CAMAG Bibliography Service
CBS
Welcome to the CAMAG Bibliography Service (CBS), your premier source for the latest advancements in High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography. Starting 2026, CBS will adopt a new publication model with one article released as Scientific Publication every two months. These six articles will be compiled at the end of each year into a complete annual CBS issue, providing readers with a coherent thematic overview of the year’s contributions while enabling more timely access to new content. While the format of CBS is being renewed, its core values remain unchanged: scientific rigor, practical relevance, and a strong commitment to the global HPTLC community.
Archived Issues of the CBS Magazine

Featured applications:
- HPTLC screening of spirits and detection of glycerol
- Detection of illegal dyes in food and cosmetic products
- HPTLC fingerprinting for Kalanchoe species identification
- Lipidomics of Thlaspi arvense for biofuel production

Featured applications:
- Tire particles assessment with HPTLC bioassays
- Machine learning for botanical identification
- Analysis of Flavonoids and Anthraquinones in Cassia

Featured applications:
- Developing HPTLC methods for pharmacopoeia monographs
- Oil adulteration evaluation using HPTLC
- HPTLC profiling for bioactive ingredients in Indian propolis

Featured applications:
- Comparative HPTLC fingerprinting of saffron samples
- Implementation of Design of Experiments (DoE) software in method evaluation
- Gas phase control in the HPTLC PRO Module DEVELOPMENT

Featured applications:
- Inositol phosphate analysis by HPTLC
- HPTLC method for the identification of tributyrin in ButyraGen™
- Discrimination of Monteverdia ilicifolia leaf from its adulterants by HPTLC PRO
- HPTLC fingerprinting for quality assessment of Ashwagandha formulations

Featured applications:
- Extractable and leachable studies of pharmaceutical products packed in plastics
- Detection and quantification of 5-hydroxy-methylfurfural in honey
- Stability testing of dihydroartemisinin
- HPTLC-based fingerprinting of fructooligosaccharides

Featured procedures and applications
- HPTLC routine analysis using complementary developing solvents
- Use of TLC, HPTLC, and HPTLC-MS during production and purification processes of active ingredients and their impurities
- Development and validation of an HPTLC-DPPH assay method for the acteoside content of Ribwort ipowder®
- HPTLC – a useful tool for the characterization of enzymes from plant lipid metabolism

Featured procedures and applications
- Quantification of methylglyoxal in Manuka honey
- Screening for chlorinated paraffins in vegetable oils
- Quantification of glucose degradation products
- The HPTLC Association Substance Database
- HPTLC detection of falsification in drugs

Featured procedures and applications
- High-throughput analysis of aroma precursors in cocoa and coffee
- Fabry-related biomarkers in human plasma
- Parallel detection of estrogenic and androgenic activity
- Use of quantified Reference Extracts for herbal materials