Botanical Information Dioscorea panthaica Prain & Burkill (procuring samples)
| Synonyms | Dioscorea biserialis Prain & Burkill |
| Common name (en) | Panthaica yam |
| Sample preparation | To 0.5 g of the powder, add 25 mL of methanol, ultrasonicate for 30 min and filter. Evaporate the filtrate to dryness and dissolve the residue in 0.5 mL of methanol as the test solution |
| Mobile phase | Chloroform, methanol, water 75:35:4 (v/v/v) |
| Derivatization | Spray with 10% sulfuric acid reagent and heat the plate at 105°C until the spots appear |