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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Umesh R. Desai, Glen Allen, VA (US);
J. Timothy King, Elliston, VA (US);
Umesh R. Desai, Glen Allen, VA (US);
J. Timothy King, Elliston, VA (US);
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
Methods to generate a distinctive fingerprint (pattern of migration) for a sample of complex, polydisperse heparins are provided. The methods involve adding resolving agents such as polyamines to a heparin sample and then analyzing the sample with a technique that separates macromolecules according to charge to mass ratio (e.g. capillary electrophoresis). The resulting electropherogram is unique to and characteristic of the heparin sample. The methods may be used, for example, to monitor the quality and consistency of various heparin preparations.