“…TLC (1455) and spread-layer chromatography (1386) have by now been successfully applied to all classes of steroids. Thin-layer partition chromatography uses a mixture of some inert carrier and gypsum to support a stationary phase of formamide (1624), undecane (1202), or paraffin oil (1044)• All three techniques are applicable to sterols (54,115,233,794,815,1083,1131,1623,1763), vitamins D (354,1141), steroidal sapogenins (114, 969,1373) and alkaloids (7,173,1373), bile acids (431,691,693,875,1387), cardenolides (688,954,1441,1511) and bufadienolides (730,1509,1756), and steroids related to the estrogenic (377,472,667,763,936,953,1025,1533), androgenic (253,399,407,557,867,1024,1292), progestational (53,…”