Forestal
title: "Forestal" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["solvents", "chromatography", "anthocyanins"] topic_path: "general/solvents" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forestal" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
Forestal is a solvent used in chromatography, composed of acetic acid, water, and hydrochloric acid 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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- Stecher, G. and Bonn, G. K., Phytochemical Analysis, Chromatography, Elsevier Science, E. Heftmann (ed), Amsterdam, pp. 1050. (2004) (retrieved via google books 9/27/2010)
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