LCGC North America-05-01-2007

LCGC North America

Chiral HPLC Columns

May 01, 2007

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Chiral technology has become a very important aspect for scientists involved in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and agricultural industries. The chiral enantiomers can have vitally different pharmacological effects in biological systems. In fact, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration mandates that only therapeutically active isomers must be introduced to the prescription drug market.

Validation and Peptide Mapping

May 01, 2007

Validation Viewpoint

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Peptide mapping is one of the preferred techniques for the comprehensive characterization of biopharmaceutical products and is often the analytical method of choice for studying a protein's primary structure.

Peaks of Interest

May 01, 2007

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Phenomenex, Inc. (Torrance, California) announced that it has acquired Chemtek Analytica S.R.L. (Bologna, Italy), a subsidiary of Labservice Analytica S.R.L., and privately held SupWare (Hilleroed, Denmark).

QuEChERS - A New Sample Preparation Technique for Multiresidue Analysis of Pesticides in Foods and Agricultural Samples

May 01, 2007

Sample Prep Perspectives

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This month's installment of "Sample Prep Perspectives" describes a new extraction technique called QuEChERS (standing for quick, easy, cheap, effective, and safe and is pronounced "catchers") for the sample preparation of pesticides in foods and agricultural samples.