Ensuring potency of formula components using:
is a form of column chromatography used frequently in biochemistry and analytical chemistry to separate, identify, and quantify compounds. HPLC is used to test vitamins.

systems take advantage of technical pace in particle chemistry performance, systems optimization, detector design and data processing. This new category of analytical separation science retains the practicality and principals of HPLC while increasing the overall interrelated attributes of speed, sensitivity and resolution. UPLC is used to test vitamins and herbs.

are used for bulk elemental chemical analysis of just about any material or substance (water, biological materials, inorganic materials of all sorts, environmental samples, geological samples, etc.). Most of the periodic table (with the exceptions of H, O, N, F, CI) can be measured using ICP-OES and ICP-MS. ICP-MS can be used to test for heavy metal impurities (arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury) In many cases ICP-MS is able to detect elements down to the parts per billion or parts per trillion level.

is a method that combines the features of gas-liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry to identify different substances within a test sample. The GC-MS has been widely heralded as a “gold standard” for forensic substance identification because it is used to perform a specific test. A specific test positively identifies the actual presence of a particular substance in a given sample. GC-MS can be used to test for pesticide impurities.

is a type of gas detector used in gas chromatography. The detection of organic compounds is most effectively done with flame ionization. Biochemical compounds such as proteins, nucleotides, and nutraceuticals can be studied with flame ionization. With headspace sampling, GC-FID is used to test for volatile impurities, OVIs’.

is the subject of spectroscopy that deals with the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. As with all spectroscopic techniques, it can be used to identify compounds or investigate sample composition. Fourier transform spectroscopy is a measurement technique whereby spectra are collected based on measurements of the coherence of a radiative source, using time-domain or space-domain measurements of the electromagnetic radiation or other type of radiation. This instrument is used for raw material ID testing.

The sensitivity of GFAA enables performances of elemental analysis that are virtually impossible using other analytical techniques. These are used to determine ppm and sub ppm levels of residuals in metals. This method is particularly pertinent in material analysis for the detection of trace metals.

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