Amino Acids Testing

Amino Acids Testing

Accurately separate, identify, and quantify free or protein-bound amino acids with Waters amino acid testing solutions. With Waters solutions, support, and expertise, your lab can successfully monitor and optimize processes to confirm nutritional composition analysis and manufacturing specifications for food, feeds, and beverage products.

Accurately separate, identify, and quantify free or protein-bound amino acids with Waters amino acid testing solutions. With Waters solutions, support, and expertise, your lab can successfully monitor and optimize processes to confirm nutritional composition analysis and manufacturing specifications for food, feeds, and beverage products.
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Foods rich in amino acids
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Overview

Amino acid analysis presents unique challenges compared to other food components testing, requiring simultaneous analysis of nearly 20 amino acids in a single analysis. This necessitates exceptional chromatographic resolution and specificity to achieve accurate and reproducible results. Waters amino acid analysis solutions include:

  •  AccQ•Tag (Ultra) Derivatization Reagents Fit: With more than 15 years of proven performance, these easy-to-use reagents, along with our quality-control tested columns and eluents, ensure accuracy and reproducibility of results.
  • Robust HPLC and UHPLC Systems: Coupled with UV and FLR detectors, these systems offer superior chromatographic resolution and maximum sensitivity detection.
  • Empower Software: Comes with pre-configured projects, methods and report formats, streamlining your analytical processes.
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The UPLC Amino Acid Analysis Solution meets the specific demands of analyzing amino acids for protein characterization, cell culture monitoring, and nutritional analysis of foods and feeds.

Applications

Waters solutions enable accurate quantification of amino acids across various food sample types including infant formula and dietary supplements. These robust solutions adapt seamlessly to different LC system configurations without compromising the performance.

Waters solutions enable accurate quantification of amino acids across various food sample types including infant formula and dietary supplements. These robust solutions adapt seamlessly to different LC system configurations without compromising the performance.

Application Notes

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Primer: A Comprehensive Guide to Hydrolysis and Analysis of Amino Acids

Accurately separating, identifying, and quantitating amino acids in food, feed, and biotherapeutics is challenging. Common to these applications is the need for adequate sample hydrolysis, an important first step. This primer compiles useful hints and tips for sample hydrolysis for those performing amino acid analysis and experienced analysts trying to resolve a related issue.

Accurately separating, identifying, and quantitating amino acids in food, feed, and biotherapeutics is challenging. Common to these applications is the need for adequate sample hydrolysis, an important first step. This primer compiles useful hints and tips for sample hydrolysis for those performing amino acid analysis and experienced analysts trying to resolve a related issue.
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Solutions

Enhance efficiency and accelerate sample throughput with solutions tailored to labs conducting amino acid analysis for food and feeds.

Enhance efficiency and accelerate sample throughput with solutions tailored to labs conducting amino acid analysis for food and feeds.

The next evolution in separation science is here

The next evolution in separation science is here
ACQUITY Premier System

Maximize the sensitivity, repeatability, and robustness of your LC and LC-MS applications with the ACQUITY Premier System that features MaxPeak High Performance Surfaces (HPS) Technology for improvements in the separation and detection of metal-sensitive analytes.

  • UV Methods
  • MS Methods
  • Automation

See clearly and consistently, with confidence

See clearly and consistently, with confidence
Arc Premier LC System

Reduce non-specific adsorption from metal interactions in HPLC and UHPLC applications and obtain higher quality data with the Arc Premier System that produces correct, robust results from the very first injection, reliably, and easily.

  • UV Methods
  • MS Methods
  • Automation

Highly reliable, low complexity, accurate routine analysis for all

Highly reliable, low complexity, accurate routine analysis for all
Arc HPLC System

Count on high-efficiency separations and quality data to meet your regulatory requirements with the Arc HPLC System and easily improve the performance of your existing LC methods for right-the-first-time analysis.

  • UV Methods
  • MS Methods
  • Automation

A new era of intuitive simplicity

A new era of intuitive simplicity
Alliance iS HPLC System

Reduce human errors, HPLC system downtime, enhance productivity and generate consistent, repeatable global method performance with the Alliance iS System that offers intuitive touchscreen tools that stop unacceptable runs before they occur.

  • UV Methods
  • MS Methods
  • Automation

Obtain additional analytical detail about your samples

Obtain additional analytical detail about your samples
Chromatography Detectors

Get all you need to tackle your liquid chromatography (LC) detection challenges with Waters full portfolio of detectors for UPLC/UHPLC, HPLC, and SFC analysis that are synonymous with sensitivity, stability, and usability.

  • UV Methods
  • MS Methods
  • Automation

Bring the power of mass detection to your lab

Bring the power of mass detection to your lab
ACQUITY QDa II Mass Detector

Minimize the risk of unexpected coelutions or components and confirm trace components with the analytical confidence of mass detection using the ACQUITY QDa Mass Detector that offers intuitive operation and more information from every sample.

  • UV Methods
  • MS Methods
  • Automation

High performance from a compact design with rapid and reliable quantitative data

High performance from a compact design with rapid and reliable quantitative data
Xevo TQ-S micro Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry

Obtain exceptional analytical flexibility and outstanding sensitivity with the Xevo TQ-S micro that delivers high quality analytical performance injection after injection, even with the most complex sample matrices.

  • UV Methods
  • MS Methods
  • Automation

The data speaks for itself

The data speaks for itself
Well-separated Cell Culture and Food and Feed aAmino Acid Standards Well-separated Cell Culture and Food and Feed aAmino Acid Standards (500 µM) on the ACQUITY Premier Binary Fixed Loop System.
Chromatogram separation of a selection of individual DL-amino acid pairs at 25 ng/mL Chromatogram separation of a selection of individual DL-amino acid pairs at 25 ng/mL.
Typical chromatograms of derivatized undiluted beverage samples  Typical chromatograms of derivatized undiluted beverage samples.
Amino acid chromatograms of supplement samples in different forms Amino acid chromatograms of supplement samples in different forms.

Webinars and Resources

  • Application Notebook

Food and Beverage Quality Control and Compositional Testing Application Notebook

Food and Beverage Quality Control and Compositional Testing Application Notebook
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  • Application Notebook

Amino Acid Analysis Application Notebook

Amino Acid Analysis Application Notebook
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  • Case Study

Liquid Handling Automation System Streamlines Sample Preparation for Nutritional Analysis

Liquid Handling Automation System Streamlines Sample Preparation for Nutritional Analysis
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  • White Paper

Improving Method Reproducibility and Efficiency in Food Testing: How Can Liquid Handling Automation Help?

Improving Method Reproducibility and Efficiency in Food Testing: How Can Liquid Handling Automation Help?
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  • Webinar

Amino Acid Analysis — Combining Industry Standard Methods with Modern Technology

Amino Acid Analysis — Combining Industry Standard Methods with Modern Technology
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Learn more about Amino Acids Testing Solutions.

Learn more about Amino Acids Testing Solutions.
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