LCGC Europe-03-01-2012

Here is what to do to bring an idle capillary GC inlet column and detector back to operating condition – including column installation, electronic pneumatic control calibration, system bakeout and basic test mix performance.

A simple and sensitive high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method with ultraviolet (UV) detection was developed to analyse phenylurea herbicides: – monuron, diuron, linuron, metazachlor and metoxuron – in three soft drink brands and tap water.

Changing to a "better" liquid chromatography column may not always produce the expected results.

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Capillary electrophoresis (CE) with a UV photo-diode array (DAD) detector was used in a new method to detect the assay of amlodipine besylate (AML) and atorvastatin (ATO) in pharmaceutical formulations and human plasma.

This two-part column explains how lipids analysis has evolved and the variety of techniques and approaches currently used in lipidomics, including their advantages and disadvantages, such as sample preparation, separations and, of course, mass spectrometry.