Ion analysis by capillary electrophoresis kits

Beckman Coulter has introduced two kits for anion and cation analysis on the company’s P/ACE MDQ System. Capillary electrophoresis (CE) analysis of ions performed using these kits delivers efficient, rapid separations with small sample requirements and short preparation times. The kits incorporate a dynamic coating technology that claims to produce more consistent migration times than other approaches.

In drug discovery applications, the kits provide robust results for counterion analysis, an important part of purity determination for basic drugs. Compound libraries can be processed for counterion content even if solubility data is not available.

The kits allow analysis of compounds over a wide range of polarities for applications with diverse sample matrices. In addition to pharmaceuticals, these kits can be used in the analysis of foods, beverages and industrial products for the detection of small molecules, including organic acids and inorganic ions.

The Anion and Cation Analysis Kits are specifically formulated for the P/ACE MDQ CE platform, on which they deliver high detection limits and good peak shapes with stable migration times.