Laboratory analysis by LC-CAD

First of all, the acronym LC-CAD stands for Liquid Chromatography with Charged Aerosol Detector. 

The associated apparatus is used to detect molecules of interest in mixtures. It is used in combination with a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system that performs the separation of molecules in solution.

The CAD is an HPLC detector that generates a signal based on the charges from the molecules and produces a graph of the signal intensity versus time. This detector works with a wide variety of molecules since it does not need a specific structure on the analyte to detect it. It is therefore versatile in analytical chemistry. The analysis by LC-CAD can thus be applied to a great variety of sectors (pharmaceutical, etc…)

Indeed, the analysis by LC-CAD allows the detection, but also the quantification of the analyzed molecules.