Revolutionize your analytical workflows with our advanced sample preparation clean-up solutions, meticulously designed to eliminate contaminants, enhancing chromatographic performance and elevating sample detection sensitivity. Our innovative approach not only ensures the purity of your samples but also empowers you to boost analyte concentrations under specific conditions, providing unparalleled precision in your analyses. Trust in our cutting-edge sample preparation technology to elevate the quality, cleanliness of samples and reliability of your results, setting a new standard in analytical excellence.
Overview
In various industries such as pharmaceuticals, clinical analysis, toxicology, environmental testing, agriculture, and food and beverage, samples often exhibit non-homogeneity, particulates, and challenging levels of interfering compounds attributed to the diverse matrices like aqueous solutions, urine, soil, plasma, or blood. Our cutting-edge sample preparation clean-up solutions addresses these challenges by efficiently removing contaminants, optimizing chromatographic performance, and enhancing sample detection prior to chromatography separations.
Leveraging techniques such as solid phase extraction (SPE), solid liquid extraction (SLE), protein precipitation, immunocapture, filtration and more, along with our controlled manufacturing process, our products are consistent lot-to-lot and we provide high accuracy when using in the laboratory.
Carefully managing factors such as solvent composition, flow rate, and column size ensures a seamless process from the top of the column down to the bottom, preventing issues such as air bubbles, extraction errors, and optimizing the efficiency of the chromatographic separation.
Our syringe chromatography filters are crafted for swift and effective filtration of virtually any solution before analysis, emphasizing superior flows rates and optimized pore sizes for diverse samples. Experience the benefits of our syringe filters, which offer superior filtration, extended column lifespan, reduced system downtime, minimal protein absorption, and overall high-quality filtration performance.
For even further ease of use for filtration, our filter vials are all-in-one products (vial, cap, syringe, and membrane filter) for quick and easy particulate-free sample, ready for use in LC, GC, or other analytical techniques.
We also carry a wide range of sample prep cartridges/tubes and high-throughput 96-well plates that provide high recoveries and clean extracts.
Features
Essential methods for Chromatography Sample Preparation
- Solid phase extraction (SPE): Our SPE products excels in the clean-up and concentration of target analytes from diverse sample matrices such as blood, urine, plasma, food, and environmental samples. This technique ensures precision and reliable extractions, offering a crucial step in sample preparation.
- Protein precipitation (PPT): Designed for efficiency, our PPT method rapidly removes proteins from plasma samples, streamlining the process and enhancing the purity of analytes for subsequent analysis, in a few easy steps. This is one the most useful techniques for samples with matrices such as whole blood, serum or plasma.
- Phospholipid removal (PLR): Tailored for biological samples, our PLR technique swiftly eliminates proteins and phospholipids, addressing common challenges in sample matrices and improving the overall quality of analyses.
- Filtration: Employing advanced filtration, our method removes particulates from various samples, safeguarding the integrity of your analytical system and ensuring accurate results.
- QuEChERS: The acronym stands for Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe, reflecting our commitment to providing a comprehensive solution for multi-residue analysis in food and environmental samples. This method offers a quick and cost-effective approach in a kit format for both EN and AOAC methods without compromising efficiency and ruggedness.
- Supported/Solid liquid extraction (SLE): Utilizing high-efficiency solid support to mimic liquid-liquid extractions, our SLE method ensures optimal extraction of analytes, offering a robust and reliable sample preparation technique.
- β-glucuronidase removal: With in-well hydrolysis capabilities, our method enables the rapid removal of the enzyme, β-Glucuronidase, from urine samples, ensuring accurate analysis and efficient sample preparation prior to drug analysis.
- Magnetic beads: Leveraging magnetic beads using immunocapture techniques, our method facilitates effective protein and peptide isolation, providing a versatile and powerful tool for researchers and analysts working with complex biological samples.
Applications
Applications for Chromatography Sample Preparation
- Ideal for environmental samples like water, wastewater, soil, and sludge, our disposable syringe filters meet the demanding requirements of environmental analysis in a simple method.
- In drug discovery and DMPK work, our syringe filters, protein preciptation, SPE, or other clean up methods provide efficient filtration for complex samples like serum, urine, and otherbiological fluids.
- Crucial for removing particulate matter before injecting clinical samples, our filters with higher flow rates and throughputs reduce downtime in the fast-paced toxicology environment.
- Our sample preparation method is tailored for the efficient extraction of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) from complex environmental matrices. By employing advanced SPE techniques, we ensure the removal of contaminants, providing researchers and environmental analysts with purified samples for accurate PFAS analysis and contributing to the assessment of environmental contamination.
- In the realm of cannabis testing, our sample preparation method plays a pivotal role in extracting cannabinoids, or other target analytes, and removing dirty matrices, such as the flower, oil, or other substances. This ensures accurate potency determination, compliance with regulatory standards, and the production of reliable data for both recreational and medicinal cannabis products.
- When it comes to vitamin testing in complex food matrices, we offer a variety of sample preparation techniques. By efficiently isolating and concentrating vitamins, we enable precise analysis, ensuring that food manufacturers and researchers obtain accurate information on the nutritional content of diverse food samples, contributing to quality control and labeling compliance.
- More complex sample preparation such as SPE or SLE are versatile and well-suited for a range of environmental testing applications. Whether analyzing soil, water, or air samples, our technique ensures the effective extraction of target analytes while minimizing interference from complex matrices. This is crucial for environmental monitoring and compliance assessment across diverse industries.
- Addressing the complexities of diverse food matrices, our sample preparation method excels in multi-residue analysis. It provides a reliable and efficient means to extract and purify analytes, ensuring the safety and compliance of food products by detecting contaminants such as pesticides and herbicides. Our filters are routinely used for accurate testing of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, flavors, and fragrances, especially in samples with high particulate or fibrous matter.
FAQs
What is the significance of fractionation in sample preparation and column chromatography?
Fractionation plays a crucial role in separating and collecting distinct portions of a sample during the elution step of a SPE or SLE protocol, allowing for a more detailed analysis of components. It enhances the precision of analytical results and aids in the isolation of specific compounds.
How does your sample preparation method contribute to the accuracy of PFAS analysis in environmental matrices?
Our sample preparation method efficiently extracts contaminants from complex environmental samples, allowing for accurate Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) from complex environmental samples, ensuring the removal of contaminants for precise PFAS analysis and environmental contamination assessment. Some of the SPE products, offer a dual layer of SPE material to filter and perform SPE to provide accurate results with cleaner samples.
What is sample preparation?
Sample preparation involves the systematic process of cleaning, concentrating, and purifying samples before analysis to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of chromatographic techniques.
What types of sample preparation products are available for chromatography?
Sample preparation can come into a variety of different formats with diverse techniques, some of the options of available formats are diverse sizes of cartridges, well-plates (usually 96-well plates), microelution well plates for small sample volumes, on-line cartridges, magnetic beads, and some products are available in a kit format for ease of use. Most sample prep techniques offer different formats based on your sample size and solvent volumes needed for clean-up methods.
How do I choose the right sample preparation products for my application?
The selection of appropriate sample preparation products depends on factors such as sample type, target analytes, volumes, solvent recommendations and the chromatographic technique that will be employed, requiring careful consideration of compatibility and efficiency for optimal results.
Do you offer pre-packed columns for sample preparation?
Yes, we provide pre-packed columns tailored for chromatography sample preparation, streamlining the process and ensuring consistency in packing for reliable and reproducible results. Bulk SPE material is also available.
What steps are involved in the sample preparation process using your products?
A basic sample preparation method s typically involves loading the sample onto the appropriate medium, washing away impurities, and eluting the purified analytes, ensuring a seamless and effective chromatographic analysis. There can be additional washing steps or variations of this protocol based specifically on the product selected and the desired result.
How do the syringe filters contribute to improved analytical results?
Often considered the simplest form of sample preparation, syringe filters offer an easy method and broad chemical compatibility, minimized extractables, excellent flow rates, and high total throughput, ensuring enhanced sample cleanup and analytical precision.
What are the primary considerations for membrane selection in different applications, such as environmental analysis or pharmaceutical research?
Membrane recommendations vary based on the industry and sample type. For example, GF/NY is recommended for environmental analysis, PES for pharmaceutical research, and RC for clinical/toxicology studies, offering tailored solutions for diverse analytical needs.
What makes polyethersulfone (PES) membranes stand out in filtration applications?
PES membranes exhibit rapid flow and ultra-low protein binding characteristics, making them highly recommended for filtering critical biological samples, tissue culture media, and various additives and buffers.
Can I use your syringe filters for both aqueous and non-aqueous samples?
Yes, our syringe filters are versatile and designed to effectively filter both aqueous and non-aqueous samples.
Do our syringe filters come pre-sterilized, and what is the sterilization process?
Yes, some of our syringe filters come pre-sterilized, typically through gamma irradiation, ensuring aseptic conditions for sensitive applications.