The September/October 2010 issue of the Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL will feature a Special Guest Editor Section consisting of seven papers on “Thin-Layer Chromatography in Botanical Analysis.”

The special section was guest edited by Eike Reich of CAMAG and Joseph Sherma, Lafayette College. Reich says, “These papers represent a significant contribution to the literature on botanical analysis and will be useful for those who need to increase analytical capabilities as regulations increase worldwide on the manufacture and sale of natural medicines and dietary supplements.”

The Special Guest Editor Section includes the following contributions:

• “Development and Validation of an HPTLC Method for Simultaneous Quantitation of Isoorientin, Isovitexin, Orientin, and Vitexin in Bamboo-Leaf Flavonoids,” by Jin Wang, Feng Tang, Yongde Yue, Xuefeng Guo, and Xi Yao



• “High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography for Quality Control of Multicomponent Herbal Drugs: Example of Cangzhu Xianglian San,” by Zhi Li, Irmgard Merfort, and Eike Reich



• “Use of High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography by the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia,” by Roy T. Upton



• “Study on Triterpenoic Acids Distribution in Ganoderma Mushrooms by Automatic Multiple Development High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatographic Fingerprint Analysis,” by Yu-Zhen Yan, Pei-Shan Xie, C.W.K. Lam, S.H. Chui, and Qiong-Xi Yu



• “Tradition- and Science-Based Quality Control of Chinese Medicines—Introducing the Phyto-True™ System,” by Albert Y. Leung



• “Modern HPTLC–A Perfect Tool for Quality Control of Herbals and Their Preparations,” by Beat Meier and Daniela Spriano



• “Fingerprint Analysis and the Application of HPTLC to the Determination of Identity and Quality of Botanicals, from an Industry Perspective,” by Sidney Sudberg, Elan M. Sudberg, Jennifer Terrazas, Sandra Sudberg, Kirtal Patel, Jose Pineda, and Bryan Fine

The Special Guest Editor Section, which was arranged by Acquisitions Editor Joseph Sherma, will appear in the September 2010 issue of J. AOAC Int. For additional information on this special section, please contact Catherine Wattenberg, production and acquisitions editor, at cwattenberg@aoac.org. To subscribe to J. AOAC Int. or to purchase reprints of the Special Section, contact Customer Service at CustomerService@aoac.org or Tel: +1-301-924-7077 ext. 170, or visit http://www.aoac.org/pubs/jaoac.htm.

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