High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) systems are advanced analytical instruments designed to separate, identify, and quantify components in complex liquid mixtures. HPLC is a cornerstone of pharmaceutical development, analytical chemistry, clinical diagnostics, food safety testing, and environmental monitoring, offering precision, reproducibility, and versatility across a broad range of applications.
HPLC operates by passing a liquid sample through a column packed with a stationary phase under high pressure. As components in the mixture interact differently with the column material, they elute at different times (retention times), enabling effective separation and identification. The high pressure (often exceeding 6000 psi) allows for faster analysis, higher resolution, and better sensitivity compared to traditional liquid chromatography.
HPLC systems are routinely used in drug formulation and quality control, impurity profiling, protein and peptide separation, metabolomics, and biomolecule quantification. Researchers depend on HPLC for the analysis of small molecules, amino acids, nucleotides, and pharmaceutical active ingredients. In clinical labs, HPLC supports the detection of biomarkers, vitamins, and therapeutic drug monitoring.
Advanced HPLC setups may include UV/Vis, fluorescence, refractive index, or mass spectrometry detectors, as well as autosamplers, gradient pumps, degassers, and column ovens. These modular systems offer flexibility to match workflows requiring either analytical or preparative-scale separations.
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High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) systems are advanced analytical instruments designed to separate, identify, and quantify components in complex liquid mixtures. HPLC is a cornerstone of pharmaceutical development, analytical chemistry, clinical diagnostics, food safety testing, and environmental monitoring, offering precision, reproducibility, and versatility across a broad range of applications.
