SILVER ION CHROMATOGRAPHY OF LIPIDS


Silver ion chromatography has been one of the more important techniques in the armoury of lipid analysts for more than 40 years. In these pages, we will review the technique from both theoretical and more importantly practical standpoints. First, we present a major published review on the topic, then we have begun to produce some original articles.


Review of Silver Ion Chromatography

An earlier important review was published by the Oily Press in 1992, and they have kindly given us permission to reproduce it on this website -

Nikolova-Damyanova, B. Silver ion chromatography and lipids. In: Advances in Lipid Methodology - One. pp. 181-237 (1992) (Ed. W.W. Christie, Oily Press, Ayr).

For practical reasons, we have split this into five sections -

Boryana Nikolova-Damyanova

Boryana Nikolova-Damyanova

Those wishing to consult the most important recent review on the topic should obtain that published by the Oily Press in 2003 - Nikolova-Damyanova, B. Lipid Analysis by silver ion chromatography. In: Advances in Lipid Methodology - Five. pp. 43-123 (2003) (Ed. R.O. Adlof, Oily Press, Bridgwater).


Aspects of Silver Ion Chromatography

Two short articles from our 'Topics in Analysis' pages have been moved here until they can be updated.

Further original articles will be added here by Bill Christie and Boryana Nikolova-Damyanova as time and other professional commitments permit. A list of references to the use of HPLC in the silver ion mode for analysis of lipids is available here...

Although it is now mainly of historical interest, the first review on the topic by Lindsay Morris is available as a free download (PDF) from the Journal of Lipid Research, i.e. L.J. Morris. Separation of lipids by silver ion chromatography. J. Lipid Res., 7, 717-732 (1966). For your convenience we provide a direct link here, though note that it is a very big file.  Download (17 Mb).

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Boryana Nikolova-Damyanova 
and William W. Christie

Lipid Library

Updated: July 16th, 2010

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