Where Is TLC Used

Identification, purity testing and determination of the concentration of active ingredients, auxiliary substances and preservatives in drugs and drug preparations, process control in synthetic manufacturing processes. 

Determination of active substances and their metabohtes in biological matrices, diagnosis of metabolic disorders such as PKU (phenylketomuia), cystimuia and maple syrup disease in babies. 

Dye raw materials and end products, preservatives, siufactants, fatty acids, constituents of perfumes. 

Determination of pesticides and fungicides in drinking water, residues in vegetables, salads and meat, vitamins in soft drinks and margarine, banned additives in Germany (e.g. sandalwood extract in fish and meat products), comphance with limit values (e.g. polycyclic compounds in drinking water, aflatoxins in milk and milk products). 

Groundwater analysis, determination of pollutants from abandoned armaments in soils and surface waters, decomposition products from azo dyes used in textiles. 

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