J. Chromatogr. 674, 3-13 (1994). Discussion of the potential and the constraints of TLC, GC and HPLC towards substance identification, together with their detection modes, including color reactions on the plate, MS and diode - array UV spectrophotometry. Evaluation of the identification power of TLC and color reactions plus GC or HPLC retention indices for the purpose. The possibility for identification by means of computerized database searches are considered.

Indian Drugs 34 (6) 339-345 (1997). HPTLC on silica gel with toluene - acetone - isopropanol - NH3 60:30:20:3. Diloxanide furoate was used as internal standard. Visualization by spraying with 0.01% ninhydrin. Quantitation by densitometry at 520 nm.

Indian Drugs 41 (3), 160-164 (2004). Combinations of ofloxacin and tinidazole (1:3) are available as tablet dosage forms. Stability indicating HPTLC of ofloxacin and tinidazole on silica gel with dioxan - ethyl acetate - toluene - acetic acid - water 5.5:5:3.2:2:2 . Quantification by absorbance measurement at 307 nm. The Rf value of ofloxacin and tinidazole was found to be 0.12 and 0.85 respectively. Recovery was 99.85 % and 99.45 % for ofloxacin and tinidazole respectively. The proposed method was quantitatively evaluated in terms of calibration of concentration range, stability, and accuracy. It can be adopted for routine analysis of the formulation.

56th IPC 2004, Abstract No. GP-48. HPTLC of rabeprazole sodium in tablet dosage form on silica gel with ethyl acetate - methanol 9:1. Optimization of experimental parameters such as bandwidth, chamber saturation time, solvent front migration, and mobile phase composition. Quantitative determination by scanning at 260 nm. The Rf value was 0.59. The method was linear with a correlation coefficient of 0.99, recovery was 98.81 %.

J. Planar Chromatogr. 19, 81-85 (2006). A simple device is proposed for chromatographic separation with a traditional plate under the condition of a closed adsorbent layer (TLC-CL). Compared with traditional TLC the new variant has certain advantages, it takes for example 20-30 % less time; the efficiency of TLC-CL was, however, usually less than that of traditional TLC.

Indian Drugs 42 (9), 592-596 (2005). HPTLC of rutin in Ginkgo biloba from a solid dosage form, on silica gel with n-butanol - n-propanol - chloroform - acetic acid-water 4:1:2:1:1 containing 1 % formic acid. Quantitative determination by absorbance measurement at 254 nm. Rf value of rutin was 0.24. The method was linear in the range of 30-70 ng/µL. No interference was observed from excipients present in solid dosage form.

Acta Chrom. 17, 292-301 (2006). TLC of ibuprofen and naproxen on silica gel pre-washed with methanol - water 9:1 and dryed at ambient temperature for 3 h. The plates were impregnated with a 0.03 M solution of L-arginine in methanol. Development with acetonitrile - methanol - water 5:1:1 containing several drops of glacial acetic acid for S-(+)-ibuprofen, and acetonitrile - methanol - water 10:2:3 containing several drops of glacial acetic acid for S-(+)-naproxen. Densitometry at 200, 205, and 210 nm for S-(+)-ibuprofen and at 202, 215, and 225 nm for S-(+)-naproxen. The investigations were performed by using three independent measurement techniques, all based on UV absorption: HPLC–UV, HPLC–DAD, and TLC–densitometry.

59th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress F-55, 402, (2007). HPTLC of metformin hydrochloride on silica gel with methanol - chloroform - ammonium acetate 6:3:1. Densitometry at 236 nm. The method has a range from 100 - 300 ng/zone. The limit of detection and quantification was 25 ng and 100 ng/zone, respectively. The method was applied for analysis of metformin hydrochloride in multi-component formulations containing glipizide, gliclazide and glibenclamide as well as in serum.