An HPTLC method is proposed to permit effective screening for the presence of three phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5-Is; sildenafil, vardenafil, and tadalafil) and eight of their analogs (hydroxyacetildenafil, homosildenafil, thiohomosildenafil, acetildenafil, acetaminotadalafil, propoxyphenyl hydroxyhomosildenafil, hydroxyhomosildenafil, and hydroxythiohomosildenafil) in finished prod...

A simple, accurate and precise HPTLC- densitometry method for the simultaneousdetermination of abacavir, lamivudine and zidovudine in pharmaceutical tablet has beendeveloped. Separation of tablet components was performed on aluminum backed HPTLC plates(silica gel 60 F254 20×20 cm with 0.2 mm thickness, Camag, Muttenz, Switzerland ) usingmethanol : chloroform : acetonitrile (4 : 8 : 3 v/v). Good...

Mucuna pruriens is the best known natural source of L-dopa, the gold standard for treatment of Parkinsonism. M. pruriens varieties are protein rich supplements, and are used as food and fodder worldwide. Here, we report L-dopa contents in seeds of fifty six accessions of four M. pruriens varieties, M. pruriens var. pruriens, M. pruriens var. hirsuta, M. pruriens var. utilis and M. pruriens var....

UNLABELLED Glycosphingolipids are integral constituents of cellular membrane, arranged in rafts, and with neoplastic cell anti-social behavior, like uncontrolled cell growth, invasiveness, and metastatic potential. AIM However, there are few studies about glycosphingolipids (GSL) expression in squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Since GSL are known to be tumor-associated markers we decided to perf...

Spices play an important role in the chemoprevention and they can be a rich source of biologically active compounds such as triterpenes in the human diet. A method based on high performance thin-layer chromatography combined with densitometry for determination of ursolic and oleanolic acids in some common spices was elaborated. The prechromatographic derivatization with 1% of iodine solution wa...

Gaucher disease is a sphingolipidosis that leads to an accumulation of glucosylceramide. The objective of this study was to develop a methodology, based on the extraction, purification and quantification of glucosylceramide from blood plasma, for use in clinical research laboratories. Comparison of the glucosylceramide content in plasma from Gaucher disease patients, submitted to enzyme replace...

Abstract According to World Health Organization (WHO) 10% of the medicines in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) are poor quality posing a major public health threat. One way circumvent such problem is development deployment rapid, economical efficient analytical methods. Hence this research aims develop High-Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) method for determination doxycyclin...

Due to their complexity, multicomponent herbal drugs pose enormous analytical challenges for quality control (QC). Although they may have traditionally been used for hundreds of years, the information about their chemical composition is often still limited. Selecting suitable markers to monitor the identity and potency of the mixture is, therefore, difficult. There is also the possibility of na...

POLI F., Tosi B., DALL'OLIO G. & BRUNI A. 1992. Production of thiophenes in calli and suspension cultures of Tagetes patula L. as influenced by light/dark succession. — Phyton (Horn, Austria) 31 (2): 257-262, 3 figures. English with German summary. HPTLC-densitometry was used to evaluate thiophene accumulation in leaf calli and cell suspension of Tagetes patula. Calli obtained from 7-8 weeks ol...