High-performance liquid chromatography nonaqueous reversed-phase

A nonaqueous reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (NARP-HPLC) with refractive index (RI) detection was described and used for palm olein and its fractions obtained at 12.5°C for 12-24 h by Swe et al. (101). The objective of their research was to find the optimum separation for analysis of palm olein triglycerides by NARP-HPLC, and to find a correction factor to be used in calculating CN and fatty acid composition (FAC). The NARP-HPLC method used to determine the triglyceride composition was modified from the method of Dong DiCesare (88). Palm olein was melted completely at 70°C in an oven for 30 min prior to crystal-... 

Most HPLC is based on the use of so-called normal-phase columns (useful for class separations), reverse-phase columns (useful for homolog separations), and polar columns (used in either the normal- or reverse-phase mode). Since reverse-phase HPLC columns are generally easier to work with, almost all authors use high-performance reverse-phase liquid chromatography with octade-cyl chemically bonded silica as the stationary phase and nonaqueous solvents as mobile phases (so-called NARP, or nonaqueous reverse-phase chromatography). 

WO Landen Jr. Application of gel permeation chromatography and nonaqueous reversed-phase chromatography to high performance liquid chromatographic determination of retinyl and a-tocopheryl acetate in infant formulas. J Assoc Off Anal Chem 65 810-816, 1982. 

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