Capillary electrochromatography /

This Royal Society of Chemistry monograph, edited by Keith Bartle and Peter Myers (Univ. of Leeds, UK), introduces the hybrid separation methodology of capillary electrochromatography (CEC), which combines the advantages of capillary electrophoresis and high-performance liquid chromatography. This use of the term "capillary electrochromatography" refers only to packed column electrochromatography and not to micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography, which is characterized as the second CEC technique in some analytical texts (Douglas A. Skoog et al., Principles of Instrumental Analysis, 5th ed., 1998). The book begins with a useful table of symbols and abbreviations, and each of the well-referenced eight chapters is written by a leading researcher in the field, in a readable and well-illustrated format. The first part of the book presents the theory, instrumentation, and range of column properties in CEC, followed by two modifications of this technique: use of open tubular columns and mass spectroscopy detection. The latter part presents extensive applications in the pharmaceutical and natural product research areas. For graduate students through professionals in industry and academia. J. F. Belliveau Providence College