Acquisition of an HPLC System

高压液相色谱法可以定量分析许多生物上重要的物质，如衍生氨基酸、寡肽、酚类、极性萜类和香豆素化感物质，这些物质对于气相色谱分离来说太重了。提议的高效液相色谱系统将支持至少五个教员实验室小组在新的明尼苏达大学生态大楼的研究，包括植物/草食动物相互作用和植物二次产物的研究。

High Pressure Liquid Chromatography allows the quantitative analysis of many biologically important materials like derivatized amino acids, oligopeptides, phenolics, polar terpenoids, and coumarin allelochemicals that are too heavy for gas chromatographic separation. The proposed HPLC system will support the research of at least five faculty lab groups in the new University of Minnesota Ecology Building, including investigations of plant/herbivore interactions and plant secondary products.