Comment · Sun, February 23, 2020
🔬 Lab Update: Waters UPLC-MS and Thermo Gas Chromatograph! 🔬
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MisterYouAreSoDumb · 40 points
Another lab update: Our new Waters UPLC-MS and Thermo GC are finally in! Teams from Waters and Thermo have been on site at our facility installing and doing the IQ/OG on these new awsome machines!
The new UPLC mass spec from Waters is going to allow us a lot more ability and flexibility in method development, method validation, and identification of unknown compounds in various samples. We have a column switcher on this UPLC, so we can have it auto-switch between different columns needed for specific methods. This is crucial when working on an R&D machine that will be doing method development. Sometimes a C18 is just not the ideal column for the analyte. We also have the PDA detector in-line with the QDa mass detector. So we can get a full UV spectrum with peak purity in addition to the mass data. This will allow us to have a much more complete picture of the analyte. Sometimes what you think is a single peak on the UV spectrum is actually multiple things hiding together. The mass detector will show those fragmentation patterns and allow us to break down just what is in a peak at a given retention time. We are going to b…
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jestech27 · 3 points
This is awesome. Very few vendors put this much effort into testing their supplements. We need more companies like ND to keep the feds from regulating the supplement market.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
Hopefully we can get the industry into the mindset of taking this stuff seriously so they don't have to come in an regulate with a heavy hand.