Author
Volpi, Nicola; Maccari, Francesca; Suwan, Jiraporn; Linhardt, Robert J.
Other Contributors
Date Issued
2012-06-01
Subject
Biology; Chemistry and chemical biology; Chemical and biological engineering; Biomedical engineering
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Full Citation
Electrophoresis for the analysis of heparin purity and quality, N. Volpi, F. Maccari, R. J. Linhardt, Electrophoresis, 33, 1531-1537, 2012.
Abstract
The adulteration of raw heparin with oversulfated chondroitin sulfate (OSCS) in 2007–2008 produced a global crisis resulting in extensive revisions to the pharmacopeia monographs and prompting the FDA to recommend the development of additional methods for the analysis of heparin purity. As a consequence, a wide variety of innovative analytical approaches have been developed for the quality assurance and purity of unfractionated and low-molecular-weight heparins. This review discusses recent developments in electrophoresis techniques available for the sensitive separation, detection, and partial structural characterization of heparin contaminants. In particular, this review summarizes recent publications on heparin quality and related impurity analysis using electrophoretic separations such as capillary electrophoresis (CE) of intact polysaccharides and hexosamines derived from their acidic hydrolysis, and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) for the separation of heparin samples without and in the presence of its relatively specific depolymerization process with nitrous acid treatment.;
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Electrophoresis, 33, 1531-1537; Note : if this item contains full text it may be a preprint, author manuscript, or a Gold OA copy that permits redistribution with a license such as CC BY. The final version is available through the publisher’s platform.
Department
The Linhardt Research Labs.; The Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS);
Publisher
Wiley
Relationships
The Linhardt Research Labs Online Collection; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Electrophoresis; https://harc.rpi.edu/;
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