Description
The analysis of amino acids plays an important role not only in the food industry, but also in natural product and pharmaceutical fields. This system uses detection by post-column fluorescence derivatization, with o-phthalaldehyde (OPA) / N-acetylcysteine as the reaction reagent, to selectively and with high sensitivity quantitate the amino acids contained in samples with high levels of contaminants.
Features
- Selectively detects amino acids based on Shimadzu's highly acclaimed post-column reaction technology and high-sensitivity fluorescence detector.
Detects amino acids with over ten times higher sensitivity than the ninhydrin method (UV detection), by using a derivatization method that provides selective reaction with amino radicals, together with fluorescence detection.
- Outstanding Reproducibility
Because derivatization occurs after separation in the column, reactions are not affected by the sample matrix. Therefore, analyses can be performed with good precision.
- Easy to Operate
Since column eluant is automatically derivatized by mixing it with the reaction reagent, it saves time and tedious tasks.
- The mobile phase and reaction solution are available as a kit, which means solutions can be prepared with minimal fuss.