Species limits and phylogeographic structure in two genera of solitary African mole-rats Georychus and Heliophobius.

African mole-rats (Bathyergidae) are an intensively studied family of subterranean rodents including three highly social and three solitary genera. Although their phylogenetic interrelations are clear, genetic diversity and the number of species within each genus is much less certain. Among the solitary genera, Heliophobius and Georychus were for a long time considered as monotypic, but molecular studies demonstrated strong phylogeographic structure within each genus and proposed that they represent complexes of cryptic species.

Chiral resolution of flobufen by high performance liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis.

The enantiomeric separation of an anti-inflammatory drug flobufen was performed on various chiral columns in liquid chromatography and by reversed phase chromatography and by capillary electrophoresis with beta-cyclodextrin as a chiral selector in the mobile phase and background electrolyte, respectively. The elution order of individual enantiomers is discussed with respect to the absolute chirality of (+/-)-flobufen determined by X-ray crystallography.

Quantitation of collagen types I, III and V in tissue slices by capillary electrophoresis after cyanogen bromide solubilization.

A method for the determination of the proportions of major fiber-forming collagens (types I, III and V) in soft connective tissue was elaborated. The method is based on the release of insoluble collagen by CNBr with subsequent separation of the arising peptides. For routine application the peptides are separated by capillary electrophoresis (50 mM phosphate pH 2.

Enantiomer separation of dihydropyridine calcium antagonists with cyclodextrins as chiral selectors: structural correlation.

Native and substituted cyclodextrins (CDs) were used as chiral selectors both in high-performance liquid chromatography and capillary electromigration separations (HPCE and MEKC). Chromatographic data of five dihydropyridine calcium antagonists obtained on three beta-CD chiral stationary phases in reversed-phase mode were compared with those of capillary electrophoresis using beta-CDs in the presence and absence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). Competition of separated compounds with SDS molecules for penetration into the CD cavity can limit their necessary interaction with the chiral selector and consequently even preclude enantiomer separation.