Table 2.

Qualitative analysis of amino acid using thin layer chromatography

Distance travelled by Solvent (cm)	Colour of the spot	Rf Value of standard	Calculated Rf value	Amino acid
		0.40	Agaricus bisporus
8.8	Pink	0.59	0.51	Methionine
8.8	Blue	0.16	0.17	Arginine
8.8	Brown	0.65	0.65	Tryptophan
8.8	Pink	0.25	0.23	Threonine
8.8	Pink	0.35	0.39	Valine
8.8	Pink	0.33	0.34	Isoleucine
8.8	Brown pink	0.50	0.53	Phenylanine
8.8	Yellow	0.19	0.21	Lysine
8.8	Orange	0.22	0.23	Histidine