High-performance liquid chromatography of biologically important, small epimeric peptides and their L, D-amino acid content

Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 287-298

  Ilisz, I ^a   Pataj, Z ^a   Aranyi, A ^a   Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Chiral derivatizing agents (CDAs); Chiral stationary phases (CSPs); Chirality; Enantiomers; High performance liquid chromatography; Peptide epimers

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; PEPTIDE;

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHIRALITY; DERIVATIZATION; ENANTIOMER; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIMER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; PEPTIDES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77956629845     PISSN: 13895575     EISSN: 18755607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138955710791330981     Document Type: Review

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