Botanical Information Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers ex Hook.f.&Thoms. (under development)
| Synonyms | Menispermum cordifolium Willd. |
| Tinospora cordifolia var. congesta Mujaffar, Yasin & Solanki | |
| Tinospora fosbergii Kundu | |
| Common name (en) | Heart-leaved moonseed |
| Common name (hi) | गिलोय |
| Common name (id) | Bratawali |
| Common name (th) | บอระเพ็ด |
| Sample preparation | Reflux 2 g of coarsely powdered sample with 25 mL of methanol for 15 min, cool and filter. Reflux the residue further with 2x25 mL of chloroform, cool and filter. Combine all the filtrates and concentrate under vacuum to 5 mL |
| Mobile phase | Chloroform, methanol 85:15 (v/v) |
| Derivatization | Spray with anisaldehyde sulfuric acid reagent. Heat the plate at 110° for 10 min |
| Sample preparation | Extract 20 g of powdered drug with 150 mL of n-hexane in a Soxhlet apparatus to defat the material. Further extract the drug with methanol for 8-10h. Remove the solvent under reduced pressure. Dissolve 20 mg of the methanolic extractive in 1 mL of methanol |
| Mobile phase | Chloroform, methanol 9:1 (v/v) |
| Derivatization | Spray the plate with anisaldehyde-sulfuric acid reagent |
| Specific marker(s) | tinosporaside |