Composition of quince (Cydonia oblonga Miller) seeds: phenolics, organic acids and free amino acids

Phenolic compounds, organic acids and free amino acids of quince seeds were determined by HPLC/DAD, HPLC/UV and GC/FID, respectively. Quince seeds presented a phenolic profile composed of 3-O-caffeoylquinic, 4-O-caffeoylquinic, 5-O-caffeoylquinic and 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acids, lucenin-2, vicenin-2, stellarin-2, isoschaftoside, schaftoside, 6-C-pentosyl-8-C-glucosyl chrysoeriol and 6-C-glucosyl-8-C-pentosyl chrysoeriol. Six identified organic acids constituted the organic acid profile of quince seeds: citric, ascorbic, malic, quinic, shikimic and fumaric acids. The free amino acid profile was composed of 21 identified free amino acids and the three most abundant were glutamic and aspartic acids and asparagine.     

Gas chromatography of amino acids: Use of a fused-silica capillary column in the determination of plasma amino acids

A capillary chromatographic procedure using a fused silica column is described which can be used to quantitatively determine amino acids in plasma following the pre-chromatographic “clean-up” described in a recent paper [1]. In substituting this procedure for that involving a packed column, advantage has been taken of the greater resolving power to separate amino acids from background component peaks. In order to extend this advantage and provide a sound basis for quantitative analysis, the technique of cold on-column injection was employed. As a result, good precision of standard analysis was obtained with relative standard deviation (RSD) values for all amino acids of less than 4%. Application of the entire procedure to plasma samples yields RSD values of better than 10% for all amino acids with recoveries ranging from 72% to 104%. Simultaneous determination of plasma amino acid levels by gas chromatography (GC) using capillary columns and by classical ion exchange (CIE) showed reasonable agreement. Statistical evaluation showed no significant difference between twelve amino acids. Values for the remaining two, namely, phenylalanine and histidine are significantly different (p < 0.005). Comparison of the values obtained from GC capillary and packed columns reveals no significant difference between fourteen amino acids. Significant differences exist between results for phenylalanine and tyrosine (p < 0.001). It is concluded that there is good agreement between data obtained by GC capillary and CIE techniques and that differences between results for phenylalanine and histidine are method related.     

气相色谱法分离和测定溶剂型木器涂料中正丁醇与苯系物

在气相色谱法测定溶剂型木器涂料中正丁醇及苯系物(包括苯、甲苯及二甲苯)时采用了VF-200MS型号的毛细管色谱柱。由于此型号的毛细管柱具有较强极性,不仅能达到正丁醇与苯系物之间的有效而满意的分离,而且还能使苯系物(包括苯、甲苯、乙苯、二甲苯)之间和二甲苯的同分异构体之间的有效分离。测定中采用正戊烷作内标和用火焰离子检测器检测。此方法的检出限(2S/N)在1.7~3.5 ng之间。用一含有正丁醇的硝基漆样品按所提出的方法进行多次重复测定,并在此样品的基础上加入各被测化合物的标准后进行测定,从而对方法的回收率和精密度作了测试,测得其回收率在87.8%~100.0%之间,测定值的相对标准偏差(n=6)均小于2.5%。     

Gas chromatographic determination of amino acids via one-step phase-transfer catalytic pentafluorobenzylation-preconcentration

The gas chromatographic determination of amino acids via their simultaneous extraction, preconcentration and pentafluorobenzylation is reported. Using phase-transfer catalysis (PTC), the amino acids under study were transformed to their pentafluorobenzyl adducts. The method was tested for different catalysts and tetrabutylammonium bromide provided favorable features in comparison to the other PTCs. The derivatization procedure was optimized and the best reaction conditions are given. With the exception of arginine, 19 amino acids were converted to volatile derivatives and analyzed with GC/MS and GC/FID at low concentration levels with acceptable sensitivity and good reproducibility. The LODs were found to range from 0.7 to 2.3microM for the GC/MS analyses and from 1.7 to 6.9microM for GC/FID analyses. The method practicability and applicability were confirmed by the analysis of urine, fruit juice and wheat flour for the determination of the amino acids under study. Protein-bound amino acids were analyzed after an alkaline hydrolysis step with 5M NaOH applying this method to wheat flour with an overall procedure duration less than 12h. The optimized protocol was applied to these samples without any pretreatment and their amino acid concentrations were calculated from the appropriate calibration plots.     

Characterization of medieval proteinaceous painting media using gas chromatography and gas chromatography — mass spectrometry

Proteinaceous organic materials used as ancient painting media were investigated by capillary gas chromatography (GC) and capillary gas chromatography — mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Medieval wall paintings made by the tempera technique were considered and their binding media were studied by the characterization of their main chemical components. The basic methodology is based on the determination of amino acids in samples of paint layers after hydrolysis and derivatization and on the comparison with reference proteinaceous materials. Multivariate chemometric techniques were used to facilitate the recognition of the protein source from chromatographic data. To characterize the binders further, a method was developed for the determination of fatty acids, present as minor components, by GC/MS. The use of fused-silica capillary columns coated with selected stationary phases allowed the separation of amino acid and fatty acid derivatives in a single analytical run.     

Flame ionization detection after splitting the water effluent in subcritical water chromatography

The coupling of subcritical water separation with flame ionization detection (FID) in the split mode has been investigated in this study. In order to keep the FID system stable during subcritical water separation, a Tee union was connected between the separation column and the FID system to split the water flow. The ratio of the water flow to the FID system over the flow-rate to a waste bottle varied depending on the dimension of capillary tubings and the total water flow-rate used. Separations of several carbohydrates, carboxylic acids, and amino acids were performed on commercially available columns using a laboratory-made subcritical water chromatography-FID system. The FID system was very stable in this split mode even at total flow-rate as high as 1.24 ml/min. The linear dynamic range was up to three orders of magnitude and the limit of detection (LOD) ranged from 38 to 111 ng (306-925 ng/microl injected) with split ratios of approximately 1:10 to approximately 1:17 (FID/waste bottle) for several analytes studied. However, the LOD can be significantly lowered by adjusting the dimensions of the restrictors to allow a higher percentage of the total flow to the FID system.     

七氟丁酰氨基酸正丁酯的GC/MS分析

本文报道了19种蛋白质氨基酸的七氟丁酰正丁酯衍生物的GC/MS分析方法;优选了衍生反应条件;建立了GC分离、定量分析方法,最小检测量为0.1ng;研究了衍生物的EI质谱数据,确定了可作为定性依据的特征离子;测定了儿童用复方氨基酸注射液及儿童血清样品,得到了满意的结果。     

Identification of oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in diesel particulate matter by capillary gas chromatography and capillary gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

Summary Using a two-step liquid chromatographic separation on normalphase cartridges, crude extracts of diesel particulate matter can be separated without time-consuming sample handling into special fractions which mainly contain slightly-polar oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (oxy-PAH) and nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (nitro-PAH). Subsequent analysis was by fused-silica capillary gas chromatography on a SE54 column along with flame-ionisation (GC/FID) and positive-ion electron-impact mass spectrometric detection (GC/MS) respectively. A number of individual oxy-PAH belonging to four different chemical classes (ketones, quinones, anhydrides and aldehydes) and several individual nitro-PAH were characterized by their retention times and mass spectra. Presented at the 15th International Symposium on Chromatography, Nürnberg, October 1984     

Development and evaluation of gas and liquid chromatographic methods for the analysis of fatty amines

In contrast to the plethora of publications on the separation of fatty acids, analogous studies involving fatty amines are scarce. A recently introduced ionic‐liquid‐based capillary column for GC was used to separate trifluoroacetylated fatty amines focusing on the analysis of a commercial sample. Using the ionic liquid column (isothermal mode at 200°C) it was possible to separate linear primary fatty amines from C₁₂ to C₂₂ chain length in less 25 min with MS identification. The log of the amine retention factors are linearly related to the alkyl chain length with a methylene selectivity of 0.117 kcal/mol for the saturated amines and 0.128 kcal/mol for the mono‐unsaturated amines. The sp² selectivity for unsaturated fatty amines also could be calculated as 0.107 kcal/mol for the ionic liquid column. The commercial sample was quantified by GC with flame ionization detection (FID). An LC method also was developed with a reversed phase gradient separation using acetonitrile/formate buffer mobile phases and ESI‐MS detection. Native amines could be detected and identified by their single ion monitoring chromatograms even when partial coelution was observed. The analysis of the commercial sample returned results coherent with those obtained by GC–FID and with the manufacturer's data.     

The simultaneous use of solute vapor pressure and geometry in multidimensional capillary gas chromatographic separations of polychlorinated biphenyls

The separation of coeluting congeners of Aroclor 1242, 1254, and 1260 on a DB-1 (low polarity) capillary gas chromatographic (GC) column is achieved when cuts of those peaks are transferred onto a smectic liquid crystalline column, which is commercially available. This procedure requires the use of a gas chromatograph equipped with two independent ovens for optimizing the temperature conditions of each column. Excellent base line separations are achieved on multicuts, up to six, of the same injection. This unique multidimensional/multimodal capillary GC system, in which the two separation modes of vapor pressure and molecule geometry are employed, is a powerful analytical technique for the separation of complex organic mixtures.     

Fast analysis of nicotine related alkaloids in tobacco and cigarette smoke by megabore capillary gas chromatography

A novel fast megabore capillary gas chromatographic (MCGC) method for analysis of 7 nicotine related alkaloids in tobacco and cigarette smoke, including nicotine, nornicotine, myosmine, nicotyrine, anabasine, anatabine and 2,3-dipyridyl, was developed. The use of megabore capillary column GC methodology, equipped with flame ionization detector (FID), provided rapid, unambiguous nicotine related alkaloids analysis. One gram flue-cured tobacco (or Cambridge filter pad), 20 ml ether, and 5 ml 10% sodium hydroxide solution, added with n-heptadecane as the internal standard, were placed in a flask, and the flask was capped and placed in an ultrasonic bath for 15 min. A 1 microl volume was analyzed by capillary GC operating in split-injection mode on a mega bore Simplicity-5 column. This simple procedure was compared with the previously reported packed column GC method and the Griffith still-colorimetric method. The application of the method for analysis of various flue-cured tobaccos and cigarette smoke was discussed.     

Determination of Deoxynivalenol in Poultry Feed by Three Gas Chromatographic Detection Techniques

Three different gas chromatographic detection techniques were applied for the determination of deoxynivalenol (DON) present in poultry feed samples. Extraction and cleanup procedures were kept the same for GC–FID, GC–ECD and GC–MS methods. Although all three GC methods provided good and comparable results, but more attention was focused on GC–FID due to its lower cost and easy availability in many laboratories. Therefore, a short 15 m DB-1 short column was introduced for the determination of DON in poultry feed to reduce the time of analysis and initial cost of column. An inter-laboratory study for GC–FID was performed in two laboratories using four naturally DONS-contaminated feed samples and one spiked with standard. The relative standard deviations for repeatability (RSDr) and relative standard deviations for reproducibility (RSD_R) of naturally contaminated feed were in the range 5–23 and 11–24 %, respectively. The Horwitz Ratio (HORRAT) was less than 1.0 in each sample. From the spiking test, recovery, RSDr, RSD_R and value of HORRAT were 93, 5, 11 and 0.6 %, respectively. For GC–FID method, limit of quantification was found to be 6 μg kg^?1. Thus, GC–FID method using 15 m DB-1 capillary column is sensitive and validated analytical method for the determination of DON for poultry feed.     

Analysis of amino acid 13C abundance from human and faunal bone collagen using liquid chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry

The scope of compound-specific stable isotope analysis has recently been increased with the development of the LC IsoLink which interfaces high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) to provide online LC/IRMS. This enables isotopic measurement of non-volatile compounds previously not amenable to compound-specific analysis or requiring substantial modification for gas chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS), which results in reduced precision. Amino acids are an example of such compounds.We present a new chromatographic method for the HPLC separation of underivatized amino acids using an acidic, aqueous mobile phase in conjunction with a mixed-mode stationary phase that can be interfaced with the LC IsoLink for compound-specific delta13C analysis. The method utilizes a reversed-phase Primesep-A column with embedded, ionizable, functional groups providing the capability for ion-exchange and hydrophobic interactions. Baseline separation of 15 amino acids and their carbon isotope values are reported with an average standard deviation of 0.18 per thousand (n = 6). In addition delta13C values of 18 amino acids are determined from modern protein and archaeological bone collagen hydrolysates, demonstrating the potential of this method for compound-specific applications in a number of fields including metabolic, ecological and palaeodietary studies.     

Capillary gas chromatographic analysis of amino acids in geological environments with electron capture detection

Studies have been performed on the analysis of 21 amino acids using a fused-silica open tubular (FSOT) capillary column, and electron-capture detection (ECD) or flame-ionization detection (FID). It was shown with the N(O)-heptafluorobutyryl (HFB) amino acid isobutyl esters that the ECD response was several hundred times more sensitive than the FID response. The relative standard deviation (RSD) of retention relative to norleucine is determined with the ECD. RSD values for all N(O)-HFB amino acid isobutyl esters are relatively small (≦ 0.5%). This method has been successfully applied to trace analysis of most of the amino acids from fossil brachiopods and black shales.     

Determination of Free Bile Acids in Raw Materials and Bulk Products by HPLC and GC

Abstract

A procedure based on two chromatographic methods with different selectivities (HPLC and GC) was developed for the quality control assay of free bile acids in raw materials from animals and bulk products utilized in the pharmaceutical industry. HPLC was carried out without preliminary derivatization using an Ultrasphere ODS column with UV detection at 210 nm and methanol-acetonitrile-acetate buffer as the mobile phase. For GC, bile acids were converted into their trifluoroacetyl-hexafluoroisopropyl derivatives and analysed on a SE-52 capillary column with flame-ionization detection. Bile acid levels in hydrolysed ox bile, in bulk cholic and deoxycholic acid determined by HPLC correlated with results obtained by GC, with the exception of the analytes present in low concentrations (less than 3% w/w) detectable only by GC. HPLC-UV is the more suitable technique for routine analyses of free bile acids in pharmaceutical matrices owing to its simplicity and rapidity. However, because of the low sensitivity and specificity of the UV detection, the accuracy of the HPLC assay should be verified by comparison with GC.     

烟用香精的气相色谱法质量控制研究

采用配有氢焰检测器或催燃检测器的气相色谱仪,对烟用香精进行了快速分析。方法操作简便,结果可靠,可作为烟用香精原料、产品质量监控的有效手段。     

GC‐FID determination and pharmacokinetic studies of oleanolic acid in human serum

Analytical interest of OA determination in human serum has increased owing to the increasing interest in pharmaceutical research by pharmaceutical properties. A simple, specific, precise and accurate GC method with flame ionization detector (FID) developed and validated for the determination of oleanolic acid (OA) in human serum (HS). To an aliquot of HS, internal standard was added and a combination of liquid–liquid extraction with a mixture of diethyl ether‐isopropyl alcohol, filtration and consecutive GC resulted in separation and quantification of OA. The organic phase was analyzed using a GC system equipped with a 30 × 0.25 mm i.d. Rtx‐65TG capillary column and FID detection. Total chromatographic time was 10 min and no interfering peaks from endogenous components in blank serum were observed. The OA/internal standard peak area ratio was linearly fitted to the OA concentration (r = 0.992) over the range 10–1500 ng/mL. The mean serum extraction recovery of OA was 96.7 ± 1.0% and the lower limit of quantification based on 5 mL of serum was 10.7 ng/mL. The intra‐day coefficient of variation ranged from 1.3 to 3.6% and inter‐day varied from 1.4 to 4.5%. The developed method was used to study the pharmacokinetics of OA after oral administration in humans. The assay was simple, sensitive, precise and accurate for the use in the study of the mechanisms of absorption and distribution of OA in humans. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Quantitation of blood and plasma amino acids using isotope dilution electron impact gas chromatography/mass spectrometry with U-(13)C amino acids as internal standards.

A method to quantitate blood and plasma amino acids by isotope dilution gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/mS) is described. Samples were spiked with U-(13)C amino acids as internal standards and the tert-butyldimethylsilyl derivatives (tBDMS) separated by capillary column gas chromatography. Linear regression curves, generated for individual amino acids, gave correlation coefficients of 0.9999. The reproducibility of the method was assessed from the analysis of 10 replicate blood and plasma samples. For most amino acids a coefficient of variance (CV) of 相似文献   

Dual Fiber-In-capillary Annular Column with Ternary Stationary Phase for Gas Chromatographic Separation

In the present work a novel strategy for improving and/or tuning the selectivity of gas chromatographic (GC) separation by combining three different stationary phases (SPs) without premixing was introduced. A fused silica fiber coated with polydimethylsiloxane (SE30) and another coated with cyanopropylphenylmethylpolysiloxane (OV1701) were serially inserted into an 8-m polyethylene glycol 20 M (PEG20M) capillary column to form a GC annular column with ternary SP, abbreviating as SE30-OV1701-CF/PEG20M-CC. The separation capability of this ternary SP annular column was compared with a SE30-coated fiber-in-PEG20M-coated capillary annular column and a PEG20M-coated open tubular column by a test mixture of 19 organic compounds. Among these three columns, SE30-OV1701-CF/PEG20M-CC produced the best separation when the SE30-coated fiber and OV1701-coated fiber was 3 and 5 m, respectively. Selectivity can be easily tuned by changing the length of the SP-coated fibers in the ternary SP annular column. The proposed ternary SP annular column shows additional tunability, thus making it a promising tool for separation of organic solvents that are often used in the manufacturing process of pharmaceutical formulations and lacquer thinners.