Determination of Baicalin by High Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupling with Flow Injection Chemiluminescence Detection

A new method for the determination of baicalin in Scutellariae Radix extract and its preparations by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupling with flow injection chemiluminescence detection (FIA‐CL) has been developed. The method was based on the chemiluminescence reaction of potassium permanganate with baicalin in nitric acid medium; the CL intensity can be enhanced by formaldehyde. In this study, the conditions of chemiluminescence and chromatography were examined, and the schematic diagram of the HPLC‐FIA‐CL analyzer was optimized. The analytes were separated on Hypersil RP‐C18 columns (100 × 4.6 mm, I.D., 5 μm) by equality elution with 47:53 (v/v) methanol‐0.3% phosphoric acid as a mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.8 mL·min^?1 and a column temperature of 40 °C. Under the optimum condition, the CL intensity was proportional to the concentration of baicalin over the range of 4.10 × 10^?7 ? 6.15 × 10^?5mol·L^?1. The limit of detection (S/N = 3) was 2.79 × 10^?7mol·L^?1 with the relative standard deviation 2.5% (Cs = 6.15 × 10^?6 mol·L^?1, n = 5). The method has been applied to the determination of baicalin in Scutellariae Radix extract and its preparations, and satisfactory results were obtained.     

Determination of Melatonin in Rat Pineal Gland and Drug with Flow-Injection Chemiluminescence

A flow-injection chemiluminescence （CL） method for the determination of melatonin based on the CL reaction of melatonin with hydrogen peroxide and sodium hypochlorite （NaOCl） in a basic alkaline solution was developed. The possible CL mechanism has been discussed, and a proposal for the reaction pathway was given that singlet oxygen was clarified to be produced in this reaction system and was responsible for the CL emission. Under the optimized conditions, the linear concentration range of application was 1.0×10^-7-2.5 × 10^-4 moloL-I with a de- tection limit of 5.0 ×10^-8 moloL-1 （S/N= 3）. The relative standard deviation for eight repeated measurements of 1.0×10^-6 mol·L^-1 melatonin was 2.8%. The interferences of several important biological substances, some indole compound, cations and anions were studied. No interference was found for the anions, glucose, starch, most of cations and low concentration （less than 3.0 × 10^-6 mol·L^-1） of some biological substances and indole compound. The method was applied to the determination of melatonin in rat pineal gland and drug with satisfactory results. The sample throughput was 90 injections per hour.     

银（III）配合物-鲁米诺流动注射化学发光新体系测定肾上腺素

儿茶酚胺是一类非常重要的神经递质,在人体的心血管系统、神经系统、内分泌腺、肾脏、平滑肌等组织系统的生理活动中起着广泛的调节作用。肾上腺素为儿茶酚胺的一种,建立灵敏、高效的肾上腺素检测技术具有重要的临床意义。本文将银（Ⅲ）配合物与鲁米诺组成新的流动注射化学发光体系,利用碱性介质中肾上腺素对三价银配合物－鲁米诺化学发光体系有明显的增强效应来测定肾上腺素的含量,并据此建立了高效测定肾上腺素的流动注射化学发光新方法。在优化的条件下,该方法测定肾上腺素的线型范围为1.0×10－9～1.0×10－7 mol L-1,检出限为8.0×10－10 mol L-1,对1.5×10－8 mol L-1肾上腺素11次平行测定,其相对标偏差为2.9％。利用建立的分析方法测定了药物肾上腺素,并对三价银－鲁米诺化学发光新体系测定肾上腺素的反应机理进行了讨论。     

A Flow Injection Chemiluminescence Method for the Determination of Protein Using Copper(II)-Alizarin Red S Complex as an Efficient Chemiluminescent Probe

A sensitive flow injection chemiluminescence (CL) method is proposed for the determination of bovine serum albumin (BSA) using Copper(II)-Alizarin Red S (ARS) complex as an efficient chemiluminescent probe. The detection is based on the binding of the copper(II)-ARS complex to proteins and the catalytic activity of copper(II)-ARS in the luminol-H₂O₂ CL system. Under the selected conditions, the CL intensity is linear with the concentration of BSA in the range of 5.0 × 10^?11 to 1.0 × 10^?9 mol · L^?1. The detection limit was 2.0 × 10^?11 mol · L^?1. The method is successfully applied to the determination of protein in urine.     

Peroxyoxalate Chemiluminescence Based on Fluorescent Conjugated Polymer for the Determination of Triton X-100

A novel peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence system has been designed for the determination of Triton X‐100 (TX‐100), in which a hydrophobic fluorescent conjugated polymer, poly[2,5‐bisnonyloxy‐1,4‐phenylene‐ethynylene‐9,10‐anthrylene] (PPEA) was employed as a fluorophor. A strong enhanced intensity of chemiluminescence (CL) was observed in the presence of TX‐100, due to the improved emission efficiency of PPEA in the presence of TX‐100. Under optimum conditions, the detection range of Triton X‐100 is between 1.0×10^?7 and 1.0× 10^?4 mol·L^?1, with a detection limit at 6.0×10^?8 mol·L^?1. The relative standard deviation is 2.4% (n=6) for 1.0×10^?6 mol·L^?1 Triton X‐100. This method provides satisfying results in the detection of TX‐100 in nature water and biological samples with high sensitivity and wide linear range.     

Automated Sequential‐injection Chemiluminescence Determination of Glucosamine Sulphate via Luminol‐Hydrogen Peroxide System

A highly sensitive automated sequential‐injection chemiluminescence (SIA‐CL) method for determination of glucosamine sulphate (GLS) was developed. The goal of the present work is the evaluation of the enhancement effect of the investigated drug glucosamine sulphate on the chemiluminescence reaction between luminol and H₂O₂ in alkaline medium of 1.0 × 10^?2 mol L^?1 sodium hydroxide at pH 11. The experimental conditions affecting the CL reaction such as the sequence of the reagents, concentrations, flow rate and aspirated volumes of reactants were systematically investigated and optimized. Under optimum conditions 50 μL of 1.0 × 10^?3 mol L^?1 luminol, 30 μL of a GLS test solution and 50 μL of 1.0 × 10^?2 mol L^?1 H₂O₂ were used and the luminescing zone was pushed into the detector at a flow rate 100 μL s^?1. The proposed method recorded high sensitivity, accuracy and simplicity that could be clarified as linear concentration range 1.0‐2000 ng mL^?1 with rectilinear part (r = 0.9992, n = 9) and limit of detection 0.3 ng mL^?1, along with relative standard deviation 1.3%. It was found that the developed method can be used directly to determine the investigated drug GLS in its pharmaceutical dosage forms and in spiked serum and urine by diluting the samples for a 1000 fold. The obtained results were statistically analyzed and compared with those obtained by the reported method.     

Chemiluminescent Determination of Vitamin B12 Using Charge Coupled Device (CCD)

A method was developed for the determination of vitamin B₁₂ based on the enhancement of cobalt (II) on the chemiluminescence (CL) reaction between luminol and percarbonate (powerful source of hydrogen peroxide). The release of cobalt (II) from the vitamin B₁₂ was reached by a simple and fast microwave digestion (20 s microwave digestion time and a mix of nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide). A charge coupled device (CCD) photodetector, directly connected to the cell, coupled with a simple continuous flow system was used to obtain the full spectral characteristics of cobalt (II) catalyzed luminol-percarbonate reaction.

The optima experimental conditions were established: 8.0 m mol L^?1 luminol in a 0.075 mol L^?1 carbonate buffer (pH 10.0) and 0.15 mol L^?1 sodium percarbonate, in addition to others experimental parameters as 0.33 mL s^?1 flow rate and 2 s integration time, were the experimental conditions which proportionate the optimum CL emission intensity. The emission data were best fitted with a second-order calibration graph over the cobalt (II) concentration range from 4.00 to 300 µ g L^?1 (r² = 0.9990), with a detection limit of 0.42 µ g L^?1. The proposed method was successfully applied to the determination of vitamin B₁₂ in pharmaceuticals.     

Determination of Trenbolone Acetate in Cattle Feeds by a Flow Injection Chemiluminescence Method

A flow injection chemiluminescence (CL) method is described for the determination of trenbolone acetate based on the CL generated during its reaction with KMnO₄ in acidic medium. The CL intensity is greatly enhanced by alizarin yellow R. The CL intensity is linear with trenbolone acetate concentration in the range 0.1–100.0 mg L^?1 with a detection limit of 0.05 mg L^?1. The sample throughout is about 90 h^?1 and the relative standard deviation for 2.0 mg L^?1 trenbolone acetate solution is 1.5% (n = 11). The proposed method was applied to the determination of trenbolone acetate in cattle feeds.     

Rapid Determination of Free Amino Acids in Milk by Microchip Electrophoresis Coupled with Laser‐induced Fluorescence Detection

A simple and sensitive method for determination of free amino acids in milk by microchip electrophoresis (MCE) coupled with laser‐induced fluorescence (LIF) detection was developed. Seven kinds of standard amino acids were derivated with sulfoindocyanine succinimidyl ester (Cy5) and then perfectly measured by MCE‐LIF within 150 s. The parameters of MCE separation were carefully investigated to obtain the optimal conditions: 100 mmol·L^?1 sodium borate solution (pH 10.0) as running buffer solution, 0.8 kV as injection voltage, 2.2 kV as separation voltage etc. The linear range of the detection of amino acids was from 0.01 µmol·L^?1 to 1.0 µmol·L^?1 and the detection limit was as low as about 1.0 nmol·L^?1. This MCE‐LIF method was applied to the measurements of free amino acids in actual milk samples and satisfactory experimental results were achieved.     

Post‐chemiluminescence Method of the Determination of Loperamide Hydrochloride in Human Plasma and Pharmaceutical by Using Dichlorofluorescein as Chemiluminescence Reagent

Abstract

A post‐chemiluminescence (PCL) was observed when loperamide hydrochloride solution was injected into the reaction mixture after the finish of CL reaction of alkaline N‐Chlorosuccinimide (NCS) and dichlorofluorescein. Based on this phenomenon, a simple, sensitive and fast flow injection PCL method was established for the determination of loperamide hydrochloride. The possible mechanism for the PCL reaction was discussed via the investigation of the CL kinetic characteristics, the CL spectra, the fluorescence spectra. The PCL intensity responded linearly to the concentration of loperamide hydrochloride in the range 8.0×10^?10 to 6.0×10^?7 g · ml^?1 with a linear correlation of 0.9995. The detection limit was 4×10^?10 g · ml^?1. The relative standard deviation was 2.4% for 4.0×10^?8 g · ml^?1 loperamide hydrochloride (n=11). This method has been applied to the determination of loperamide hydrochloride in human plasma and pharmaceutical samples with satisfactory results.     

Sensitive Determination of 2‐Methoxyestradiol in Pharmaceutical Preparations and Biological Fluids by KMnO4‐Na2SO3 Chemiluminescence System

A simple and novel flow‐injection chemiluminescence (FI‐CL) method was established for the determination of 2‐Methoxyestradiol (2‐ME) in pharmaceutical preparations and biological fluids. The method was based on the significant enhancement of the CL from the KMnO₄‐Na₂SO₃ reaction by 2‐ME in acidic medium. Under optimized conditions, the CL intensity was correlated linearly with concentration of 2‐ME in the range of 5.0 × 10^?8‐5.0 × 10^?6 M (r = 0.9995). The detection limit (3σ) of 2‐ME was 7.5 × 10^?9 M and the relative standard deviation was 0.8% at 5.0 × 10^?7 M 2‐ME (n = 8). The proposed method was successfully applied for the flow‐injection CL determination of 2‐ME in pharmaceutical preparations and biological fluids with the recoveries from 92.4 to 106.8%. The possible CL reaction mechanism was also discussed briefly.     

Determination of Gallic Acid by Flow Injection Analysis Based on Luminol‐AgNO3‐Ag NPs Chemiluminescence System

A novel flow injection procedure has been developed for the determination of gallic acid based on the enhancement function for luminol‐AgNO₃‐Ag NPs chemiluminescence (CL) system by gallic acid. The enhancement mechanism was proposed for the reinforcing effect of the gallic acid on the CL system. The UV‐vis absorption spectrum and CL emission spectrum were applied to confirm the mechanism. The method is simple, rapid and sensitive with a detection limit of 5×10^?10 g·mL^?1 and a linear range of 8.0×10^?10–1.0×10^?7 g·mL^?1. The relative standard deviation (RSD) is 1.3% for eleven measurements of 5×10^?8 g·mL^?1 gallic acid. The method has been successfully applied to the determination of gallic acid in Chinese proprietary medicine–Jianmin Yanhou tablets and synthesized samples.     

Determination of arsenic(V) in freshwaters by flow injection with luminol chemiluminescence detection

A simple and rapid flow injection (FI) method is reported for the determination of arsenic(V) based on luminol chemiluminescence (CL) detection. The molybdoarsenic heteropoly acid formed by arsenic and ammonium molybdate in the presence of ammonium vanadate in acidic conditions generated chemiluminescence emission via the oxidation of luminol. The limit of detection was 0.15 μg L^?1, with a sample throughput 120 h^?1. A linear calibration graph was obtained over the range 0.15 to 7.5 μg L^?1 (r ² = 0.9989; n = 9) with relative standard deviation (n = 4) in the range 0.8 to 2.5%. Interfering cations were removed by passing the sample through an in-line iminodiacetate chelating column and phosphate (at 0.6 mg L^?1) was removed off-line by magnesium-induced coprecipitation (MAGIC) method. The method was applied to freshwater samples and the results obtained were in reasonable agreement with the results obtained using HGAAS as the reference method.     

Label‐Free,Non‐Derivatization CRET Detection Platform for 6‐Mercaptopurine Based on the Distance‐Dependent Optical Properties of Gold Nanoparticles

A label‐free, non‐derivatization chemiluminescence resonance energy transfer (CRET) detection platform has been developed for the detection of the non‐fluorescent small molecule 6‐mercaptopurine. This CRET process arose from a chemiluminescent (CL) donor–acceptor system in which the reaction of bis(2,4,6‐trichlorophenyl)oxalate (TCPO)–H₂O₂–fluorescein (maximum emission at 521.6 nm) served as the donor and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs, maximum absorption at 520.0 nm) served as the acceptor. This process caused a significant decrease in the CL signal of the TCPO–H₂O₂–fluorescein reaction. The presence of 6‐mercaptopurine induced an aggregation of AuNPs with the assistance of Cu²⁺ ions through cooperative metal–ligand interactions that was accompanied by a distinct change in color and optical properties. The maximum absorption band of the AuNPs was red‐shifted to 721.0 nm and no longer overlapped with the CL spectrum of the reaction; as a result, the CL signal was restored. This CRET system exhibited a wide linear range, from 9.0 nmol L^?1 to 18.0 μmol L^?1, and a low detection limit (0.62 nmol L^?1) for 6‐mercaptopurine. The applicability of the proposed CRET system was evaluated by analysis of 6‐mercaptopurine in spiked human plasma samples.     

Determination of Rifampicin by Peroxomonosulfate‐Cobalt(II) Chemiluminescence System

Rifampicin can enhance the chemiluminescence (CL) of peroxomonosulfate‐cobalt(II) system, and the CL intensity is strongly dependent on the rifampicin concentrations. Based on this phenomenon, a rapid and sensitive flow injection CL method was developed for the determination of rifampicin. The relative CL intensity was linear with the rifampicin concentration over the range of 5×10^?8 to 1×10^?6 g·mL^?1 (r=0.9991), the detection limit was 7×10^?9 g·mL^?1 (S/N=3), and the relative standard deviation was 2.7% for 6×10^?7 g·mL^?1 rifampicin (n=11). Furthermore, this method was successfully applied to the determination of rifampicin in real eye drop and capsules sample.     

Catalytic Kinetic Spectrophotometric Method for Determination of Phosphate Ion

The kinetic method for the determination of phosphate microamounts was described. The developed method is based on catalytic effect of phosphate on sodium pyrogallol-5-sulphonate （PS） by dissolved oxygen. The reaction was followed spectrophotometrically by measuring the rate of change in the values of the absorbance of the oxidation product at 437 nm. The optimum reaction conditions are PS （0.44×10^-3 mol·L^-1） and HClO4 （3.6×10^-6 mol·L^-1） at 25 ℃. Following this procedure, phosphate can be determined with a linear calibration graph up to 0.23 μg·mL^-1. The interference effect of several species was also investigated and it was found that the most common cations and anions did not interfere with the determination. The developed procedure was successfully applied to the determination of phosphate in natural waters and soil.     

Kinetic Studies on the Reaction of Sodium Hexacyanoferrate（ll） Complex with Peroxydisulfate Anion

The oxidation of Na₄Fe(CN)₆ complex by S₂O anion was found to follow an outer‐sphere electron transfer mechanism. We firstly carried out the reaction at pH=1. The specific rate constants of the reaction, k_ox, are (8.1±0.07)×10^?2 and (4.3±0.1)×10^?2 mol^?1·L·s^?1 at μ=1.0 mol·L^?1 NaClO₄, T=298 K for pH=1 (0.1 mol·L^?1 HCl0₄) and 8, respectively. The activation parameters, obtained by measuring the rate constants of oxidation 283–303 K, were ΔH^≠=(69.0±5.6) kJ·mol^?1, ΔS^≠=(?0.34±0.041)×10² J·mol^?1·K^?1 at pH=l and ΔH^≠=(41.3±5.5) kJ·mol^?1, ΔS^≠=(?1.27±0.33)×10² J·mol^?1·K^?1 at pH=8, respectively. The cyclic voltammetry of Fe(CN) shows that the oxidation is a one‐electron reversible redox process with E_1/2 values of 0.55 and 0.46 V vs. normal hydrogen electrode at μ=1.0 mol·L^?1 LiClO₄, for pH=1 and pH=8 (Tris). respectively. The kinetic results were discussed on the basis of Marcus theory.     

A flow-injection ultrafiltration sampling chemiluminescence system for on-line determination of drug–protein interaction

A flow-injection ultrafiltration sampling chemiluminescence system for on-line determination of cimetidine–bovine serum albumin (BSA) interaction is proposed in this paper. Cimetidine can be oxidized by N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) and sensitized by fluorescein to produce high chemiluminescence emission in basic media. The concentration of cimetidine is linear with the CL intensity in the range 3×10^–7–1×10^–4 mol L^–1 with a detection limit of 1×10^–7 mol L^–1 (3). The drug and protein were mixed in different molar ratios in 0.067 mol L^–1 phosphate buffer, pH 7.4, and incubated at 37 °C in a water bath. The ultrafiltration probe was utilized to sample the mixed solution at a flow rate of 5 µL min^–1. The data obtained by the proposed ultrafiltration flow-injection chemiluminescence method was analyzed with Scrathard analysis and a Klotz plot. The estimated association constant (K) and the number of the binding site (n) on one molecule of BSA by Scrathard analysis and Klotz plot were 3.15×10⁴ L mol^–1 and 0.95, 3.25×10⁴ L mol^–1 and 0.92, respectively. The proposed system proved that flow-injection chemiluminescence analysis coupled with on-line ultrafiltration sampling is a simple and reliable technique for the study of drug–protein interaction.     

Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of Tris(2,2′‐bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) Immobilized in Humic Acid‐Silica‐Poly(vinyl alcohol) Composite Films

In this paper, we report the first attempt to use humic acid (HA) as modifiers to prepare the organic‐inorganic hybrid modified glassy carbon electrodes based on HA‐silica‐PVA (poly(vinyl alcohol)) sol‐gel composite. Electroactive species of tris(2,2′‐bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) (Ru(bpy) ) can easily incorporate into the HA‐silica‐PVA films to form Ru(bpy) modified electrodes. The amount of Ru(bpy) incorporated in the composite films strongly depends on the amount of HA in the hybrid sol. Electrochemical and electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) of Ru(bpy) immobilized in HA‐silica composite films coated on a glassy carbon electrode have been studied with tripropylamine (TPA) as the coreactant. The analytical performance of this modified electrode was evaluated in a flow injection analysis (FIA) system with a homemade flow cell. The as‐prepared electrode showed good stability and high sensitivity. The detection limits (S/N=3) were 0.050 μmol L^?1 for TPA and 0.20 μmol L^?1 for oxalate, and the linear ranges were from 0.10 μmol L^?1 to 1.0 mmol L^?1 for TPA and from 1.0 μmol L^?1 to 1.0 mmol L^?1 for oxalate, respectively. The resulting electrodes were stable over two months.     

N-bromosuccinimide-fluorescein system for the determination of protein by flow injection chemiluminescence

A method for flow injection with chemiluminescence (CL) detection has been developed for the determination of proteins. It is based on the luminescence of the N-bromosuccinimide-fluorescein-protein system, where fluorescein is used as an energy transfer reagent in alkaline medium. The CL of the system is strongly enhanced by hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide. Optimum conditions and possible mechanisms have been investigated. Under optimum experimental conditions, the linear range is from 0.4 to 40 µg·mL^?1 for egg albumin, 0.2 to 20 µg·mL^?1 for bovine serum albumin, and from 1 to 100 µg·mL^?1 for bovine hemoglobin. The detection limits are 37, 62, and 240 ng·mL^?1, respectively.