“…The use of the spread-layer technique (1849) and of alcoholic salt solutions as developers for TLC of drugs (1249) were advocated. Specific TLC methods have been developed for the following pharmaceuticals: various narcotics (445,457,481,536,1071,1438,2123,2292), local anesthetics (582,1665,1753), barbiturates (79,183,501,969,1516,1544,1589,1729,1853,1870,2214,2228) and other sedatives (1484,1516,2093), phenothiazines (233,1049,1070,1255,1437,1438,1720,2028,2029,2084) and various other tranquilizers (792,1050,1167), sulfonamides (30,161,581,668,930,1311,1350,…”