For great discoveries such as Taxol, Whatman technology optimally separates the closely eluting taxanes of Pacific yew trees. Whatman worked closely with two leading customers to develop a specific bonded phase that achieves baseline resolution of the paclitaxel molecule from its closest impurity. Each lot of TAC 1 (Taxane Analysis Column) is tested with a paclitaxel chromatographic purity separation to ensure the best possible reproducibility.