The use of luminescence techniques for detection in HPLC has high potential. These techniques are especially useful when extremely high sensitivity and/or selectivity are required, and they can be nicely adapted to the demands of miniaturised HPLC. Three aspects are discussed in the present paper: (i) on-line post-column derivatisation in HPLC with conventional fluorescence detection; (ii) the ...

oDays High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for analysis of phospholipids has traditionally employed ultraviolet detection of the eluted compounds. The evaporative laser light-scattering detector (ELSD) offers new opportunities for quantitative analysis of lipids. Phospholipids were isolated from crude and degummed oils prepared from soyheans subjected to storage at high moisture conten...

BACKGROUND In-hospital hypovitaminosis C is highly prevalent but almost completely unrecognized. Medical awareness of this potentially important disorder is hindered by the inability of most hospital laboratories to determine plasma vitamin C concentrations. The availability of a simple, reliable method for analyzing plasma vitamin C could increase opportunities for routine plasma vitamin C ana...

In order to establish an effective and quick method for screening potential bioactive compounds in Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCMs), hepatocytes were employed for extracting either bifendate, a clinical medicine for liver diseases, or chemicals in Herba Artemisiae Scopariae (A. Scopariae), a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine for remedying liver diseases such as hepatitis induced by...

HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) values measured by precipitation (sodium phosphotungstate-MgCl2) and direct methods were compared with those obtained by HPLC with a new column (TSKgel Lipopropak) and an eluent (TSKeluent LP-1). The HDL-C values determined by the precipitation method were significantly (P <0.001) lower than those by the HPLC method, whereas the HDL-C values by the direct method were sli...

HPLC analysis is important for determination of total level on DNA methylation in plants. It can be used to help characterise epigenetic changes during growth, development and stress. HPLC methods have been optimised for mammalian and microbial DNA, but not for plants. This article examines several important factors in the HPLC analysis of plant DNA methylation including extraction and purifica...