Analytical Data System Update

An updated version of Shimadzu’s LabSolutions analytical data system incorporates additional functions to comply with data integrity regulations, and to support development and quality inspection procedures. The software features an operating environment for complete data management and security in networked laboratories and can be used with traditional peak integration methods. Users can switch between traditional and new peak integration methods during analysis, allowing the selection of an appropriate peak integration method for the circumstance. This includes selecting a traditional method for compatibility with past data.

A peak integration algorithm in the software can quantify overlapping peaks more accurately, the company reports. The intelligent peak deconvolution analysis (i-PDeA II), which uses analyte UV spectral information obtained by the PDA detector, has been improved and can be used to show data traces for single components more accurately than with the conventional peak purity method, enabling accurate quantitative values, even for co-eluting peaks.