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The principle was demonstrated using triazine herbicides as templates and by varying the type of functional monomer and the monomer composition. With a final batch size of ca. 40 mg of monomer, the consumption of monomers and template is significantly reduced and the synthesis and evaluation can take place in standard high-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) autosample vials. After synthesis. 

Batt AL, Kostich MS, Lazorchak JM (2008) Analysis of ecologically relevant pharmaceuticals in wastewater and surface water using selective solid-phase extraction and UPLC-MS/ MS. Anal Chem 80 5021-5030... 

Many of the classical techniques used in the preparation of samples for chromatography are labour-intensive, cumbersome, and prone to sample loss caused by multistep manual manipulations. During the past few years, miniaturisation has become a dominant trend in analytical chemistry. At the same time, work in GC and UPLC has focused on improved injection techniques and on increasing speed, sensitivity and efficiency. Separation times for both techniques are now measured in minutes. Miniaturised sample preparation techniques in combination with state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation result in faster analysis, higher sample throughput, lower solvent consumption, less manpower in sample preparation, while maintaining or even improving limits. 

The introduction and eventual commercialization of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) and electrospray (ESI) allowed biomarker status to be extended to proteins in 1996.15"17 With a few exceptions, ESI has been used in conjunction with extractions and high-pressure liquid chromatography (UPLC) interfaced with mass spectrometry. MALDI, on the other hand, has been widely adapted for rapid analysis of intact organisms, supported by bioinformatics.1819... 

UPLC Ultra high performance liquid chromatography... 

LC-MS-MS was also the method of choice for the analysis of UV filters in solid matrices. Both LC and UPLC have been applied in three out of the four methods available for the determination of UV filters in sludge. Separation was performed on C8 and C18 LC-chromatographic columns (Zorbax, Eclipse, Vydac, and Purosphere) using binary gradient elution of mobile phases consisting of water/ methanol or water/acetonitrile. MS-MS detection was performed in SRM with ESI and atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI) in both positive and negative modes. For each compound, two characteristics transitions were monitored. In addition to MS and MS-MS, diode array detection (DAD) was occasionally applied to the determination of OT. Spectra were recorded between 240 and 360 nm and discrete channels at 310 nm. 

Mass spectrometry has become a very important technique in the identification and quantification ofphenolics in fruit and vegetables. Different factors, such as sensitivity and specificity, have been cited to explain the acceptance of this method by the scientific community. Additionally, this technique might easily combine with different separation techniques such as CE, gas chromatography (GC), and liquid chromatography (LC), including HPLC and UPLC (ultra performance liquid chromatography). 

The presence of 10% water in the eluent minimized variations. Two different LC modes were used for the analysis of the extracts a smaller (50 x 2.1 mm) Atlantis C18 column (5 /um particle size) on a Shimadzu liquid chromatograph and a UPLC column (Acquity C18,1.7 fim particle size, 50 x 2.1 mm) on a Waters Acquity system. In the Shimadzu experiment, a gradient from 0.5 min... 

In a control experiment, the peak widths with UPLC were found at 0.15 min and at 0.16 min for desloratadine and its 3-hydroxy analog, respectively. The corresponding values from the Shimadzu experiment were 0.37 min and 0.32 min, respectively. Nevertheless, only a marginal improvement in sensitivity (peak height) was found under UPLC conditions. The accuracy and precision values for the two drugs under the two sets of LC conditions were very similar. 

Ultra-performance HPLC (UPLC) utilizes sub-2-pm porous particles inside packed microbore columns up to 150 mm long. Significant improvements in terms of resolution, analysis time, and detection sensitivity have been reported. A side-by-side comparison of HPLC and UPLC was made to determine concentrations of alprazolam in rat plasma.10 UPLC provided a four-fold reduction in terms of LC/MS/MS cycle time that translated into higher sample throughput. Another important... 

Some, uPLC systems are equipped with UV absorbance detection, and other systems allow for both UV absorbance and fluorescence detection. Fluorescence detection increases the sensitivity and selectivity of certain applications and is the method of choice in many separation-based assays. The liquid (mobile phase + sample) leaving the individual flow cells designated for UV detection is transferred through capillaries to a bank of 24 flow cells designated for fluorescence detection. 

FIGURE 6.12, uPLC system with time trigger fraction collection capabilities. 

Results of, uPLC Evaluations of Retention Time and Peak Area Reproducibility... 

Aqueous solubility values for the samples analyzed compared favorably with results obtained by traditional methods. The solubility values for amiodarone HC1, reserpine, and benzanthrone were lower than the LOQ of the, uPLC system used for the evaluation. Results of the evaluation of compound solubility employing no-filtration /iPLC were compared with those obtained by two traditional methods (1) multiscreen filtration followed by a UV plate reader, and (2) the shake flask method followed by a UV plate reader. As shown in Figure 6.31, the solubility values determined by the different methods are comparable for most compounds examined. Figure 6.32 shows the results of evaluations of aqueous solubility at four different pH levels for phenazopyridine and piroxicam samples. 

Comparison of Log P Values of Unknown Compound Determined by, uPLC and Traditional HPLC... 

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