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A major problem in the HPLC analysis of alkaloids is the poor peak shape and consequently low resolution, due to the interactions of the basic alkaloids with the residual acidic silanol groups of most reversed phase materials. The performance of new packing materials specially designed for the separation of basic compounds has been studied using mobile phases without the special additives commonly applied in the analysis of alkaloids. Strongly basic Cinchona alkaloids were used as test compounds. Retention characteristics and selectivities of each material were studied, after mobile phase optimisation for the column. The influence of the major factors (nature and content of the organic modifier, pH value, salt concentration) affecting resolution was studied. The mobile phases were chosen so that they could be used in thermospray LC-MS. The addition of salts to the mobile phase improves separation but in general the modification of the mobile phase gave little change in selectivity. The performance of silica-based C18 material proved superior to the polymer materials tested.
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Theodoridis, G., Papadoyannis, I., Hermans-Lokkerbol, A. et al. A study of the behaviour of some new column materials in the chromatographic analysis of Cinchona alkaloids. Chromatographia 41, 153–160 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02688017
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