This study demonstrates that an amino-beta-cyclodextrin-bonded phase column exhibits enantioselectivity for various amino acid derivatives. Mixtures of methanol, acetonitrile, tetrahydrofuran or dioxan and triethylamine buffers (pH 4.0-7.0) were used as mobile phases. The effect of the mobile phase on the resolution process was studied by varying the mobile phase composition (type and percentage of organic modifiers, pH, and ionic strength of the buffer solution). The 1-octanol-water partition coefficients are calculated and tabulated for 16 derivatized amino acids. The chromatographic data for 42 pairs of derivatized amino acids resolved on the amino-beta-cyclodextrin-bonded phase are summarised. The separation of adrenaline, noradrenaline and amphetamine on a novel vancomycin stationary phase is demonstrated.