SBIR/STTR Research Award
CROSS-AXIS COIL PLANET CENTRIFUGE CHROMATOGRAPH
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Peptide Technolgies Corp.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A NEW COUNTERCURRENT CHROMATOGRAPHY INSTRUMENT, THE CROSS-AXIS, FLOW-THROUGH COIL PLANET CETRIFUGE, WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH ECCENTRICALLY ORIENTED MULTILAYER COILS, IS PROPOSED FOR THE PREPARATIVE CHROMATOGRAPHY OF PEPTIDES. THIS IS AN APPARATUS THAT SEPARATES SUBSTANCES ACCORDING TO THEIR PARTITIONING IN A LIQUID-LIQUID EQUILIBRATION SYSTEM WITHOUT THE USE OF A SOLID-PHASE SUPPORT. THE INSTRUMENT WILL BE TESTED IN THE PURIFICATION OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF SYNTHETIC PEPTIDES, USING DIFFERENT CONDITIONS AND SOLVENT SYSTEMS TO ACHIEVE HIGH RESOLUTION AND RECOVERY. THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS INSTRUMENT WOULD MAKE AVAILABLE A LOWER COST TECHNOLOGY FOR CHROMATOGRAPHIC PURIFICATION.
Technology keywords
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