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efficacy of Bentonite for alkaloid separations

resveratrol - 28-10-2011 at 15:11

I am curious as to whether or not one could use food grade bentonite for chromatographic separation of alkaloids.

I've been using this stuff for a long time, (as a dietary supplement):

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=yerba+bentonite&...

For the price, you can't beat it. QA/R&D Director tells me that the particle size is 325 mesh. "99% of the particles are smaller than 44 microns"