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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... v
SUMMARY ... vi
BACKGROUND (Chapter I and II) ... xiv
PREFACE (Chapters I and II) ... 1
Chapter I. ISOCRATIC HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY OF GUM OPIUM ALKALOIDS ON A BONDED PHENYL STATIOARY PHASE Section A. Simutaneous separation of the principal alkaloids in gum opium by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography using a pH 1 buffer ... 5
Introduction ... 6
Experimental ... 9
Results and Discussion ... 11
References ... 17
B. Assay and analysis of semi-synthetic codeine base by isocratio reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography ... 20
Introduction ... 21
Experimental ... 25
Results and Discussion ... 28
References ... 35
II. GRADIENT REVERSED-PHASE HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATION OF EIGHT ALKLOIDS AND MECONIC ACID AND QUANTITATIONS OF FIVE PRINCEPAL ALKALOIDS IN GUM OPIUM ... 36
Introduction ... 37
Experimental ... 39
Results and Discussion ... 44
References ... 55
III. SEPARATION OF 1-NAPHTYLAMINE FROM THE FIVE KNOWN IMPURITES AND SUB-PPM LEVEL DETECTION AND QUANTITATION OF 2-NAPHTHYLAMINE BY NORMAL PHASE HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CEROMATOGRAPHY... 56
Introduction ... 57
Experimental ... 61
Results and Discussion ... 63
References ... 72
IV. MONITORING OF STEREOSPECTIFIC MOCROBIAL TRANSFORMATION OF DL-5-PHENYLHYDANTOIS TO D(-)-2-PHENYLGYCINE BY ISOCRATIC REVERSED-PHASE HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY ... 74
Introduction ... 75
Experimental ... 80
Results and Discussion ... 84
References ... 95
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