Released on: February 27, 2008, 7:10 am

Press Release Author: Sally Bee

Industry: Industrial

Press Release Summary: To celebrate the golden anniversary of automated amino acid
analysis, Biochrom is introducing a special edition Gold Standard Biochrom 30 Amino
Acid Analyser.

Press Release Body:
Cambridge, UK, February 27, 2008 -- In 1946 amino acid analysis took months to
provide results. By 1950 analysis times dropped to weeks. Then in 1958 Stanford
Moore and William Stein made a major breakthrough and automated the amino acid
analysis technique for the first time to enable the analysis to be completed in a
single day.

50 years on, although the underlying principles of amino acid analysis remain the
same, analysis times for full profiles now take less than two hours to perform. To
analyse certain families of amino acids can take as little as 10 minutes. The
accuracy of the gold standard amino acid analysis technique means that it remains
the choice of thousands of laboratories worldwide.

"Modern automated amino acid analysers are now compact bench top units with 'load
and go' operation, optimised for convenience and performance. Although these days
there are several methods used for the determination of amino acids there remains
only one gold standard technique that provides accurate data suitable for diagnosis
or exact determinations. The Biochrom 30 is the Gold Standard System for Gold
Standard applications," explained Sally Bee, Biochrom's Amino Acid Analysis
Marketing Manager.

Biochrom has been the leading manufacturer of amino acid analysers for over 30 years
with a large installed base of instruments. The company's continued product
development over the decades has improved the speed of data output, increased
sensitivity and minimised operator times for its new generation of automated amino
acid analysers.

Dedicated amino acid analysis is the gold standard technique for the separation of
amino acids. The technique is based on ion exchange liquid chromatography with
ninhydrin detection and is used in a wide range of applications areas.

The Gold Standard Biochrom 30 Amino Acid Analyser comprises the instrument, a 84
position cooled autosampler, an analytical column with top-up resin, a prewash
column, operating software, EZchrom Elite data manipulation software, a chemical kit
with calibration standard, ninhydrin and buffer bottles, instruction manuals, a tool
kit and spare parts/consumables kit. The system comes complete with a Pentium PC and
Deskjet printer.
Visit www.biochrom.co.uk for more information.

Editor's Note:
The original amino acid analyser opened up a new field for research by permitting
the composition of proteins to be determined. The amino acid analyser paved the way
for the rapid expansion of biochemistry.
Stanford Moore and William Stein were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1972 for their
contribution to biochemical analysis.
The eminent scientists devoted a lot of their research careers to developing
techniques for the separation of amino acids. In 1958, together with DH Spackman,
Moore and Stein published a description of an automated instrument for the
separation and quantitative determination of ninhydrin-positive compounds. From that
day automated amino acid analysis has become a key biochemical analysis technique
used by thousands of scientists worldwide.
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Contact:
Sally Bee
Biochrom Ltd
Cambridge Science Park
Milton Road
Cambridge, UK
+44 (0)1223 423723
paul.carter@phoenixmarcom.co.uk
http://www.biochrom.co.uk



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Contact Details: Sally Bee
Biochrom Ltd
Cambridge Science Park
Milton Road
Cambridge, UK
+44 (0)1223 423723
paul.carter@phoenixmarcom.co.uk
http://www.biochrom.co.uk