The design of strategies to reduce the activity of residual silanols in conventional alkyl-bonded columns is still one of the main challenges in the current separation of basic compounds by reversed-phase liquid chromatography.
An overview on the present state of analytical lipidomics is presented from the perspective of mass spectrometry (MS) and the MS strategies most frequently used in lipidomics are highlighted.
A look at what’s in store for chromatographers at Pittcon 2018, which takes place in Orlando, Florida, USA, from 26 February to 1 March 2018.
Traditional approaches for measuring food components are based on a ?target list? approach, whereby specific methodologies are developed for individual or related compounds. Such methods are well-suited for routine monitoring but can fail to detect emerging contamination events or to identify new prospects for product development.
How ethylene-bridged hybrid inorganic–organic (BEH) particles are prepared and how their special qualities can be used to improve separations
Crop development to improve yield or disease resistance has been explored for centuries and the technologies to measure these improvements have subsequently become complex.
This short review focuses on the physicochemical properties of core–shell particles and their resulting chromatographic efficiencies as they relate to the comparison of their mass transfer kinetics to those of columns packed with sub-2-?m fully porous particles.
Book Review: Introduction to Modern Liquid Chromatography, 3rd Edition.
How to use these tools to develop an efficient and robust process
A review of chiral separations, which remain a decided area of interest, particularly in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical fields.
A new procedure is proposed that provides identity parameters for headspace-applicable residual solvent Class 1 and Class 2 compounds addressed in the current US Pharmacopeia <467> method.
DIP–MS is a fast and easy tool that can identify classes of compounds in opportunity crudes (heavy and ultraheavy crude oils, asphaltenes, and tar sands) in the field, without prior separation or treatment. It may enable fast screening of real samples to make a rough evaluation of the potential of reservoirs and oil fields.
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The article investigates the ELSD response variation with supercritical carbon dioxide-based mobile phases and compares the response with HPLC.
A new procedure is proposed that provides identity parameters for headspace-applicable residual solvent Class 1 and Class 2 compounds addressed in the current US Pharmacopeia <467> method.
The two year international project "Preparation of active packaging with antioxidant and antimicrobial activity based on astaxanthin and chitosan",1 which started in 2009, was funded by FONCYCIT (Fund for International Cooperation of Science and Technology between the European Union and Mexico).
A review of the analytical methods available to chromatographers for the determination of sources of off-flavours and food taints.
Learn how effective non-targeted analysis in soil samples is enabled through high resolution accurate mass in combination with intelligent data processing from Compound Discoverer.
A novel method for analysing mercury in sediment is described.
The past decade has brought exponential growth in the number of mass spectrometry (MS) ionization techniques based on desorption and ionization (DI) processes. Here, the three key applications for DI are discussed: rapid, in situ screening; direct analysis of extracted samples or of planar chromatography spots; and scanning samples along x and y axes.
Traditional approaches for measuring food components are based on a ?target list? approach, whereby specific methodologies are developed for individual or related compounds. Such methods are well-suited for routine monitoring but can fail to detect emerging contamination events or to identify new prospects for product development.
Ensuring complete overlapping (coelution) of analyte and internal standard peaks can be critical for eliminating matrix effects in LC–MS/MS analysis.
Janet Kelsey of The Column spoke to Frédéric Cheviron, Sales & Marketing Manager for Chiral Technologies Europe, about the technology they use in drug development and how companies can improve their method development.
The removal of azide as a potential impurity from a drug substance may be critical to its safety profile. The quantitation of this impurity is an important control parameter. This article describes a simple and practical assay for azide using chemical derivatization and HPLC. The method is shown to be suitable for the intended purpose on three example test materials. Potential issues for wider applications are discussed.
Hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) was introduced more than two decades ago and has garnered much attention. Characterized by a hydrophilic stationary phase used in combination with an aqueous organic mobile phase, numerous improvements have been achieved and HILIC is now considered as an attractive alternative to reversed-phase phase liquid chromatography (LC) for many applications. HILIC provides several advantages over reversed-phase LC for the analysis of polar compounds, including higher retention of polar metabolites, enhanced mass spectrometric sensitivity, moderate back-pressure - even at high flow rates, or when used with sub-2-µm particle size - and orthogonal selectivity. Several important technical developments have been proposed during the last decade that foster its use in metabolomics. This review presents an overview of the most recent technical improvements and applications of HILIC analysis in untargeted clinical metabolomics and discusses important practical considerations, including the selection of the optimal column chemistry, appropriate eluents, sample preparation, and data analysis.
Quantitative determination of the counterions associated with pharmaceutical salts is a mandatory requirement for quality control. While ion chromatography (IC) is the standard technique in most laboratories, capable of delivering excellent sensitivity, specificity and flexibility, there are other simpler and quicker analytical methodologies that may should be considered for this quality control application.
The determination of genotoxic impurities (GIs) in drug substances and pharmaceutical products is an emerging topic in pharmaceutical quality control. GIs are intermediates or reactants in the synthetic pathway of a drug substance and should be monitored at ppm (?g/g drug substance) or even ppb (ng/g) levels. This is several orders of magnitude lower than in classical impurity analysis (0.05% or 500 ppm level) or in residual solvent analysis. Analytical methods for the determination of GIs include gas chromatography (GC) and liquid chromatography (LC), both often combined with mass spectrometry (MS) detection. Some typical examples of GIs trace analysis using GC and LC are presented. The potential of on-line reaction monitoring is also discussed.
This article describes the GC–MS and LC–MS screening methods developed for the analysis of both low-volume water samples and extracts obtained from various designs of passive samplers.
The level of pollutants present in water bodies is most commonly judged against set environmental quality standards (EQSs) that vary among different countries.
This month's "Sample Prepartion Perspectives" describes practical aspects of hollow-fibre liquid-phase microextraction in the three phase mode (HF3LPME) and also electromembrane extraction (EME), which uses an electrical potential as the driving force for the extraction.