Comment · Sat, June 20, 2020 · ND Owner
🔬 Lab Update: Buchi Rotovapor, Buchi Lyovapor, and Buchi Flash Chromatograph/Prep HPLC 🔬
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MisterYouAreSoDumb · 55 points
I figured I would give another quick lab update. We got a few new things in from Buchi that we will be using a lot over the course of the year. They actually arrived a little while back, but COVID-19 has put delays on installing and using them. I've spoken a few times on here about it, but I have always been frustrated by the lack of reference standards for certain things. There are so many cool plants out there without any reference standards for their active ingredients! So we are left unable to properly standardize for the things in those plants that we want. If Sigma or USP didn't carry the standards, we were kind of out of luck. We were forced to just do extraction ratios and wait for the standards to eventually become available. Well I decided that was not a good enough solution. So now we are building out the capability in our lab for us to create our own reference standards!
Here is the Buchi C-850 dual flash chromatograph/preparatory HPLC with both UV and ELSD detector.
Many of you already know what an HPLC system is. It's a machine that uses columns and solvents to separate out compounds from each other through a liquid mobile phase. Thos…
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DoNotBeSelfish · 6 points
These new machines are going to allow us to not only push the boundaries of botanical extracts and standardizations, but also help on some of our synthesis projects as well. We are always working on something new here, and I am excited for what is to come. Stay tuned!
Honestly, if you guys worked only with mainstream products and their regular forms, with these quality standards and prices, it would already be a massive change to this industry. Fortunately for us, you are a remarkable human being with a strange willpower who built an incredible team that can help you do great things.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Thanks for the support! I am really happy that other people appreciate what I am trying to do. It's not an easy mission by any means. I am really fortunate to have built such a good team, and we continue to expand it. We add new people all the time. I think my mission resonates with them as well. Many of them have come over from other supplement or pharma companies, and are happy to finally have someone letting them do things the right way. Everyone on my team is learning new things and advancing every day. That's not common at most jobs. It takes a special type of person to want to be in that environment, but the ones that do are a different class of people. I also listen to everyone. They have real input on how we do things. You should always be trying to surround yourself with people smarter and more passionate than you. It can only make you better.