The goal of the study was to investigate separation mechanism of selected “essential” amino acids (leucine, isoleucine, threonine, tryptophan, proline, and glycine) and vitamin B6 in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) with the evaporative light scattering detection. Chromatographic measurements were made on three different HILIC columns: amide-silica (TSK-gel Amide-80), amino-silica (TSK-gel NH2-100), and cross-linked diol (Luna HILIC). The retention behaviour of the analytes was investigated as a function of different binary hydro-organic mobile phases containing 10–90 % (v/v) acetonitrile. The compounds studied were separated under isocratic and gradient conditions. The best results of tested biologically active compounds separation were obtained on the TSK-gel NH2-100 column. TSK-gel NH2 column showed mixed HILIC–ion-exchange mechanism, the highest separation efficiency and better selectivity and resolution for tested analytes than the other studied column, especially at concentration of water in mobile phase lower than 30 % (v/v). Special attention was dedicated to the study of interactions among the stationary phase, mobile phase and the analytes.
相似文献A heart-cut two-dimensional high-performance liquid chromatography method for enantiomeric determination of salbutamol, salmeterol and atenolol in urine is presented. It involves the use of two separations in a liquid chromatography–liquid chromatography achiral–chiral coupling. Target compounds were previously separated in a primary column (Kinetex™ HILIC, 2.6 μm, 150 × 2.1 mm I.D.) with a mixture of MeOH:ACN:ammonium acetate buffer (5 mM, pH 6) 90:5:5 (v/v/v) as mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.40 mL min−1. Enantiomeric separation was carried out by transferring peak of each compound through a switching valve to a vancomycin chiral column (Chirobiotic™ V, 2.6 μm, 150 × 2.1 mm I.D.) using MeOH:ammonium acetate buffer (2 mM, pH 4) 97:3 (v/v) as mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.50 mL min−1. Ultraviolet detection was done at 227 nm. The method was applied to determine target analytes in urine samples after enzymatic hydrolysis with β-glucuronidase from Helix pomatia, followed by a solid-phase extraction procedure using Isolute® HCX mixed-mode cartridges. Extraction recoveries ranged from 82 to 90 % in urine samples. Detection limits were 0.091–0.095 μg for each enantiomer of atenolol and between 0.058 and 0.076 and 0.18–0.14 μg for enantiomers of salbutamol and salmeterol, respectively (3 mL of urine). Linearity ranges were between 0.5 and 10 μg mL−1. Intraday and interday reproducibilities of enantiomeric ratio and enantiomeric fraction, expressed as relative standard deviation, were between 1.9 and 9.0 %. The optimized method was successfully applied to the analysis of urine samples obtained from excretion studies in volunteers and in freeze-dried urine samples, containing urinary components with MW < 10,000 and components with MW > 10,000, spiked with different amounts of studied drugs.
相似文献A method based on capillary electrophoresis with amperometric detection has been developed for the determination of trans-resveratrol, scirpusin A, scirpusin B, and p-hydroxycinnamic acid in the rhizomes of Scirpus yagara Ohwi. The effects of the acidity and the concentration of the running buffer, separation voltage, injection time, and detection potential were investigated to acquire the optimum conditions. The detection electrode was a 300 μm diameter carbon disc electrode at a detection potential of +0.90 V. The four analytes could be well separated within 12 min in a 40 cm length fused silica capillary at a separation voltage of 12 kV in a 50 mM borate buffer (pH 9.2). The relation between peak current and analyte concentration was linear over about three orders of magnitude with detection limits (S/N = 3) ranging from 32.2 to 63.4 μg L−1 for the four analytes.
相似文献Lowered plasma concentrations of the endogenous amino acid l-homoarginine have been recently identified as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in patients referred for coronary angiography in the LURIC study. To support further investigations into this matter, we describe here a fast and easy LC–MS–MS method for the detection of l-homoarginine in human plasma. The sample preparation consisted only of the addition of the stable isotope-labeled internal standard d 4-l-homoarginine and protein precipitation. The analytes were separated isocratically on an HILIC silica column. Detection took place by tandem mass spectrometry. The calibration function was linear in the range of 0.1–10 μmol L−1. The intra-day precision was better than 2 % RSD and the inter-day precision better than 4 % RSD in plasma. The accuracy was always better than 5 % deviation. The method was matrix independent owing to the usage of the analogous stable isotope-labeled internal standard.
相似文献A new LC method has been developed and validated for the direct determination of bupropion and its main metabolite, hydroxybupropion in human plasma. Plasma samples were analyzed after a simple, one step protein precipitation with trichloroacetic acid using a C8 column and mobile phase, consisting of methanol/acetonitrile/phosphate buffer (10 mM, pH 3.0) (40:10:50, v/v/v) and 20 mM 1-heptane sulfonic acid sodium salt with carbamazepine as the internal standard. UV detection was performed at 214 and 254 nm. The method was validated over the concentration range of 60–2,400 and 150–4,700 ng mL−1 for bupropion and hydroxybupropion, respectively. The intra- and inter-day assay variability was less than 15% for the two analytes. Limit of detection values were 24.8 and 63.4 ng mL−1 for bupropion and hydroxybupropion, respectively. The method developed was applied to quantification of bupropion and hydroxybupropion in human plasma.
相似文献A specific and sensitive liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry method was developed for the determination of zolmitriptan and N-desmethylzolmitriptan in human plasma. The analytes and the internal standard (IS) paroxetine were extracted by liquid–liquid extraction with a mixture of saturated ethyl acetate:dichloromethane (4:1) and were separated using an isocratic mobile phase on a XTerra RP18 column. The mobile phase used was acetonitrile: 5 mM ammonium acetate: formic acid (50:50:0.053, v/v/v). Zolmitriptan and N-desmethylzolmitriptan in a range of 0.25–20 ng mL−1 were easily quantified. The validated method can be applied to pharmacokinetic and bioequivalence studies.
相似文献A method based on capillary electrophoresis with amperometric detection (CE–AD) was developed for the determination of amifostine (a cytoprotective agent, WR2721) and 2-(3-aminopropylamino)ethanethiol) (WR1065, the active metabolite of WR2721) in rat plasma. The contents of WR1065 and amifostine were determined by measuring WR1065 in deproteinized rat plasma using CE–AD before and after it was incubated at 37 °C for 4 h in acidic solution, respectively. During the incubation, amifostine was quantitatively converted to WR1065. In addition, cysteine and uric acid in rat plasma were also determined simultaneously. The detection electrode was a 500 μm diameter platinum disc electrode at a detection potential of +1.0 V (vs. saturated calomel electrode). The analytes can be well separated within 9 min in a 50-cm-long fused-silica capillary at a separation voltage of 18 kV in a 100 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.5). The relation between peak current and analyte concentration was linear over about 3 orders of magnitude with the limits of quantification (S/N = 3) ranging from 0.60 to 1.40 μM. The method has been validated. Satisfactory within-day and between-day precisions were obtained with relative standard deviations of ≤4.9 and ≤5.1 % for WR1065 and ≤5.0 and ≤5.3 % for amifostine, respectively. The within-day and between-day accuracy was in the range of 98.6–102.3 % and 95.7–97.2 % for WR1065 and 97.5–98.6 and 95.3–97.1 % for amifostine, respectively.
相似文献A sensitive and specific LC–MS-MS method is described for the simultaneous quantification of risperidone and 9-hydroxyrisperidone in human plasma. After extraction with tert-butyl methyl ether, plasma samples were separated on an Atlantis HILIC Silica C18 column (4.6 × 150 mm, 5 μm)with a mobile phase of ammonium formate buffer (10 mM, pH 4.0)/acetonitrile (40/60, v/v). Detection was by MS-MS. The method was fully validated according to the accuracy profile theory. It is based on β-expectation tolerance interval for the total measurement error which includes trueness and intermediate precision. The measurement uncertainty derived from β-expectation tolerance interval was estimated at each of the validation standards. The linearity fitted well over the range of 0.11–26.75 ng mL−1 for risperidone with an LLOQ of 0.11 ng mL−1, and for 9-hydroxyrisperidone, at a range of 0.15–37.8 ng mL−1 with an LLOQ of 0.15 ng mL−1. The intra- and inter-batch precision of risperidone were <5.71 and 8.22%, respectively. For 9-hydroxyrisperidone, the data were 5.78 and 6.48%. The recoveries were 88.78% (risperidone) and 70.35% (9-hydroxyrisperidone). The developed method was applied to a pharmacokinetic study of risperidone.
相似文献Rapid, inexpensive, and efficient sample-preparation by dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (DLLME) then gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC–FID) have been used for extraction and analysis of BTEX compounds (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes) in water samples. In this extraction method, a mixture of 25.0 μL carbon disulfide (extraction solvent) and 1.00 mL acetonitrile (disperser solvent) is rapidly injected, by means of a syringe, into a 5.00-mL water sample in a conical test tube. A cloudy solution is formed by dispersion of fine droplets of carbon disulfide in the sample solution. During subsequent centrifugation (5,000 rpm for 2.0 min) the fine droplets of carbon disulfide settle at the bottom of the tube. The effect of several conditions (type and volume of disperser solvent, type of extraction solvent, extraction time, etc.) on the performance of the sample-preparation step was carefully evaluated. Under the optimum conditions the enrichment factors and extraction recoveries were high, and ranged from 122–311 to 24.5–66.7%, respectively. A good linear range (0.2–100 μg L−1, i.e., three orders of magnitude; r 2 = 0.9991–0.9999) and good limits of detection (0.1–0.2 μg L−1) were obtained for most of the analytes. Relative standard deviations (RSD, %) for analysis of 5.0 μg L−1 BTEX compounds in water were in the range 0.9–6.4% (n = 5). Relative recovery from well and wastewater at spiked levels of 5.0 μg L−1 was 89–101% and 76–98%, respectively. Finally, the method was successfully used for preconcentration and analysis of BTEX compounds in different real water samples.
相似文献Two simple and fast C18 and HILIC liquid chromatography–electrospray mass spectrometry methods for the determination of hyaluronic acid (HA) in a mucoadhesive chitosan-based formulation were developed and validated. The performances of both methods were compared in terms of validation parameters and matrix effect. A simple sample preparation method based on sulphuric acid-based degradation was optimized for the detection of HA fragments (i.e. m/z 380 2-mer, m/z 759 4-mer, m/z 1,138 8-mer and m/z 1,518 16-mer). By operating under selected ion-monitoring mode, excellent selectivity towards chitosan fragments was obtained. For validation, good linearity, detection limits (<4 μg mL−1) and precision (RSD % < 16 %) were generally obtained on matrix with both columns. However, HILIC column exhibited improved performances in terms of HA fragment separation and selectivity. By analyzing on the C18 column the chitosan-based formulation and sample extracts from pig mucosa treated with the formulation, matrix effects exhibited a dependence of signal suppression degree (ranging from 37 to 83 %) as a function of the HA fragment dimension. The HILIC column afforded instead a significantly reduced suppression degree (ranging from 1 to 16 %) and a better separation. These findings demonstrated the improved performances of the HILIC column with respect to conventional C18 mechanism for the analysis of HA fragments in complex matrices.
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