Parameter  SD of peak area % RSD
Mobile phase composition 0.90 1.01
Amount of mobile phase                             1.60 1.89
Temperature                                                0.60 0.90
Relative humidity 1.26 1.81
Plate pretreatment 0.79 0.08
Time from spotting to chromatography     1.10 0.91
Time from chromatography to scanning     0.08 0.05
an = 6, Average of three concentrations 200, 600, 1000 ng/spot
Table 3: Robustness testingaa.