title: Recent advances in microchip electrophoresis for amino acid analysis.
abstract: With the maturation of microfluidic technologies, microchip electrophoresis has been widely employed for amino acid analysis owing to its advantages of low sample consumption, reduced analysis time, high throughput, and potential for integration and automation. In this article, we review the recent progress in amino acid analysis using microchip electrophoresis during the period from 2007 to 2012. Innovations in microchip materials, surface modification, sample introduction, microchip electrophoresis, and detection methods are documented, as well as nascent applications of amino acid analysis in single-cell analysis, microdialysis sampling, food analysis, and extraterrestrial exploration. Without doubt, more applications of microchip electrophoresis in amino acid analysis may be expected soon.
authors: Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Hubei Bioinformatics & Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Systems Biology Theme, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China.
authors: Gaozhi
authors: G
authors: Ou
authors: Xiaojun
authors: X
authors: Feng
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Du
authors: Xin
authors: X
authors: Liu
authors: Bi-Feng
authors: BF
authors: Liu
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D046209:Electrophoresis, Microchip / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D017551:Microdialysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D059010:Single-Cell Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids