Counter-current chromatographic separation of nucleic acid constituents with a hydrophilic solvent system.

Nucleic acid constituents such as nucleobases, nucleosides and nucleotides were separated by counter-current chromatography using type J coil planet centrifuge. The separation was performed with a hydrophilic solvent system composed of 1-propanol/800 mM potassium phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) (1:1, v/v) by eluting the lower aqueous phase at a flow-rate of 0.5 ml/min. Eight selected nucleic acid constituents (4.0 mg, 0.5 mg of each), uridine monophosphate (UMP), adenosine monophosphate (AMP), deoxyadenosine monophosphate (dAMP), uridine, urasile, deoxy uridine, adenosine and adenine were well resolved within 160 min. 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.