Table 6.

hRf values of chief constituents detected on TLC of 3 different extracts from the root powder of A. racemosus.

Zone	Steroids-terpenes		Alkaloids		Flavonoids
	hRf value	visible colour	hRf value	visible colour	hRf value	UV-365nm fluorescence
1	13–15	yellow	55–57	orange-brown	0–3	sky blue
2	15–17	sky blue				52–56 blue-green
3	19–21	grayish brown
4	25–27	yellow brown
5	29–30	brown
6	33–35	yellow
7	39–42	light gray
8	46–51	grayish purple
9	55–57	violet
10	58–62	violet
11	62–67	yellow
12	67–69	grayish blue
13	86–88	grayish yellow