The present invention provides a lipid extraction device comprising a capillary tube, wherein the capillary tube comprises a first region containing a first filler; and a second region present in a region other than the first region and containing a second filler having polarity different from the first filler. The present invention also provides a system and a method for extracting and analyzing lipids from a biological sample using the lipid extraction device.

The disclosure provides methods and reagents for removing pesticides or pesticide residues from plant matter such as cannabis plant matter. The method uses Countercurrent Partition Chromatography (CPC).

The disclosure provides methods and reagents for removing pesticides or pesticide residues from plant matter such as cannabis plant matter. The method uses Countercurrent Partition Chromatography (CPC).

The disclosure provides methods and reagents for removing pesticides or pesticide residues from plant matter such as cannabis plant matter. The method uses adsorption on bentonite (bentonite scrubbing).

The disclosure provides methods and reagents for removing pesticides or pesticide residues from plant matter such as cannabis plant matter. The method uses adsorption on bentonite (bentonite scrubbing).

The present invention discloses an advanced oxidation process of degrading nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in sewage by UV persulfate. The sewage flows to a secondary sedimentation tank by gravity, and sediments are precipitated and separated. Na.sub.2S.sub.2O.sub.8 solution is added therein, and a UV lamp is opened. Effluent result is analyzed after photooxidation. The sewage is transferred into a contact disinfection pool to react with ClO.sub.2 before discharging safely. The present invention uses a UV-based advanced oxidation process, which can effectively remove the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in sewage, meets the requirements of sewage discharging, and decreases the environmental risk of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The method has some advantages such as simple equipments, easy operation, reasonable economy, as well as efficient treatment effect and high stability.

The present disclosure generally relates to improved methods for separating and analyzing compounds by liquid chromatography, particularly when coupled with mass spectrometry. The methods include the addition of an additive to a mobile phase carrying a sample. The mobile phase additive may be effective for improving peak shapes of targeted analytes in acquired data, and/or eliminating or at least reducing ion suppression. The methods are particularly suited for anionic compounds such as phosphorylated compounds.

The invention relates to poly-amide bonded hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) stationary phases and novel HILIC methods for use in the characterization of large biological molecules modified with polar groups, known to those skilled in the art as glycans. The invention particularly provides novel, poly-amide bonded materials designed for efficient separation of large biomolecules, e.g. materials having a large percentage of larger pores (i.e. wide pores). Furthermore, the invention advantageously provides novel HILIC methods that can be used in combination with the stationary phase materials described herein to effectively separate protein and peptide glycoforms by eliminating previously unsolved problems, such as on-column aggregation of protein samples, low sensitivity of chromatographic detection of the glycan moieties, and low resolution of peaks due to restricted pore diffusion and long intra/inter-particle diffusion distances.

A packing material for liquid chromatography, which is excellent in durability, and a column for liquid chromatography, which is filled with the packing material, are provided. The packing material for liquid chromatography is characterized by comprising a hydrophilic resin containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin, to said hydrophilic resin an amino group represented by the formula (1) having been bonded through a spacer. In the formula (1), R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and having one or more hydroxyl groups, and represents a bonding position to the spacer.

A sol-gel sorbent or chromatography stationary phase is a particulate metal oxide gel containing polymeric segments uniformly distributed throughout the metal oxide gel. The metal oxide gel is an oxide from silicone or other metal oxide that can have one of the valence bonds attached to an organic group and the remainder occupied by oxygens that can be provided as an oxide or an alkoxide or aryl oxide of the polymeric segments. The particles are used for an SPE sorbent or as a packing for a reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC), a normal phase high-performance liquid chromatography (NP-HPLC) column or a hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) column.