Urea Adduction Separates Lipid Shapes

Urea adduction separates straight-chain lipids from branched and cyclic compounds in a total lipid extract. Researchers use this step when they want only a small set of target molecules from a sample that may contain hundreds or even thousands of compounds.

For paleothermometry, the target compou...

Urea adduction is a technique that separates straight-chained alkenones from highly-branched and cyclic compounds.

Urea is an organic compound that forms a porous crystalline structure. The crystal can trap certain molecules, forming an adduct, while others can?t fit within the structure.

Urea adduction utilizes the different sizes a...