Answer to Question #206394 in Biology for Amuda Abdulfatai

Question

Write on the following analytical technique for the rapid quantitative and quantitative of pesticides molecules using Micellar Electrokinetic chromatography

Answer 1

Micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) is a chromatography technique used in analytical chemistry.

In micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography, surfactants are added to the buffer solution in a concentration above their critical micellar concentrations, consequently, micelles are formed; micelles that undergo electrophoretic migration like any other charged particle.