Specificity
Demonstration that the response is due to the analyte and nothing else. The hardest characteristic to establish for peptides because of mass-identical isomers.
Related terms
- Validation
- Documented demonstration that a method is fit for its purpose, per ICH Q2(R2). Not published for any supplier method in this index.
- Diastereomer
- A stereoisomer arising from inversion at one chiral centre. Same formula, same mass, same UV spectrum, often much less active. The impurity no mass spectrum finds.
see also Epimerisation · Racemisation
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 21 glossary terms beginning with S