This second edition of Plant Drug Analysis includes more than 200 updated color photographs of superb quality demonstrating chromatograms of all relevant standard drugs.

All drugs presented meet the standard of the official pharmacopoeia and originate from well-defined botanical sources. With this guide the technique of thin layer chromatography can be easily used without previous pharmacognostic training. Only commercially available equipment and reagents are needed, the sources as well as all practical details are given.

From the reviews

"...should not be missed in any laboratory dealing with crude drug analysis" trends in analytical chemistry

"...a unique and remarkable collection...an invaluable guide" Phytochemistry

"The color photographs...are unbelievably well done" Analytical Biochemistry

"...a required text for any laboratory concerned with the analysis of medicinal plant products" Irish Pharmacy Journal

Alkaloid Drugs

Drugs Containing Anthracene Derivatives
Bitter Drugs
Cardiac Glycoside Drugs
Coumarin Drugs
Drugs Containing Essential Oils (Aetherolea), Balsams and Oleo-Gum-Resins
Flavonoid Drugs Including Ginkgo Biloba and Echinaceae Species
Drugs Containing Arbutin, Salicin and Salicoyl Derivatives
Drugs Containing Cannabinoids and Kavapyrones
Drugs Containing Lignans
Drugs Containing 1,4-Naphthoquinones Droserae herba, Dionaeae herba
Drugs Containing Pigments
Drugs with Pungent-Tasting Principles
Saponin Drugs
Drugs Containing Sweet-Tasting Terpene Glycosides
Drugs Containing Triterpenes
Drugs Containing Valepotriates (Valerianae radix)
Screening of Unknown Commercial Drugs
Thin-Layer Chromatography Analysis of Herbal Drug Mixtures.