Cellulose HPTLC Plates
Cellulose is an organic sorbent, which is particularly suitable for the separation of hydrophilic substances by partition chromatography. EMD Millipore’s high-quality cellulose plates include classical TLC or HPTLC grades, and facilitate a wide range of separations. Both plates are available with or without a special fluorescent indicator, which is stimulated to intense blue fluorescent emission at long-wave UV light of 366 nm, and at short-wave UV light of 254 nm.
TLC cellulose layers: Based on microcrystalline cellulose for standard separations
HPTLC cellulose layers: Based on high-purity, rod-shaped microcrystalline cellulose, resulting in a highly reduced diffusion of analytes for critical high-performance separations
- Ideal for partition chromatography of hydrophilic substances
- High-performance separations due to greatly reduced diffusion of analytes
- Easier detection through intense fluorescent indicator
Typical applications of cellulose plates include the analysis of amino acids, carbohydrates, phosphates, nucleic acids and nucleic acid derivatives for:
- Two-dimensional separations, such as amino acid “fingerprints”
- Metabolic studies
