Amino-acid analysis (AAA)
Acid hydrolysis followed by chromatographic quantification of the liberated residues. The reference method for peptide content where no standard of the intact peptide exists.
Related terms
- Peptide content
- The fraction of total mass that is peptide, %w/w. Distinct from purity, which is a fraction of detected chromatographic area.
- Reference standard
- A material of known content used to quantify an analyte. Absent for most research peptides, which is why content is rarely measured.
see also Area percent · Target-compound content
see also Assay · Amino-acid analysis (AAA)
Where this term appears
The glossary exists to make record pages readable without a chemistry degree. Every technical term on a report resolves here.
- Assay report records — the term appears in result tables, peak tables and provenance blocks
- Method references — where the measurement behind the term is defined
- All 17 glossary terms beginning with A