开管毛细管亲和液相色谱初探

 提出了一种新的亲和色谱模式开管毛细管亲和液相色谱。在内径为 5 0 μm的毛细管内表面键合一层三嗪染料配体 ,利用毛细管电泳仪的压力系统进行亲和色谱实验。采用流动相切换洗脱技术 ,牛血清白蛋白和溶菌酶获得了有效的分离。连续运行 10次 ,溶菌酶的出峰时间、峰面积和峰高的相对标准偏差分别为0 1% ,4 3% ,3 7%。在 8 6ng～ 2 8 7ng范围内 ,溶菌酶的进样量与峰面积和峰高都呈线性关系 ,其相关系数分别为 0 9946和 0 9988。     

Fast gas chromatography: packed column solvating gas chromatography versus open tubular column gas chromatography

Packed capillary column solvating gas chromatography (SGC) and open tubular column gas chromatography (GC) were compared with respect to their potentials for fast separations. A recently introduced "universal" peak capacity equation was used to compare the performance of these two methods. The effects of various factors on peak capacity were investigated. Results demonstrate that retention factor and column efficiency are the main factors affecting peak capacity for fast separations. Packed columns produce both high retention factors and high selectivities. While high efficiencies and high peak capacities can be demonstrated by both techniques, open tubular column GC can surpass packed capillary column SGC in both measurements, except for the case of the analysis of simple mixtures in short analysis times, where retention factor and selectivity become important. Practical aspects such as pressure drop and sample capacity are compared for SGC and open tubular column GC. It was found that packed column SGC demonstrates higher sample capacities, but requires much higher column inlet pressures than open tubular column GC. A variety of mobile phases can be used for packed column SGC, which can provide high solvating power for large and polar compounds.     

离子色谱法测定氯膦酸二钠及其制剂的含量和有关物质

采用抑制型电导检测-离子色谱法同时测定氯膦酸二钠及其制剂的含量和有关物质.色谱条件为阴离子交换色谱柱(IonPac AS11-HC);检测方式为抑制电导检测;柱温30 ℃;流速1.2 mL/min;以KOH溶液为淋洗液,含量测定采用等度洗脱,有关物质检查采用梯度洗脱.氯膦酸二钠在0.0568～0.1895 g/L范围内线性关系良好(r＝0.9999); 注射液和胶囊的平均回收率分别为100.1%(RSD=0.7%)和98.9%(RSD=0.6%);检出限为0.3 ng.各杂质与主成分色谱峰能完全分离.     

Methacrylate monolithic capillary columns for gradient peptide separations

For the separation of peptides with gradient-elution liquid chromatography a poly(butyl methacrylate-co-ethylene dimethacrylate) (BMA) monolithic capillary column was prepared and tested. The conditional peak capacity was used as a metric for the performance of this column, which was compared with a capillary column packed with C18-modified silica particles. The retention of the peptides was found to be smaller on the BMA column than on the particulate C18 column. To obtain the same retention in isocratic elution an approximately 15% (v/v) lower acetonitrile concentration had to be used in the mobile phase. The retention window in gradient elution was correspondingly smaller with the BMA column. The relation between peak width and retention under gradient conditions was studied in detail. It was found that in shallow gradients, with gradient times of 30min and more, the peak widths of the least retained compounds are strongly increased with the BMA column. This was attributed to the fact that these compounds migrate and elute with an unfavorable high retention factor. More retained compounds are eluted later in the gradient, but with a lower effective retention factor. With shallow gradients the peak capacity of the BMA column ( approximately 90) was clearly lower than that of a conventional packed column ( approximately 150). On the other hand, with steep gradients, when components elute with a low effective retention factor, the performance of the BMA column is relatively good. With a gradient time of 15min similar peak widths and thus similar peak capacities ( approximately 75) were found for the packed and the monolithic column. Two strategies were investigated to obtain higher peak capacities with methacrylate monolithic columns. The use of lauryl methacrylate (LMA) instead of butyl methacrylate (BMA) gave an increase in retention and narrower peaks for early eluting peptides. The peak capacity of the LMA column was approximately 125 in a 60min gradient. Another approach was to use a longer BMA column which resulted in a peak capacity of approximately 135 could be obtained in 60min.     

微流蒸发光散射检测器的研制及评价

构建了适用于纳升级到微升级流量的毛细管分离体系的微流蒸发光散射检测器(μELSD),实现了其与毛细管液相色谱(eLC)的联用.对雾化器孔径和雾化毛细管内径、蒸发管内径和长度、光散射池尺寸、雾化毛细管位置和辅助载气流量等参数进行了优化.在最优条件下,微流蒸发光散射检测器检出限为直接进样葡萄糖1 ng(S/N＞ 10),线性范围0.01～1.0 μg,重复性好,峰面积RSD(n=6)为0.4％,峰高RSD(n=6)为0.3％.本检测器已成功应用cLC-μELSD平台,使用C18毛细管色谱柱(内径250 μm),0.1％甲酸铵溶液(pH 4.5)-甲醇(60∶40,V/V)为流动相,分离检测了3种常用甜味剂,表明本研究构建的系统可以应用于实际分离检测中,具有分析时间快、溶剂消耗量少、样品需求量小的优点.     

Some factors affecting separation and detection of amino acids by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with integrated pulsed amperometric detection

Some factors influencing the separation and detection of amino acids by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with integrated pulsed amperometric detection were investigated. These factors include eluent concentration, column temperature, and detection waveform. The selectivity changes in weakly retained amino acids are slight with changing sodium hydroxide eluent concentration. When sodium acetate eluent concentration is changed, the selectivity variations between strongly retained amino acids containing two carboxyl groups and containing only one carboxyl group are obviously different. Significant but slight selectivity changes in weakly retained amino acids can be achieved through changing the column temperature. Sodium hydroxide and sodium acetate eluent concentration affect the detection of amino acids. Detection sensitivity of amino acids can be improved by increasing the concentration of sodium hydroxide and sodium acetate in a certain concentration range. The detections of amino acids at two different detection waveforms were compared. The hydroxyl amino acids can be selectively detected by choosing a modified detection waveform. The optimized gradient elution condition and column temperature for analyzing 19 amino acids were obtained. The time for the gradient elution program was 60 min. The column temperature was 35 degrees C. Under the optimized conditions, detection limits for 19 amino acids were 0.15-4.52 pmol. The calibration graphs of peak area for all the analytes were linear for about three orders of magnitude. The RSDs (n=5) of peak area were 0.6-5.6%. The determination of trace amino acid impurities in valine product is shown as an application example.     

In-situ and one-step preparation of protein film in capillary column for open tubular capillary electrochromatography enantioseparation

In this wo rk,the phase-transitioned BSA(PTB) film using the mild and fast fabrication process adhered to the capillary inner wall uniformly,and the fabricated PTB film-coated capillary column was applied to realize open tubular capillary electrochromatography(OT-CEC) enantioseparation.The enantioseparation ability of PTB film-coated capillary was evaluated with eight pairs of chiral analytes including drugs and neurotransmitters,all achieving good resolution and symmetrical peak shape.For three consecutive runs,the relative standard deviations(RSD) of migration time for intra-day,inter-day,and column-tocolumn repeatability were in the range of 0.3%-3.5%,0.2%-4.9% and 2.1%-7.7%,respectively.Moreover,the PTB film-coated capillary column ran continuously over 300 times with high separation efficiency.Therefore,the coating method based on BSA self-assembly supramolecular film can be extended to the preparation of other proteinaceous capillary columns.     

Automated on-line in-tube solid-phase microextraction coupled with HPLC/MS/MS for the determination of butyrophenone derivatives in human plasma

This paper describes a fully automated on-line method combining in-tube solid-phase microextraction (SPME) in which sample clean-up and enrichment are conducted through an open tubular fused-silica capillary column and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)/tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) detection for the determination of six butyrophenone derivatives (moperone, floropipamide, haloperidol, spiroperidol, bromperidol, and pimozide) in human plasma samples. The six butyrophenones were extracted by repeatedly aspirating and dispensing plasma sample solutions on a DB-17 capillary column (60 cm × 0.32 mm i.d., film thickness 0.25 μm). The analytes retained on the inner surface of the capillary column were then eluted into an acetonitrile-rich mobile phase using a gradient separation technique. Extraction efficiencies ranged from 12.7% to 31.8% for moperone, spiroperidol, and pimozide, and from 1.08% to 4.86% for floropipamide, haloperidol, and bromperidol. The regression equations for all compounds showed excellent linearity, ranging from 0.05 to 50 ng/0.1 mL of plasma, except for moperone and spiroperidol (0.01 to 50 ng/0.1 mL). The limits of detection and quantification in plasma for each drug were 0.03–0.2 and 0.1–0.5 ng/mL, respectively. The intra- and inter-day coefficients of variation for all compounds in plasma were not greater than 13.7%.     

Chromatographic properties of open tubular columns with an adsorption layer of aerosil

The chromatographic properties of a porous layer open tubular (PLOT) capillary column with an adsorption layer of highly dispersed silicon dioxide (Aerosil) were studied. It was found that the high efficiency and capacity of the column were retained at high rates of a gas-chromatographic process. The test adsorbent is similar to polydimethyl and polyphenylmethyl siloxane stationary phases in terms of selectivity. Complex multicomponent hydrocarbon mixtures can be separated on the PLOT/SiO₂ column because of low peak asymmetry.     

强阳离子交换毛细管液相色谱-反相加压毛细管电色谱二维系统的构建及其在中药黄柏提取物分离中的应用

加压毛细管电色谱(pCEC)具有电泳和液相色谱的双重分离机理,其柱效高、选择性强、分辨率高和分离速度快并可进行梯度洗脱。我们在此基础上加入离子交换色谱模式,构建了强阳离子交换-反相加压毛细管液相色谱(micro strong cation exchange liquid chromatography/reversed phase pressurized capillary electrochromatography, μ-SCXLC/RP-pCEC)二维系统,并对中药黄柏的提取物进行了优化分离。第一维μ-SCXLC采用线性盐梯度分离,样品被切割成11个馏分洗脱收集后进入第二维,第二维脱盐后,采用RP-pCEC进行分离分析,梯度洗脱。以中药黄柏提取物为样品,此二维系统的分辨率和峰容量都较一维系统有很大提高,理论峰容量可达900左右,证明构建的二维体系非常适合复杂样品的分离分析。     

Recent innovations in enantiomer separation by electrochromatography utilizing modified cyclodextrins as stationary phases.

Enantiomer separation by electrochromatography employing modified cyclodextrins as stationary phases is performed in two ways. (i) Polysiloxane-linked permethylated beta-cyclodextrin (Chirasil-Dex 1) or related selectors are coated and immobilized onto the inner surface of a capillary column. Enantiomer separation is performed in the open tube and the method is referred to as open-tubular capillary electrochromatography (o-CEC). (ii) Silica-linked native beta-cyclodextrin, permethylated beta-cyclodextrin (Chira-Dex 2) or hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin are filled into a capillary column and the bed is secured by two frits. Enantiomer separation is performed in a packed column and the method is referred to as packed capillary electrochromatography (p-CEC). In a unified instrumental approach, method (i) as well as method (ii) can be operated both in the electro- and pressure-driven modes (o-CEC vs. open-tubular liquid chromatography (o-LC) and p-CEC vs. p-LC). It is demonstrated that the electro-driven variant affords higher efficiencies at comparable elution times. Employing a single open-tubular column coated with Chirasil-Dex 1, a unified enantioselective approach can be realized in which the same selectand is separated using all existing chromatographic modes for enantiomers, i.e., gas chromatography (GC), super-critical fluid chromatography (SFC), o-LC and o-CEC. As the chiral selector is utilized as a stationary phase, an additional chiral selector may be added to the mobile phase. In the resulting dual chiral recognition systems, enhancement of enantioselectivity (matched case) or compensation of enantioselectivity (mismatched case) may be observed. The overall enantioselectivity is dependent on the sense of enantioselectivity of the selectors chosen and their influence on the electrophoretic and electroosmotic migration of the enantiomers of a selectand.     

Open tubular capillary column of 50 μm internal diameter with a very high separation efficiency for the separation of peptides in CEC and LC

A specially designed long open tubular capillary column (50 μm internal diameter and 112 cm effective length) was prepared by fabrication of a thin three‐component co‐polymer layer on the inner surface of silica capillary. A pretreated silica capillary was reacted with 4‐(chloromethyl)phenyl isocyanate in the presence of dibutyltin dichloride as catalyst followed by sodium diethyl dithiocarbamate. Then a thin polymer layer was made on the inner surface of capillary by reversible addition‐fragmentation transfer polymerization of styrene, N‐phenylacrylamide, and methacrylic acid. A carefully adjusted formulation of reaction mixture and elaborated procedures were adopted to secure formation of the co‐polymer layer of enhanced separation performance. The co‐polymer immobilized open tubular capillary column was used for the separation of a synthetic mixture of five peptides and excellent separation efficiency (over 1.7 million per column) was obtained in the capillary electrochromatography mode. Such excellent separation efficiencies of ca. 1 m column have not been obtained in the isocratic elution mode so far. The column was also used for separation of the peptides in the liquid chromatography mode to show very good separation efficiency (average 286 700 per column).     

Liquid-phase deposition of silica nanoparticles into a capillary for in-tube solid-phase microextraction coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography

A silica nanoparticle (NP)-deposited capillary fabricated by liquid-phase deposition (LPD) and modified with octadecyl groups was introduced for in-tube solid-phase microextraction coupled to high-performance liquid chromatography with UV detection (in-tube SPME–HPLC). The resultant capillary (60 cm × 50 μm I.D.) was demonstrated to be of higher extraction capacity by comparing with an octadecyl-grafted bare capillary and an octadecyl-grafted silica-coated capillary that was prepared by sol–gel chemistry. Two groups of compounds, endocrine disruptors and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, were used as model analytes to further evaluate extraction capacity of the silica NP-deposited capillary, and its reproducibility and stability was also investigated. The extraction time profiles were monitored for all the chemicals, and their limits of detection were calculated to be in the range of 0.42–0.78 and 0.034–0.19 ng/mL with RSD values of peak area less than 4.6%.     

Large-bore particle-entrapped monolithic precolumns prepared by a sol-gel method for on-line peptides trapping and preconcentration in multidimensional liquid chromatography system for proteome analysis

The present report describes the preparation and characterization of large-bore particle-entrapped monolithic precolumns, which are suitable for incorporation into a two-dimensional liquid chromatography (2D-LC) system for proteome analysis. The fritless precolumns with different inner diameter (i.d.) (320 and 530 microm) were rapidly and successfully prepared by entrapping octadecylsilica (ODS) particles (5 microm, 300 A) prepacked into fused silica capillaries with a sol-gel network, which was formed by hydrolysis and polycondensation of methyltriethoxysilane (MTES). By optimizing the composition of the sol solution, the resulting large-bore monolithic precolumns of 5 mm length allow a flow rate of 20 microL/min loading buffer at a reasonable low back pressure of 25 bar or less and are capable of withstanding up to 300 bar inlet pressure. Scanning electron micrograms of the precolumns profile showed that the evolving sol-gel network joined particles to each other and onto the column wall, and no cracking or shrinkage of the column bed was observed even in 530 microm-i.d. capillary. The performance of the particle-entrapped monolithic precolumns used for preconcentration and desalting of proteolytic digest was evaluated by on-line coupling the large-bore precolumns with a capillary reversed-phase liquid chromatographic (RPLC) column followed by UV detection. The laboratory-made monolithic precolumns with 320 and 530 microm i.d. were characterized by using BSA tryptic digest or peptide standards as the analytes with respect to sample loading capacity, linearity, recovery and reproducibility, etc. The results indicate that the large-bore and short precolumns (5 mm x 320 microm i.d. or 5 mm x 530 microm i.d.) allow sample fast loading at a flow rate of 30 or 60 microL/min. The precolumns also have a mass loading capacity for BSA peptides of about 70 microg and for standard peptides of about 80 microg. Good linear calibration curves (R2 > 0.99) were obtained and the limits of detection (signal-to-noise ratio, S/N = 3) were improved by more than 60-fold and were between 0.53 and 1.32 ng/microL even with a UV absorbance detector. The total recovery was found to be approximately 90-100% for BSA digest and standard peptides. The day-to-day relative standard deviation (RSD) values for recoveries of BSA peptides on a single precolumn ranged from 4.66 to 7.56% and 2.68 to 3.05% for precolumn back pressure, while the column-to-column RSD values were 3.51-6.13% and 1.22-1.26% for recoveries of BSA peptides and precolumn back pressure, respectively. With good precolumn reproducibility, no significant degradation or decrease in precolumn performance was showed even after approximately 150 preconcentration/desorption cycles. The precolumns also proved to be resistant to salt buffer with high concentration and low-pH mobile phase. The large-bore particle-entrapped monolithic precolumns will be further used in a high-throughput 2D-LC array system coupled with tandem matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight-time of flight-mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-TOF-MS) detection for proteome analysis.     

高效液相色谱法测定武力拔寒散中橙皮苷的含量

建立液相色谱测定武力拔寒散中橙皮苷含量的方法。以甲醇为流动相A,以冰乙酸–水(1∶300)为流动相B,进行梯度洗脱,检测波长为284 nm,流量为1.0 m L/min,柱温为30℃。橙皮苷的质量浓度在1.190 3~119.03μg/mL范围与色谱峰面积线性关系良好(r=0.999 9),检出限为300 ng/g。样品加标回收率为95.00%~98.50%,测定结果的相对标准偏差为1.0%(n=6)。该方法简单、快速、准确,重现性好,可为全面评价和控制武力拔寒散制剂的质量提供依据。     

Enhancement of Signal-to-Noise Ratios in Capillary Gas Chromatography by Using a Longitudinally Modulated Cryogenic System

A Longitudinally Modulated Cryogenic System (LMCS) was evaluated for its use in detection enhancement in capillary gas chromatography. The mechanism for chromatographic re-elution for the LMCS is substantially different to other cryogenic devices. The cooled region of the capillary column in which chromatographic bands may be focused is heated by the surrounding oven temperature either by moving the trap along the column, or by moving the column out of the trap. By continually modulating the LMCS at the detector end of the capillary column, signal-to-noise ratios of routine chromatograms can be readily increased by a factor of ten, thus enhancing chromatographic detection. Base widths of peaks, which are often about 2–3 s or more can be easily reduced to 0.3 s when the LMCS is employed in the detection enhancement mode, thus offering a simple avenue to improved peak height sensitivity in capillary gas chromatography.     

Dopamine-polyethyleneimine co-deposition of a capillary for α-glucosidase immobilization and its application in enzyme inhibitor screening

An online method based on CE was established to screen α-glucosidase inhibitors from traditional Tibetan medicine extracts. First, the inner wall at the inlet of capillary column was simply and effectively functionalized by dopamine-polyethyleneimine co-deposition method, which combines the adhesion property of dopamine and easy cationization of polyethyleneimine. Then α-glucosidase was rapidly immobilized on the inner wall of the capillary column by electrostatic adsorption. The inter- and intraday repeatability of the peak area of the enzymatic reaction product (p-nitrophenol) in a capillary was evaluated, and RSD% (n = 3) was 0.94% and 1.09%, respectively. Good batch-to-batch reproducibility of the peak area between different capillaries (RSD = 2.1%, n = 5) shows that the preparation method has good reproducibility. The Michaelis–Menten constant of the immobilized α-glucosidase was measured to be 1.18 mM, and the capillary column enzyme reactor retained 85.9% of initial activity after 30 cycles. Finally, it was applied to the screening of enzyme inhibitors in 20 traditional Tibetan medicine extracts. Sixteen medicines with inhibitory activity were screened out, and Rheum australe had the strongest inhibitory effect with an inhibitory rate of 83.3 ± 0.4%. These results showed that this method is effective to find potential enzyme inhibitors.     

Capillary supercritical fluid chromatography with flame photometric detection using a large bore column SFC pumping system

A commercially available instrument with an SFC pumping system suitable for wide bore columns (4.6 mm i.d.) has been modified for capillary supercritical fluid chromatography (CSFC) by incorporating a double-stage flow splitter. The first flow splitter was installed in front of the sample injection valve in order to avoid a high solute split ratio. The second splitter was mounted in the column oven so that the injected sample (0.2 μL) would be split to the capillary column. In order to perform pressure programmed elution, a pressure regulating system equipped with a gradient programmer has been used. Flame photometric detection was optimized for the analysis of organosulfur compounds by CSFC. In this study, detection limits were found to be 6–14 ng and the experimentally determined exponent (n value) varied from 1.721 to 1.984 depending on the compounds tested. Sulfur- and phosphorus-containing thermally labile pesticides can be chromatographed and selectively detected by using CSFC/FPD in either sulfur- or phosphorus mode, respectively.     

Poly(methacrylic acid-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) monolith in-tube solid phase microextraction coupled to high performance liquid chromatography and analysis of amphetamines in urine samples

In-tube solid-phase microextraction (SPME) based on a poly(methacrylic acid-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) monolithic capillary column was investigated for the extraction of amphetamine, methamphetamine and their methylenedioxy derivatives. The monolithic capillary column showed high extraction efficiency towards target analytes, which could be attributed to its larger loading amount of extraction phase than conventional open-tubular extraction capillaries and the convective mass transfer procedure provided by its monolithic structure. The extraction mechanism was studied, and the results indicated that the extraction process of the target analytes was involved with hydrophobic interaction and ion-exchange interaction. The polymer monolith in-tube SPME-HPLC system with UV detection was successfully applied to the determination of amphetamine, methamphetamine and their methylenedioxy derivatives in urine samples, yielding the detection limits of 1.4 - 4.0 ng/mL. Excellent method reproducibility (RSD < 2.9%) was found over a linear range of 0.05-5 microg/mL, and the time for the whole analysis was only approximately 25 min. The monolithic capillary column was reusable in coping with the complicated urine samples.     

适用于质谱分析的在线固相萃取除盐方法

建立了一个简单、快速、有效的适用于质谱或液相色谱-质谱联用的在线固相萃取(SPE)高通量除盐方法。方法分为单柱和双柱模式,借助于包含双梯度泵(上样泵/分析泵)、自动进样器和配有十通切换阀的柱温箱的高效液相色谱系统,完成样品的自动化在线除盐。单柱模式通过上样泵实现在SPE柱上进样和除盐,被分析物则保留在SPE柱上;除盐完成后,通过阀切换利用分析泵洗脱富集在SPE柱上的被分析物。双柱模式则在单柱模式基础上增加了1根SPE柱,在色谱管理软件控制下2根SPE柱轮流工作,高效率完成样品的在线除盐。该方法在结合质谱分析蛋白质、多肽等领域具有较好的应用前景。