Application Notes: LC

For this analysis, we developed a fast, robust, and efficient separation on a Kinetex 2.6µm Polar C18 phase. This is a highly robust, core-shell stationary phase capable of providing increased efficiency over fully porous products. The Kinetex Polar C18 functionality provides unique polar selectivity that was critical in effectively retaining and separating these phenolic antioxidants.

For this application study, the alkaloid compound berberine was selected to help demonstrate the Kinetex PS C18 HPLC/UHPLC column’s unique multi-modal selectivity and improved chromatographic performance when applied to the analysis of polar basic compounds.

For this application study, the alkaloid compound berberine was selected to help demonstrate the Kinetex PS C18 HPLC/UHPLC column’s unique multi-modal selectivity and improved chromatographic performance when applied to the analysis of polar basic compounds.

For this analysis, we developed a fast, robust, and efficient separation on a Kinetex 2.6µm Polar C18 phase. This is a highly robust, core-shell stationary phase capable of providing increased efficiency over fully porous products. The Kinetex Polar C18 functionality provides unique polar selectivity that was critical in effectively retaining and separating these phenolic antioxidants.

The advantage of UV spectroscopy as an analytical method to detect protein aggregation is that it is non-destructive and uses low sample volumes, minimal sample preparation requirement and easy sample analysis. A quick QC method to indicate the presence of aggregation uses an Agilent Cary 60 UV-Vis spectrophotometer to identify aggregation of mAb solutions resulting from different stress conditions.

TSKgel® UP-SW3000 columns are 2 µm SEC columns designed for the analysis of monoclonal antibodies and other biopharma products and can be used on both HPLC and UHPLC systems. A TSKgel UP-SW3000 column yielded very low percent relative standard deviation (%RSD) for peak parameters including retention times, peak asymmetry, and efficiency, demonstrating the exceptional reproducibility of this column versus a competitor UHPLC column.

The characterization of monoclonal antibodies is a major challenge in process monitoring and quality control. TSKgel® G3000SWXL columns have been the industry standard for quality control of mAbs by SEC for decades. With the introduction of TSKgel UP-SW3000, 2 µm silica-based UHPLC–HPLC columns, increased speed and higher resolution can be achieved for the separation of antibody fragments, monomers, and dimers.

This application note discusses the use of a 3 μm particle size, 30 nm pore size, size exclusion chromatography (SEC) column for monitoring folded (native) and unfolded (denatured) states of a monoclonal antibody using fluorescence detection (FLD).

Successful separations of the enantiomers of 3,3’-substituted BINOLs and their corresponding protected derivatives were obtained on the RegisPack® chiral stationary phase (CSP) from Regis Technologies, Inc.