NMR quantitation of natural products at the nanomole scale.
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SUBMITTER: Dalisay DS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2753506 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr
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NMR quantitation of natural products at the nanomole scale.
Dalisay Doralyn S DS Molinski Tadeusz F TF
Journal of natural products 20090401 4
We describe a simple and accurate method for quantitation by solvent 13C-satellites (QSCS) of very small amounts of natural products using microprobe NMR spectroscopy. The method takes advantage of integration of 13C satellite peaks of deuterated solvents, in particular CDCl3, that have favorable intensities for measurements of samples in NMR microcoils and microprobe tubes in the 1-200 nanomole range. ...[more]
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