The Way to Ultrafast, High-Throughput Enantioseparations of Bioactive Compounds in Liquid and Supercritical Fluid Chromatography
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theory Background
3. Recent Achievements in Ultrafast, High-Throughput UHPLC Enantioseparations
3.1. CSPs Based on FPPs
3.2. CSPs Based on SPPs
3.3. Instrumental Limitations
4. Advances in Ultrafast, High-Throughput SFC Enantioseparations
Instrumental Limitations
5. Final Remarks
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Ismail, O.H.; Felletti, S.; Luca, C.D.; Pasti, L.; Marchetti, N.; Costa, V.; Gasparrini, F.; Cavazzini, A.; Catani, M. The Way to Ultrafast, High-Throughput Enantioseparations of Bioactive Compounds in Liquid and Supercritical Fluid Chromatography. Molecules 2018, 23, 2709. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23102709
Ismail OH, Felletti S, Luca CD, Pasti L, Marchetti N, Costa V, Gasparrini F, Cavazzini A, Catani M. The Way to Ultrafast, High-Throughput Enantioseparations of Bioactive Compounds in Liquid and Supercritical Fluid Chromatography. Molecules. 2018; 23(10):2709. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23102709
Chicago/Turabian StyleIsmail, Omar H., Simona Felletti, Chiara De Luca, Luisa Pasti, Nicola Marchetti, Valentina Costa, Francesco Gasparrini, Alberto Cavazzini, and Martina Catani. 2018. "The Way to Ultrafast, High-Throughput Enantioseparations of Bioactive Compounds in Liquid and Supercritical Fluid Chromatography" Molecules 23, no. 10: 2709. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23102709