Mourne Training Services has released a practical guide to using HPLC for the analysis of pharmaceuticals.
The guide is based on Mourne's training course, 'An Introduction to HPLC for Pharmaceutical Analysis', and has the same title.
It provides practical and current information, the aim being to enable the reader to immediately apply their learning in the laboratory.
It acts as a 'how to' laboratory guidebook, making it a suitable training solution for restricted budgets.
The book is targeted at those who are new to HPLC, providing details on how HPLC is actually used when analysing pharmaceuticals.
It offers practical advice on the operation of HPLC systems combined with the necessary theoretical knowledge to ensure understanding of the technique.
Key topics include: a discussion of the stationary phase enabling the reader to make sense of the many parameters used to describe an HPLC column; practical advice and helpful hints for the preparation and use of mobile phase; an overview of each of the different components that together make up an HPLC system; a description of the contents of a typical HPLC analytical method and how to interpret these; a step-by-step guide on how to follow a method and set up an HPLC analysis; and a discussion of system suitability criteria and how to interpret the values obtained during an analysis.
An explanation of the common methods of calibration and quantification used for pharmaceutical analysis is also included.
