This is an Application Brief and does not contain a detailed Experimental section.
This application brief highlights the scaling-up of nimodipine and its impurities.
Nimodipine is used to treat symptoms resulting from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain (hemorrhage). It increases blood flow to injured brain tissue.
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                     Column:  | 
                     SunFire C18 4.6 x 100 mm, 5 μm (p/n: 186002558) 19 x 100 mm, 5 μm (p/n: 186002567)  | 
            
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                     Mobile phase A:  | 
                     Water with 0.1% FA  | 
            
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                     Mobile phase B:  | 
                     ACN with 0.1% FA  | 
            
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                     Flow rate:  | 
                     1 mL/min  | 
            
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                     Injection volume:  | 
                     10 μL  | 
            
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                     Detection:  | 
                     UV @ 290 nm  | 
            
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                     Instrument:  | 
                     Waters AutoPurification System  | 
            
            
        WA41896, May 2005