layer using cyclohexane – chloroform – methanol 70:30:1 followed by 70:30:3 and/or preparative thin-layer chromatography on aluminium oxide layer with toluene – acetone – ethanol – concentrated ammonia 70:40:10:3.

Planta Med. 83(16), 1289-1296 (2017). A cycloartene-diol, a dihydroxycicloartenone and an isopimaradiene-diol were isolated from subfractions of an ethanolic extract of Guarea macrophylla (Meliaceae) leaves through elution on preparative TLC silica gel layers with chloroform – acetone 19:1, or with n-hexane – ethyl acetate 9:1 or 1:1, respectively.