Low frequency ultrasound was employed to extract bioactive compounds from the inflorescence part of Cannabis. The responses evaluated were-total phenols, flavonoids, ferric reducing assay and yield. The solvent composition and time significantly influenced the extraction process. Appreciably higher extraction of cannabinoids was achieved on sonication against control.

Chiral assay of enantiomers of fluoxetine was achieved in pharmaceutical formulations using direct and indirect methods. L-tartaric acid was used as a mobile phase additive in thin-layer chromatography; the enantiomers were separated and isolated and were used to determine the elution order in HPLC. (R,S)-flouxetine was derivatized with (S)-N-(4-nitrophenoxycarbonyl)phenylalanine methoxyethyl ester [(S)-NIFE], Marfey's reagent and 1-fluoro-2,4-dinitrophenyl-L-methionine amide (FDNP-L-Met-NH₂. The diastereomers were separated using RP-HPLC. The effect of flow rate and TFA concentration on resolution was studied. The diastereomers obtained by derivatization with FDNP-L-Met-NH₂ were also separated by RP-TLC.

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DL-Penicillamine has been resolved into its enantiomers by normal-phase TLC using L-tartaric acid as chiral impregnating reagent as well as chiral mobile phase additive, while (R)-mandelic acid has been found to be successful as a chiral impregnating reagent. The solvent system acetonitrile-methanol-water (5:1:1, v/v) was found to be successful when L-tartaric acid was used as impregnating agent while the solvent combination acetonitrile-methanol-(0.5% l-tartaric acid in water, pH 5)-glacial acetic acid (7:1:1.1:0.7, v/v) was successful as mobile phase as it contained L-tartaric acid as the chiral additive. (R)-mandelic acid was successful as chiral impregnating reagent with ethyl acetate-methanol-water (3:1:1, v/v), as the mobile phase. The effects of concentration of chiral selectors, temperature and pH were examined on enantiomeric resolution. The spots were detected with iodine vapors and the detection limits were found to be 0.12 microg for each enantiomer of penicillamine with L-tartaric acid, under both the conditions, and 0.11 microg with (R)-mandelic acid.

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