Planta Med 1967; 15: 48-59
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1100013
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GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY OF STEROIDS

J. W. A. Meijer
  • Gaubius Institute of the University of Leyden, The Netherlands
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Publication Date:
15 January 2009 (online)

Introduction

The wide application, which GLC has found in the chemistry of steroidal compounds is reflected by an imposing number of publications. Although the greater part of these articles is related to the analysis of steroid hormones for clinical purposes, much work has also been done in the field of steroidal compounds, derived from botanical material. Thus, the GLG investigation of unsaponifiable matter in plant lipids has become a routine method for identification purposes [1–8]. Other plant steroids which have been subjected to GLC are sapogenins [9], cardiac glycosides [10, 11], steroidal amines [12] etc. One could conceive of many further examples, where the application of GLC would prove to be a very efficient substitute for the painstaking and time consuming work which until now is mostly done by more conventional methods. Rather than to go into details about the applications, this paper will give only a brief survey of current experimental methods.

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