Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 23, 1373-1374, Copyright © 1982 by Lipid Research, Inc.
A modified procedure for thin-layer chromatography of phospholipids
D Allan and S Cockcroft
We have found that when lipid samples from a variety of tissues are run on
EDTA-impregnated plates in a solvent system which contains a reduced amount
of acetic acid and water compared with that used by Skipski et al. (1964.
Biochem. J. 90: 374-378), there is a clear separation among sphingomyelin,
phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylinositol,
phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidate. This modified procedure
appears to offer significant advantages over the original method described
by Skipski et al. particularly for studies of the metabolism of anionic
phospholipids.