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Panax ginseng HPTLC ID - 10% Methanolic Sulfuric Acid UV 365 nm

Asian Ginseng (root) (Panax ginseng)

Lane Assignments Lanes, from left to right (Track, Volume, Sample):

1. 2 μL Panax ginseng-1 (root)
2. 2 μL Panax ginseng-2 (root)
3. 2 μL Panax ginseng-3 (root)
4. 2 μL Panax ginseng-4 (root)
5. 2 μL Panax ginseng-4 (root)
6. 2 μL Panax quinquefolius-5 (root)
7. 2 μL Panax ginseng-6 (root)
8. 2 μL Ginsenoside-Rb1, Ginsenoside-Rc, Ginsenoside-Rd, Ginsenoside-Re, Ginsenoside Rf, Ginsenoside-Rg1 ~0.1% in MeOH

Reference materials used here have been authenticated by macroscopic, microscopic &/or TLC studies according to the reference source cited below held at Alkemists Laboratories, Costa Mesa, CA. 

Stationary Phase Silica gel 60, F254, 10 x 10 cm HPTLC plates 

Mobile Phase chloroform: ethyl acetate: CH3OH: water [3/8/4.4/1.8] 

Sample Preparation Method 0.3 g + 3 ml 70% grain EtOH sonicate 10 minutes no heat 

Detection Method 10% Methanolic H2SO4 -> 115° C 15 min -> UV 365 nm 

Reference see American Herbal Pharmacopoeia & Therapeutic Compendium

Source: Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories ^[5]