Table 2. HPLC operating conditions for free amino acids analysis in cheese

Items Conditions
Mobile phase A: aqueous buffer, Waters AcccQ-Tag Eluent A
B: 60% acetonitrile
Column Nova-PAKTMC18, 4 μm
Column temperature 37°C
Flow rate 1 mL/min
Detector Excitation wavelength: 250 nm
Emission wavelength: 395 nm

Time (min) Flow rate A (%) B (%)

Initial 1.0 100 0
0.5 1.0 98 2
15 1.0 93 7
19 1.0 90 10
32 1.0 67 33
33 1.0 67 33
34 1.0 0 100
37 1.0 0 100
38 1.0 100 0
64 1.0 100 0
65 1.0 0 100
100 1.0 0 100