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Potential of Aqueous Two-Phase Systems for the Separation of Levodopa from Similar Biomolecules.

Rita de Cássia S SousaCatarina M S S NevesMatheus M PereiraMara G FreireJoão A P Coutinho
Published in: Journal of chemical technology and biotechnology (Oxford, Oxfordshire : 1986) (2017)
The results obtained indicated that PEG-based ATPS were the most effective to separate levodopa from L-phenylalanine while the separation from the other biomolecules was better using IL-based ATPS, in particular those based on [P4444]Cl and [N4444]Cl, with extraction efficiencies of levodopa to the salt-rich phase ranging between 62.7 and 74.0%, and of the remaining biomolecules to polymer/IL-rich phase up to 91.5%.
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