J. Planar Chromatogr. 35, 481-490 (2022). HPTLC of oleo‑gum resin of raw and purified Commiphora wightii on silica gel with chloroform - ethyl acetate - formic acid - acetic acid
30:9:2:2. Detection by spraying with anisaldehyde sulfuric acid reagent, followed by heating at 105 °C until the development of visible zones. The plate was analyzed under UV light at 254 and 366 nm, and after derivatization at 541 nm. 

J. Planar Chromatogr. 35, 463-471 (2022). HPTLC of naringin in the peels of Citrus sinensis on silica gel with glacial acetic acid - chloroform - water - methanol 10:30:1:5. Detection by heating at 60 °C for 5 min. Quantitative determination by absorbance measurement at 296 nm. The hRF value for naringin was 45. Linearity was between .04 and 2.0 µg/zone. Interday and intra-day precisions were below 1 % (n=3). The LOD and LOQ were 6 and 19 ng/zone. Average recovery was 99.4 %.

J. Planar Chromatogr. 35, 411-420 (2022). HPTLC of oleanolic acid (1), β‑sitosterol (2) and lupeol (3) in Urginea indica with toluene - ethyl acetate - methanol - acetone 35:10:1:1. Detection by dipping into aninsaldehyde sulfuric acid. Quantitative determination by absorbance measurement at 530 nm. The hRF values for (1) to (3) were 44, 55 and 68, respectively. Linearity was between 200 and 1000 ng/zone for (1) and (2) and 100 and 500 ng/zone for (3). Interday and intra-day precisions were below 4 % (n=3). Average recovery was 101.8 % for (1), 98.7 % for (2) and 100.2 % for (3).

J. Planar Chromatogr. 35, 403-410 (2022). HPTLC of β-sitosterol (1), ferulic acid (2), berberrubine (3), griffonilide (4) and lithospermoside (5) in Semiaquilegia adoxoides on silica gel with cyclohexane - ethyl acetate 3:1 for (1), toluene - ethyl acetate - methanol - formic acid 50:40:5:12 for (1) and (2), n-butanol - acetic acid - water 21:3:6 for (3) and  chloroform - methanol - water 12:6:1 for (3) to (5). Detection of (1) and (2) by spraying with 10 % sulfuric acid in ethanol, followed by heating at 105 °C. Analysis under UV light at 254 and 366 nm.

J. Planar Chromatogr. 35, 395-402 (2022). HPTLC of Padina boergesenii on silica gel with toluene - ethyl acetate 93:7. Detection by spraying with different reagents: anisaldehyde‒sulfuric acid reagent, vanillin‒sulfuric acid reagent, methanolic‒sulfuric acid reagent and Liebermann‒Burchard reagent (1 mL concentrated sulfuric acid, 20 mL acetic anhydride and 100 mL chloroform). Fingerprint analysis under UV light at 254 and 366 nm.

J Chromatogr A, 1608, 460415 (2019). Samples were acetonitrile extracts of Annona cherimola fruit peel, pulp and seeds (Annonaceae), as well as caffeic acid as standards. HPTLC on silica gel with chloroform – ethyl acetate – propanol 21:2:2 for peel extracts, with chloroform – methanol 9:1 for seed extracts. Derivatization by spraying Dragendorff’s reagent for alkaloids, secondary amines and non-nitrogenous oxygenated compounds.  Effect-directed assay was performed for inhibitors of α-glucosidase. Before sample application, plates were developed with enzyme substrate (2-naphthyl-α-D-glucopyranoside 0.1 % in methanol) and dried 20 min at 60 °C. Then, samples were applied and separated, and mobile phase was removed by heating 10 min at 60 °C. The chromatogram was sprayed with 4 mL enzyme solution (5 unit/mL in 100 mM phosphate buffer,  pH 7.4), liquid excess was removed under lukewarm air stream, the plate was incubated 10 min at 37 °C in a moisture box, followed by spraying chromogenic reagent Fast Blue salt B 0.1 % in water, giving after 2 min white inhibition bands visible on purple background under white light. Plate image was documented under illumination (reflectance mode) with white light. The bands of 3 inhibiting compounds were analyzed in a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. 1) Full scan mass spectra (m/z 50−1000) in the positive ionization mode were recorded using electrospray ionization (ESI, spray voltage 3 kV, desolvation line temperature 250 °C, block temperature 400 °C) for compounds directly eluted with methanol – acetonitrile through the oval elution head of a TLC-MS interface pump. 2) Compounds were also isolated (either eluted directly from the plate into a vial through the same interface, or scraped from the plate and extracted with methanol – chloroform into a vial), dried, and submitted to HPLC-DAD-MS/MS; MS-MS spectra were recorded in the same conditions, using argon as collision gas and collision cell voltages from -20 and -40 V. Inhibitors were identified as phenolamides (phenylethyl cinnamides): moupinamide (hRF 66 in peels, 56 in seeds), N-trans-feruloyl phenethylamine (hRF 76 in peels), N-trans-p-coumaroyl tyramine (hRF 44 in seeds).

J Chromatogr A, 1598, 209-215 (2019). Samples were methanolic extracts of honeys from Robinia pseudoacacia (Fabaceae) or from Tilia spp. (Tiliaceae / Malvaceae), as well as standards: abscisic acid (sesquiterpenoid), caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, cinnamic acid, ferulic acid (phenolic acids), chrysin (flavone), myricetin, quercetin (flavonols), naringenin (flavanone). HPTLC on silica gel with chloroform – ethyl acetate – formic acid 5:4:1. Visualization under UV 254 nm and 366 nm, before and after derivatization by spraying with aluminium chloride (1 % in methanol), which rendered flavone bands bright yellow. Quantitative absorbance measuremet by densitometry at 366 nm. Linearity was in the range of 12,5–200 µg/mL for most standards (25–400 µg/mL for chrysin). Main differences observed in samples: 1) abscisic acid (hRF 56) and chrysin (hRF 82) were present only in Tilia honey samples, quercetin (hRF 55) only in Robinia honey; 2) ferulic acid (hRF 60) was the most prominent blue band in Tilia honey samples (1.35–18.73 g/kg of honey), and less intense in Robinia honey (0–1.24 g/kg of honey). Multivariate analysis was performed in two different ways with principal component analysis.

Drug Standards of China 22 (3), 259-264 (2021). Gentianella acuta (Michx.) Hulten is a herbal traditional Chinese medicine, containing mainly efficacy components like diphenylpyrione, cycloether terpenoids, flavonoids, and triterpenoids. It has liver protection, hypoglycemic, anti-inflammatory and other pharmacological activities, and is used clinically to treat jaundice, headache, fever, dry mouth and bile fever etc. To establish a quality standard of the herb, TLC was used for the investigation of the chemical composition and fingerprints. TLC of methanolic extracts of 10 batches of Gentianella acuta  collected from different regions (A) for cycloether terpene components (gentiopicroside and swertimarin), on silica gel with ethyl acetate - methanol - water 4:1:1, detection under UV 254 nm, identification by comparison of the fingerprints with those of the standards gentiopicroside and swertimarin; (B) for terpenoids (oleanolic acid), on silica gel with chloroform - methanol - ammonium hydroxide 20:6:1, detection under UV 254 nm, identification by comparison of the fingerprints with those of the oleanolic acid standard; (C) for aqueous extracts (water-soluble components such as flavonoids and phenolic acids), on silica gel with 1-butanol - acetic acid - water 9:3:2, detection by spraying with 5 % aluminium trichloride solution and evaluation under UV 366 nm, identification by comparison of the fingerprints with those of the oleanolic acid standard. The results showed that the TLC profiles of 10 batches were very similar, and well consistent with the HPLC fingerprint results. In addition, gentiopicroside, swertimarin and oleanolic acid were identified by TLC in the medicine, thus can be used as the target components of the identification. Therefore, the results of this study can be used as the basis for the authenticity identification and quality evaluation of the medicine.