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Dual Electrolytic Eluent Generation for Oligosaccharides Analysis Using High-Performance Anion-Exchange
Yongjing Chen1, Victor Barreto1, Andy Woodruff1
1Thermo Fisher Scientific , 1228 Titan Way , Sunnyvale , California 94088-3603 , United States.
Abstract:
The research on oligosaccharides is growing and gaining in importance at a rapid pace. The efforts to understand their bioactivity and to develop new products based on oligosaccharides in biotherapeutics and food industry require effective and reliable tools for analysis of oligosaccharides. Here we present a dual electrolytic eluent generation platform for the analysis of oligosaccharides by high-performance anion-exchange liquid chromatography (HPAE) in both analytical and capillary column formats. The system consists of one eluent generator producing methanesulfonic acid (MSA) connected in series with a second eluent generator producing potassium hydroxide (KOH). Through manipulating the concentration output of both eluent generators, chromatographic performance comparable to that obtained using the conventional sodium acetate/sodium hydroxide (NaOAc/NaOH) eluents is achieved using the electrolytically generated potassium methanesulfonate/potassium hydroxide (KMSA/KOH) eluent. This platform utilizes deionized water as the only carrier stream through a single isocratic pump, overcomes the various drawbacks associated with manually prepared NaOAc/NaOH eluents, and offers an easy to use, simplified operation solution for oligosaccharides profiling with increased precision and accuracy.
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