High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)

Our state-of-the-art laboratory is equipped with a High-Performance Liquid Chromatograph that separates, identifies and quantifies compounds in a sample as low as parts per trillion.

Pumps are used to pass pressurised solvents containing the sample through a column with a solid absorbent. Each compound interacts uniquely with the absorbent creating varied flow rates and are separated as they flow out of the column.

We use this technique to separate insect hormones and pheromones during our research and analyses.

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