Human α1-glycoprotein acid as chiral selector in the enantioseparation of midodrine and deglymidodrine racemates by HPLC

Human alpha(1)-acid glycoprotein (alpha 1-AGP) has been used as a chiral stationary phase (CSP) for the enantioseparation of midodrine and deglymidodrine racemates in the same HPLC run. The imobilized AGP resulted as the best chiral selector for the enantioresolution of two compounds. Due to the modification of alpha 1-AGP characters as a result of changing the composition of the mobile phase, an attempt study of the watery mobile phase (ionic strength and pH of the buffer, nature and concentration of the organic modifier) allowed for an increase in the enantioselectivity of the chromatographic system and an optimization of the resolution base-line of both enantiomeric pairs. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.