Systematic Method Development of UPC2 Conditions Using Opioid Drugs

This Waters application note uses a panel of natural and synthetic opioid drugs to demonstrate the use of a systematic screening strategy for UPC2 method development.

Written byWaters Corporation
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The simultaneous evaluation of multiple column chemistries and several different mobile-phase additives allows rapid determination of preferred starting conditions for further optimization. This enabled easy and rapid optimization of conditions to achieve a method capable of analyzing 19 different opioid drugs in less than 2 minutes, with acceptable retention and peak shape for all compounds. In addition, this method further highlights the potential utility of UPC2 for the analysis of a wide variety of compound classes.

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