The technology of the present application is directed to methods and kits for detecting and quantifying a non-polar analyte in a plant-derived sample. The technology uses a simple extraction, e.g., a liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) or solid-phase extraction (SPE), to enrich a sample for a non-polar analyte of interest and to remove contaminants. After the extraction and clean-up steps, liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry are used to detect the non-polar analyte. In one embodiment, acequinocyl and/or its derivatives is analyzed using liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and the improved LC-MS/MS conditions allows detection limits of acequinocyl and/or its derivatives of 50 ppb or less.

The invention relates to a stationary phase medium for adsorption chromatography, which is in form of porous microspheres suitable for being packed into a chromatographic column. The porous microspheres are made of cross-linked polymeric material and formed with interconnected macropores to constitute a porous network. The invented porous microspheres have a characteristic size ratio of porous network diameter to microsphere particle size, and the porous network is in fluid communication with the ambient via multiple openings, so that molecules are convectively transported through the porous network. Accordingly, the invention shows low back pressure and high binding capacity to molecules at high mobile phase velocities.

The present disclosure relates to a method for the isolation of microvesicles comprising contacting the sample with at least one polysaccharide to isolate the microvesicles.

A sample injector configured to introduce a sample fluid into a mobile phase, wherein the mobile phase is to be driven by a mobile phase drive through a separation unit for separating compounds of the sample fluid in the mobile phase, wherein the sample injector comprises a metering device being operable for displacing fluid and for intaking a metered amount of the sample fluid into the sample injector, an injector valve being switchable for operating the sample injector selectively in a sample intake mode in which the metering device is operable to intake the sample fluid from a sample container, or a separation mode in which intaken sample fluid is driven between the mobile phase drive and the separation unit for separating the compounds, and a flow direction controller configured for defining an enabled flow direction of fluid displaced by the metering device and for defining a disabled flow direction.

The subject of the invention is a novel process for the preparation of Carboprost tromethamine salt where alkylation the enone of the general formula (II) is carried out in the presence of a chiral auxiliary in aprotic solvent with a Grignard reagent. The methyl ester epimers of formula (VII) are separated by gravity silica gel chromatography and the salt formation is carried out by using solid tromethamine base. ##STR00001##

The synthesis and characterization of phenol-glycol cross-linked polymers are reported. The polymers have high affinity for toxic metal ions such as mercury (II) and can be utilized in methods of analyzing the content of toxic metal ions in a sample and the removal of toxic metal ions from aqueous solutions.

In one aspect, the present invention provides a chromatographic stationary phase material for various different modes of chromatography represented by Formula 1: [X](W).sub.a(Q).sub.b(T).sub.c (Formula 1). X can be a high purity chromatographic core composition having a surface comprising a silica core material, metal oxide core material, an inorganic-organic hybrid material or a group of block copolymers thereof. W can be absent and/or can include hydrogen and/or can include a hydroxyl on the surface of X. Q can be a functional group that minimizes retention variation over time (drift) under chromatographic conditions utilizing low water concentrations. T can include one or more hydrophilic, polar, ionizable, and/or charged functional groups that chromatographically interact with the analyte. Additionally, b and c can be positive numbers, with the ratio 0.05?(b/c)?100, and a?0.

In one aspect, the present invention provides a chromatographic stationary phase material for various different modes of chromatography represented by Formula 1: [X](W).sub.a(Q).sub.b(T).sub.c (Formula 1). X can be a high purity chromatographic core composition having a surface comprising a silica core material, metal oxide core material, an inorganic-organic hybrid material or a group of block copolymers thereof. W can be absent and/or can include hydrogen and/or can include a hydroxyl on the surface of X. Q can be a functional group that minimizes retention variation over time (drift) under chromatographic conditions utilizing low water concentrations. T can include one or more hydrophilic, polar, ionizable, and/or charged functional groups that chromatographically interact with the analyte. Additionally, b and c can be positive numbers, with the ratio 0.05?(b/c)?100, and a?0.

Herein is reported a method for the purification of a protein comprising erythropoietin and a single poly (ethylene glycol) residue from reaction by-products or not reacted starting material by a cation exchange chromatography method. It has been found that by employing a cation exchange Toyopearl? SP-650 chromatography material and employing a second wash step with an increased pH value compared to the first wash step a fusion protein of erythropoietin and a single poly (ethylene glycol) residue can be obtained in a single step with high purity and yield and suitability for large scale applications.

Methods and systems directed to the separation of tritium from an aqueous stream are described. The separation method is a multi-stage method that includes a first stage during which tritium of a tritium-contaminated aqueous stream is adsorbed onto a separation phase, a second stage during which the adsorbed tritium is exchanged with hydrogen in a gaseous stream to provide a gaseous stream with a high tritium concentration, and a third stage during which the tritium of the gaseous stream is separated from the gaseous stream as a gaseous tritium product.