Workshop 2

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The workshop will include a 30 min lecture explaining the terminology and definition of HPTLC according to USP<203> and the European Pharmacopoeia chapter 2.8.25. The concept of HPTLC fingerprints is used to illustrate how compliance of a sample with the specifications in monographs for botanical / herbal drugs can be tested in a fully cCMP compliant environment. Furthermore, the lecture will demonstrate how the quality of botanical materials can be related to HPTLC data.
The second part of the workshop will use a live experiment: the identification of Common Horse tail and limit test for adulteration with Marsh Horse tail according to the Ph.Eur. Monograph 1825, to introduce:

• the practical aspects of standardized HPTLC
• proper handling of equipment and software,
• system suitability tests,
• image and profile comparison, and
• limit tests based on image evaluation