title: Separation of tetracyclines by high-speed liquid chromatography.
abstract: The separation of tetracycline and its four commoninpurities has been studied by high-speed liquid chromatography. A preliminary study of the effectiveness of ion-exchange, adsorption, liquid-liquid partition and reversed-phase ion-pair chromatography indicated that only the last method showed promise. By developing special hydrocarbon-bonded stationary phases a rapid and complete resolution of all five tetracyclines has been obtained within 10 min. Plate heights using a derivatised 18-mum partisil are in the range 0.15-0.3 mm. The method can be used to quantify the impurities in tetracycline at around the 1% level.
mesh_terms: D002845:Chromatography / Q000379:methods; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004340:Drug Contamination; D005782:Gels; D008832:Microchemistry; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D005782:Gels; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D013752:Tetracycline