Forestal is a solvent used in
chromatography
In chemical analysis, chromatography is a laboratory technique for the separation of a mixture into its components. The mixture is dissolved in a fluid solvent (gas or liquid) called the ''mobile phase'', which carries it through a system ( ...
, composed of
acetic acid, water, and
hydrochloric acid
Hydrochloric acid, also known as muriatic acid, is an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride. It is a colorless solution with a distinctive pungent smell. It is classified as a strong acid
Acid strength is the tendency of an acid, symbol ...
in a 30:10:3 ratio by volume. It is useful for isolating
anthocyanins in room-temperature chromatography using standard filter paper.
References
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* Pecket, R.C. Constituents of Leaf Extracts ... , New Phytologist 1959 Oct; 58(2) (retrieved 27 sept 2010 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1959.tb05350.x/pdf )
* Stecher, G. and Bonn, G. K., Phytochemical Analysis, Chromatography, Elsevier Science, E. Heftmann (ed), Amsterdam, pp. 1050. {{ISBN, 0-444-51108-3 (2004) (retrieved via google books 9/27/2010)
Solvents
Chromatography
Anthocyanins