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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2010
Richard M Caprioli, Brentwood, TN (US);
Ned A. Porter, Franklin, TN (US);
Jeremy L. Norris, Smyrna, TN (US);
Richard M Caprioli, Brentwood, TN (US);
Ned A. Porter, Franklin, TN (US);
Jeremy L. Norris, Smyrna, TN (US);
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes a cleavable surfactant/detergent compound of the following formula: wherein the variables are defined herein. Embodiments of the cleavable surfactant/detergent compound are useful, for example, in methods for isolating a hydrophobic molecule that include providing a plasma comprising a hydrophobic molecule, applying the cleavable surfactant to the plasma so that the surfactant engages the hydrophobic molecule, cleaving the surfactant from the hydrophobic molecule, and analyzing said hydrophobic molecule.