Preface. List of Contributors. 1. Selection of chromatographic methods for biological materials (T. Hanai). 2. Strategies for electromigration separations of biological macromolecules (H. Arakawa, M. Maeda, T. Hanai). 3. Sample preparation (Q. Yang, A.J. Tomlinson, S. Naylor). 4. Selected derivatization reactions (Z. Deyl, I. MikSík, E. Tesařová). 5. Enantioselective separations (E. Tesařová, D.W. Armstrong). 6. Carbohydrates, polymeric sugars and their constituents (M. Estrella Legaz, M.M. Pedrosa, C. Vicente). 7. Carboxylic acids (Z. Deyl, I. MikSík). 8. Herbal organic acids (S.Z. Yao et al.). 9. Analysis of lipids by thin-layer chromatography (N.C. Shantha, G.E. Napolitano). 10. Biogenic amines (Z. Deyl, I. MikSík). 11. Amino acids (I. Molnár-Perl). 12. Peptides (Z. Deyl, I. MikSík). 13. Protein analysis (J.F. Banks). 14. Nucleic acids and their constituents (M. Gilar, D.L. Smisek, A.S. Cohen). 15. Compounds containing heterocyclic nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur (I. MikSík, Z. Deyl). 16. Vitamins (A. Rizzolo, S. Polesello). 17. Antibiotics (S.A. Barker). 18. Pesticides in environmental samples (K. Fodor-Csorba). 19. Monitoring of process impurities in drugs (S. Husain, R. Nageswara Rao). 20. Procedures in hospital laboratories (R.M. Dorizzi). 21. Toxicological and forensic applications (F. Tagliaro et al.). 22. Inorganic analysis and speciation (A.R. Timerbaev, W. Buchberger). 23. Common pitfalls in CE and HPLC (M. Arellano, F. Couderc). Index of Compounds Separated.