Trends in counter-current chromatography: Applications to natural products purification

Separation and Purification Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 33-62

  Yin, Lianhong ^a   Li, Yingnan ^a   Lu, Binan ^a   Jia, Yujie ^a   Peng, Jinyong ^a  

^a DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Counter current chromatography; natural products; separation and purification

Indexed keywords

BASIC MECHANISM; CHROMATOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; COUNTERCURRENT CHROMATOGRAPHY; DETECTION MODE; DIRECT INJECTION; ELUTION-EXTRUSION; GRADIENT ELUTION; ION-PAIRING; LIQUID-LIQUID PARTITION; LIQUID-LIQUIDS; MULTI-CHANNEL; NATURAL PRODUCTS; NATURAL-PRODUCT ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION; SEPARATION METHODS; TECHNIQUES USED; THREE PHASE SYSTEM;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PURIFICATION;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 78650132643     PISSN: 15422119     EISSN: 15422127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15422119.2010.503690     Document Type: Article

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