SAMPLE DETECTION METHOD BY THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY PLATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME

摘要

The present invention provides a thin-layer chromatography plate and a thin-layer chromatography that can detect the separation of a component in a sample by a separating agent layer that does not permit the detection of the separation of the component in the sample by an optical response. For a sample that has an optical response to ultraviolet light or a coloring agent, the present invention uses a thin-layer chromatography plate that has a first separating agent layer, which has the same optical response as the sample, and a second separating agent layer, which is disposed adjacent thereto and has an optical response that is different from the aforementioned optical response; carries out development of the sample in the first separating agent layer; thereafter carries out further development of the spots from the first separating agent layer toward the second separating agent layer; and detects the spots in the second separating agent layer through exposure to ultraviolet radiation or a color-development treatment with a coloring agent. In addition, the development axis in the first separating agent layer is maintained approximately perpendicular, and spot broadening at the boundary surface is prevented by adjusting the binder blending ratio.