Ion-pair mediated transport of small model peptides in liquid phase micro extraction under acidic conditions

This paper discusses the behaviour of five small model peptides in a three phase (aqueous donor-organic-aqueous acceptor) liquid phase micro extraction system in relation to their physico-chemical properties (charge, hydrophobicity). It is proved that for all peptides transport over the organic phase is mediated by aliphatic sulphonic acids. Heptane-1-sulphonic acid gave the best overall recoveries. It appeared that peptides with hydrophobic properties (IPI) and a high number of positive charges (KYK) show good recoveries and are enriched in the acceptor phase. Variation in the pH (1.6-4.4) of the donor phase shows that there are peptide-dependent optimal pH-values for their recovery. Increasing pH in the acceptor phase shows that in most cases the recovery decreases due to decreased ion-pair mediated membrane transport. For KYK the partition between the organic phase and the aqueous acceptor-phase is also driven by the solubility in the aqueous acceptor phase. Increase of the ion strength of the acceptor phase did not affect the recovery of the peptides. Except for KYK, which showed decreased recovery when the ion strength increased. Another finding is that delocalisation of positive charge causes bad recovery, probably due to incomplete ion-pair-peptide complex formation.     

液相微萃取/后萃取-高效液相色谱法测定氧化苦参碱和苦参碱

建立了液相微萃取/后萃取-高效液相色谱法测定中药苦参、复方苦参注射液中氧化苦参碱和苦参碱含量的方法。利用自制的微萃取装置,选择异丙醇为萃取有机溶剂,2.00 mL NaOH(pH9)为供相,HCl(pH4)为接受相,聚丙烯腈纤维的长度为10 cm,搅拌速度为1500 r/min,萃取时间为30 min。萃取完成后,经高效液相色谱仪分析,测得氧化苦参碱和苦参碱线性范围分别为11~437 mg/L和10~433 mg/L;检出限均为1.0mg/L;相对标准偏差分别小于9.4%和6.7%。复方苦参注射液中氧化苦参碱和苦参碱的平均回收率分别为83.0%~116.1%和108.8%~117.8%;苦参药材中氧化苦参碱的平均回收率为104.3%~114.7%。本方法有机溶剂用量少,可有效去除复杂机体的干扰,测得结果满意。     

液-液-液三相液相微萃取-高效液相色谱法检测尿样中的安非他明和氯胺酮

建立了液-液-液三相液相微萃取与高效液相色谱联用技术测定尿样中的安非他明和氯胺酮的方法。考察了萃取溶剂、料液相pH值、搅拌速度、萃取时间和接受相HCl浓度等因素对富集因子的影响,得到了萃取溶剂为300 μL甲苯,料液相pH值为11,接受相为1.0 μL 0.1 mol/L HCl,搅拌速度为600 r/min,萃取时间为50 min的最佳实验条件。在该条件下,获得了较高的富集因子;方法的线性范围为安非他明0.01～10 μg/mL,氯胺酮0.01～5 μg/mL,相对标准偏差均小于2%,检测限均为5 ng/mL (S/N=3)。建立的三相液相微萃取方法能有效地去除复杂基体的干扰,有机溶剂消耗少,萃取效率高,是一种有效、灵敏的样品前处理方法,适合于尿样中安非他明和氯胺酮的测定。     

中空纤维膜液相微萃取-高效液相色谱联用技术测定尿液中痕量己烯雌酚

采用中空纤维液相微萃取与高效液相色谱联用技术测定了尿液样品中的痕量己烯雌酚;考察了样品相酸度、中间相种类、接收相浓度、搅拌速度、萃取时间等对液-液-液三相微萃取效率的影响,进而确定了最佳萃取条件.结果表明,当样品相pH为2.5,中间相为甲苯,接收相为3μL 0.25mol/L氢氧化钠溶液,搅拌速度为800r/min,萃取时间为50min时,萃取效率最佳.在最佳萃取条件下,样品的回收率为76.4%,相对标准偏差为3.8%.     

Quantification of controlled release leuprolide and triptorelin in rabbit plasma using electromembrane extraction coupled with HPLC–UV

An electromembrane extraction followed by HPLC–UV technique was developed and validated for quantification of leuprolide and triptorelin in rabbit plasma. The influencing parameters on the extraction efficiency were optimized using experimental design methodology. The optimized conditions were found to be; supported liquid membrane: a mixture of 1‐octanol and 2‐ethyl hexanol (1:1) containing 10% v/v di(2‐ethylhexyl) phosphate, applied voltage: 5 V, extraction time: 5 min, pH of the donor phase: 4.5 and pH of the acceptor phase: 1.0. The optimized method was validated for linearity, intraday and interday precision, and accuracy in rabbit plasma. The range of quantification for both peptides was 0.5–1000 ng/mL with regression coefficients higher than 0.994. Relative recoveries of leuprolide and triptorelin were found to be 80.3 and 75.5%, respectively. Limits of quantification and detection for both peptides were found to be 0.5 and 0.15 ng/mL, respectively. The validated method was successfully applied to pharmacokinetic study of the 1‐month depot formulations of each peptide after subcutaneous administration to rabbits.     

液相微萃取/后萃取技术在中药苯丙酸类化合物分析中的应用

初步阐明了液相微萃取/后萃取(LPME/BE)在苯丙酸类化合物中的萃取机理;建立了浓缩倍数与模型化合物分配系数及理化参数之间的关系.利用自制的液相微萃取装置,优化了LPME/BE条件:以聚偏氟乙烯纤维(MOF503)为溶剂载体,正庚醇为萃取剂,pH 3.0的HCl分析物水溶液为供相,pH 11.7的NaOH为接受相,搅拌速度为1800 r/min,萃取时间为60 min.萃取完成后经HPLC分析.模型化合物浓缩倍数EF与其正庚醇/水表观油水分配系数logP有良好线性,R2=0.9653.测得该方法的RSD内＜6.3%,RSD间＜6.6%;检出限为咖啡酸0.025 μg/L;阿魏酸0.250 μg/L;对羟基桂皮酸0.004 μg/L;对甲氧基桂皮酸0.100 μg/L;桂皮酸0.050 μg/L.双黄连口服液中咖啡酸平均回收率为100.3%;浓缩当归丸中阿魏酸平均回收率为99.2%;桂枝茯苓丸中桂皮酸平均回收率为99.4%.本法操作简便、快速、环境友好,能有效去除中药样品中复杂机体的干扰.     

Hollow fiber supported ionic liquid membrane microextraction for determination of sulfonamides in environmental water samples by high-performance liquid chromatography

By using ionic liquid as membrane liquid and tri-n-octylphosphine oxide (TOPO) as additive, hollow fiber supported liquid phase microextraction (HF-LPME) was developed for the determination of five sulfonamides in environmental water samples by high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection The extraction solvent and the parameters affecting the extraction enrichment factor such as the type and amount of carrier, pH and volume ratio of donor phase and acceptor phase, extraction time, salt-out effect and matrix effect were optimized. Under the optimal extraction conditions (organic liquid membrane phase: [C₈MIM][PF₆] with 14% TOPO (w/v); donor phase: 4 mL, pH 4.5 KH₂PO₄ with 2 M Na₂SO₄; acceptor phase: 25 μL, pH 13 NaOH; extraction time: 8 h), low detection limits (0.1–0.4 μg/L, RSD ≤ 5%) and good linear range (1–2000 ng/mL, R² ≥ 0.999) were obtained for all the analytes. The presence of humic acid (0–25 mg/L dissolved organic carbon) and bovine serum albumin (0–100 μg/mL) had no significant effect on the extraction efficiency. Good spike recoveries over the range of 82.2–103.2% were obtained when applying the proposed method on five real environmental water samples. These results indicated that this present method was very sensitive and reliable with good repeatabilities and excellent clean-up in water samples. The proposed method confirmed hollow fiber supported ionic liquid membrane based LPME to be robust to monitoring trace levels of sulfadiazine, sulfamerazine, sulfamethazine, sulfadimethoxine and sulfamethoxazole in aqueous samples.     

Tandem air-agitated liquid–liquid microextraction as an efficient method for determination of acidic drugs in complicated matrices

A rapid and simple microextraction method with a high sample clean-up, termed as tandem air-agitated liquid–liquid microextraction (TAALLME), is described. This method is based upon the tandem implementation of the air-agitated liquid–liquid microextraction (AALLME), and this approach improves the applicability of the dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (DLLME) methods in complicated matrices. With very simple tools, the three non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs diclofenac, ibuprofen, and mefenamic acid were efficiently extracted, with an overall extraction time of 7 min. By performing the first AALLME, these acidic analytes, contained in an aqueous sample solution (donor phase, 8.0 mL), were extracted into the organic solvent (1,2-dichloroethane, 37 μL), and their simple back-extraction into the aqueous acceptor solution (pH, 10.01, 51 μL) was obtained in 2 min by a second implementation of AALLME. Response surface methodology (RSM) was used for optimization of the experimental parameters. The pH values 2.94 and 10.01 were obtained for the donor and acceptor phases, respectively, and the volumes 99.5 and 51 μL were obtained for the organic solvent and the acceptor phase, respectively, as the optimal extraction conditions. Under the optimized conditions, tandem AALLME-HPLC-UV provided a good linearity in the range of 0.5–4000 ng mL⁻¹, limits of detection (0.1–0.3 ng mL⁻¹), extraction repeatabilities (relative standard deviations (RSDs) below 7.7%, n = 5), and the enrichment factors (EFs) of 80–104. Finally, the applicability of the proposed method was evaluated by the extraction and determination of the drugs under study in the wastewater and human plasma samples.     

中空纤维三相液相微萃取-高效液相色谱法测定水中的4种酚类化合物

建立了中空纤维液-液-液三相微萃取-高效液相色谱法测定水中4种酚类化合物的方法.实验系统地优化了影响萃取效率的因素(包括有机溶剂种类、接收相浓度、分散相pH值、加盐量、转速及萃取时间).得到的最佳萃取条件为:萃取剂为正辛醇,接收相NaOH溶液的浓度为0.09 mol/L,分散相的pH为4,萃取时间为40 min,搅拌速...     

Determination of estrogens in wastewater using three-phase hollow fiber-mediated liquid-phase microextraction followed by HPLC

Three-phase hollow fiber-mediated liquid-phase microextraction followed by HPLC was used for the determination of three synthetic estrogens, namely diethylstilbestrol, dienestrol, and hexestrol, in wastewater. Extraction conditions including organic solvent, volume ratio between donor solution and acceptor phase, extraction time, stirring rate, donor phase and acceptor phase were optimized. The target compounds were extracted from a 10 mL aqueous sample at pH 1.5 (donor solution) through a 45 mm in length hollow polypropylene fiber that was immersed in 1-octanol in advance, and then the hollow fiber was filled with 10 microL 0.5 mol/L sodium hydroxide solution (acceptor phase). After a 40 min extraction, the acceptor phase was directly injected into an HPLC system for detection. Under the optimized extraction conditions, a large enrichment factor (more than 300-fold) was achieved for the three estrogens. The determination limit at an S/N of 3 ranged from 0.25 to 0.5 microg/L for the estrogens. The recovery ratio was more than 86% in the determination of these estrogens in wastewater.     

A three phase hollow fiber liquid‐phase microextraction for quantification of lamotrigine in plasma of epileptic patients by capillary electrophoresis

A three phase hollow fiber liquid‐phase microextraction technique combined with capillary electrophoresis was developed to quantify lamotrigine (LTG) in plasma samples. The analyte was extracted from 4.0 mL of a basic donor phase (composed of 0.5 mL of plasma and 3.5 mL of sodium phosphate solution pH 9.0) through a supported liquid membrane composed of 1‐octanol immobilized in the pores of the hollow fiber, and to an acidic acceptor phase (hydrochloric acid solution pH 4.0) placed in the lumen of the fiber. The extraction was carried out for 30 min at 500 rpm. The eletrophoretic analysis was carried out in 130 mmol/L MES buffer, pH 5.0 with a constant voltage of +15 kV and 20°C. Sample injections were performed for 10 s, at a pressure of 0.5 psi. The detection was performed at 214 nm for both LTG and the internal standard lidocaine. Under the optimized conditions, the method showed a limit of quantification of 1.0 μg/mL and was linear over the plasmatic concentration range of 1.0–20.0 μg/mL. Finally, the validated method was applied for the quantification of LTG in plasma samples of epileptic patients.     

三相中空纤维式液相微萃取用于快速富集血浆中的尼古丁

建立了一种以三相中空纤维式液相微萃取(TP-HF-LPME)进行样品前处理,采用高效液相色谱快速、准确测定血浆中尼古丁含量的方法。研究表明该方法集萃取、富集、净化为一步,极大地简化了传统血浆成分测定的前处理过程,是一种快速、有效、绿色的前处理方法。方法的线性范围为0.1～50 mg/L,相关系数(r2)为0.9996,检测限为0.05 mg/L (信噪比为3),相对标准偏差小于5%。     

浸入式三相液相微萃取-高效液相色谱法对饮料中7种有机酸的同时测定

建立了一种利用三相液相微萃取(LPME)技术进行样品前处理、高效液相色谱(HPLC)法同时测定饮料中酒石酸、甲酸、乙酸、乳酸、琥珀酸、苹果酸和柠檬酸7种低相对分子质量有机酸的分析方法.考察了萃取溶剂、搅拌速率、盐效应、萃取时间、接收相和给出相pH值等因素对萃取效率的影响.优化后的实验条件:磷酸三丁酯(TBP)为萃取剂,萃取速率为1 000 r/min,萃取时间为35 min,给出相pH为2.5,接收相pH为12.0.该方法在较宽线性范围内显示了良好的线性关系(r＞0.993 6),检出限(S/N=3)为10.4 ～54.2 μg/L,相对标准偏差小于4.8%.7种有机酸的富集倍数为13.3 ～51.4,样品的加标回收率为85% ～103%.该方法操作简单、快速,只需使用极少量的有机溶剂,具有绿色环保的特点,可用于果汁饮料、红茶饮料及基质特别复杂的牛奶饮料中低分子量有机酸的测定,为分析复杂基质样品提供了有益的参考.     

Liquid-phase microextraction of basic drugs--selection of extraction mode based on computer calculated solubility data

The extractability of 58 different basic drugs by 3-phase liquid-phase microextraction (LPME) was studied. Extraction recoveries were correlated to solubility data and log D data calculated with a commercial computer program. The basic drugs were extracted from 1.5 mL water samples (pH 13) through approximately 15 microL of dodecyl acetate immobilized within the pores of a porous polypropylene hollow fibre (organic phase), and into 15 microL of 10 mM HCl (acceptor solution) present inside the lumen of the hollow fibre. Compounds with a calculated solubility below 1 mg/mL at pH 2 were poorly recovered and remained principally in the organic phase. For these drugs, 2-phase LPME may be used as an alternative technique, where the aqueous acceptor phase is replaced by an organic solvent. In the solubility range 1-5 mg/mL, most drugs were effectively extracted (recovery >30%), whereas drugs belonging to the solubility range 5-150 mg/mL were all extracted with recoveries above 30% by 3-phase LPME. The hydrophilic nature of most drugs with solubilities above 150 mg/mL prevented them from entering the organic phase, and only those with log D >1.8 were effectively recovered by 3-phase LPME. For drugs with log D < 1.8 (and solubility >150 mg/mL), carrier-mediated LPME was found to be the preferred technique, where an ion-pair reagent (octanoic acid) was added to the sample. In the case of carrier-mediated LPME, the volume of sample was decreased to 100 microL to facilitate rapid extractions. Based on the present work, the extractability of new compounds may easily be predicted to speed up method development. Extractions were also accomplished from plasma samples, where interactions between proteins and the drugs may reduce the extraction recovery. However, dilution of the plasma samples with water and adjustment of pH into the alkaline region effectively suppressed drug-protein interactions for most of the drugs studied.     

Electrically assisted liquid-phase microextraction for determination of β2-receptor agonist drugs in wastewater

Electromembrane extraction followed by high‐performance liquid chromatography coupled with ultraviolet detection was validated for the determination and quantification of salbutamol (SB) and terbutaline in aqueous samples. A 200‐V electrical field was applied to extract the analytes from 2.5 mL sample solution with pH 3.0, through an organic phase which consisted of 80% 2‐nitrophenyl octyl ether, 10% di‐(2‐ethylhexyl) phosphate and 10% tris‐(2‐ethylhexyl)phosphate as supported liquid membrane into an acidic acceptor solution with pH 1.0, located inside the lumen of a hollow fiber. To achieve the best extraction conditions, the organic membrane composition was optimized separately and other parameters, such as extraction time, applied voltage and pH in sample solution and acceptor phase were studied using experimental design. Under optimal conditions, extraction recoveries of 53 and 43% were obtained for SB and terbutaline, respectively, which corresponded to preconcentration factors of 89 for SB and 72 for terbutaline. The method offers acceptable linearity with correlation coefficient higher than 0.9947 and relative standard deviation less than 4.7%. Finally, it was applied for analysis of drugs in wastewater samples.     

Capillary electrophoretic chiral determination of mirtazapine and its main metabolites in human urine after enzymatic hydrolysis

Capillary electrophoresis and liquid-phase microextraction using porous polypropylene hollow fibers were employed for the enantioselective analyses of mirtazapine and its metabolites demethylmirtazapine and 8-hydroxymirtazapine in human urine. Before the extraction, urine samples (1.0 mL) were submitted to enzymatic hydrolysis at 37 degrees C for 16 h. Then, the enzyme was precipitated with trichloroacetic acid, the pH was adjusted to 8 with 0.5 mol/L phosphate buffer solution (pH 11) and 15% sodium chloride was further added. The analytes were transferred from the aqueous donor phase, through n-hexyl ether (organic solvent immobilized in the fiber), into 0.01 moL/L acetic acid solution (acceptor phase). The electrophoretic analyses were carried out in 50 mmol/L phosphate buffer solution (pH 2.5) containing 0.55% w/v carboxymethyl-beta-cyclodextrin. The method was linear over the concentration range of 62.5-2500 ng/mL for each mirtazapine and 8-hydroxymirtazapine enantiomer and 62.5-1250 ng/mL for each demethylmirtazapine enantiomer. The quantification limit was 62.5 ng/mL for all the enantiomers. Within-day and between-day assay precision and accuracy were lower than 15% for all the enantiomers. Finally, the method proved to be suitable for pharmacokinetic studies.     

On‐line extraction and determination of two herbicides: Comparison between two modes of three‐phase hollow fiber microextraction

Two different modes of three‐phase hollow fiber liquid‐phase microextraction were studied for the extraction of two herbicides, bensulfuron‐methyl and linuron. In these two modes, the acceptor phases in the lumen of the hollow fiber were aqueous and organic solvents. The extraction and determination were performed using an automated hollow fiber microextraction instrument followed by high‐performance liquid chromatography. For both three‐phase hollow fiber liquid‐phase microextraction modes, the effect of the main parameters on the extraction efficiency were investigated and optimized by central composite design. Under optimal conditions, both modes showed good linearity and repeatability, but the three‐phase hollow fiber liquid‐phase microextraction based on two immiscible organic solvents has a better extraction efficiency and figures of merit. The calibration curves for three‐phase hollow fiber liquid‐phase microextraction with an organic acceptor phase were linear in the range of 0.3–200 and 0.1–150 μg/L and the limits of detection were 0.1 and 0.06 μg/L for bensulfuron‐methyl and linuron, respectively. For the conventional three‐phase hollow fiber liquid‐phase microextraction, the calibration curves were linear in the range of 3.0–250 and 15–400 μg/L and LODs were 1.0 and 5.0 μg/L for bensulfuron‐methyl and linuron, respectively. The real sample analysis was carried out by three‐phase hollow fiber liquid phase microextraction based on two immiscible organic solvents because of its more favorable characteristics.     

An effective microfluidic based liquid-phase microextraction device (μLPME) for extraction of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs from biological and environmental samples

In this work, the traditional liquid phase microextraction (LPME) has been miniaturized into a microfluidic device (μLPME) where liquid phase microextraction is combined with an HPLC procedure. This integration enables extraction and determination of acid drugs by μLPME and HPLC, respectively. The analytes selected for the test are five widely used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs): salicylic acid (SAC), ketoprofen (KTP), naproxen (NAX), diclofenac (DIC) and ibuprofen (IBU). They have successfully been detected in biological (urine and saliva) and environmental (lake and river water) samples with excellent clean up, high extraction efficiency and good enrichment factor under stopped-flow conditions. The μLPME consists of two small channels (acceptor and donor channel) separated by a support liquid membrane and has been implemented to allow a simple membrane replacement an arbitrary number of times. The sample (pH 12) and acceptor phase (pH 1.5) are delivered to the μLPME at 1 μL min⁻¹ flow rate and the extraction is completed after 6 min. Under these conditions, the recoveries obtained in urine samples are over 87% for all compounds. For environmental water analysis, different types of water samples have been analyzed obtaining recoveries over 75% for all compounds. The sample consumption is dramatically decreased (<7 μL) as compared to traditional LPME. This confirms the advantages of the here proposed μLPME when using small volume/high cost samples. Finally, when the acceptor flow is turned off during the extraction time, high enrichment factor significantly increases with the extraction time for all compounds. As an example, the IBU is enriched by a factor of 75 after 25 min extraction consuming only 500 μL of sample.     

Hollow fiber‐based liquid membrane microextraction combined with high‐performance liquid chromatography for extraction and determination of trimetazidine in human plasma

A hollow fiber‐based liquid phase microextraction strategy combined with high‐performance liquid chromatography was evaluated for the quantitative determination of trimetazidine in human plasma. Trimetazidine was extracted from a 2.1 mL basified plasma sample (donor phase) into the organic solvent (n‐octanol) impregnated in the pores of a hollow fiber and then extracted into an acidic solution (acceptor phase) inside the lumen of the hollow fiber. The result showed that transport of drugs from alkaline sample solution into 0.5 m HCl occurred efficiently when 25 μL of 250 mm sodium 1‐octanesulfonate was added into the donor phase. Several parameters influencing the efficiency of the method, such as the nature of organic solvent used to impregnate the membrane, compositions of donor phase and acceptor phase, type and concentration of carrier, extraction time, stirring rate and salt concentration, were investigated and optimized. Under the optimal conditions, the calibration curves were obtained in the range of 5–200 ng/mL with reasonable linearity (r > 0.9980). The method was successfully applied to determine the concentration of trimetazidine in human plasma. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Liquid-liquid-liquid microextraction with automated movement of the acceptor and the donor phase for the extraction of phenoxyacetic acids prior to liquid chromatography detection

A simple liquid-liquid-liquid microextraction with automated movement of the acceptor and the donor phase (LLLME/AMADP) technique is described for the quantitative determination of five phenoxyacetic acids in water using a disposable and ready to use hollow fiber. The target compounds were extracted from the acidified sample solution (donor phase) into the organic solvent residing in the pores of the hollow fiber and then back extracted into the alkaline solution (acceptor phase) inside the lumen of the hollow fiber. The fiber was held by a conventional 10-microl syringe. The acceptor phase was sandwiched between the plunger and a small volume of the organic solvent (microcap). The acceptor solution was repeatedly moved in and out of the hollow fiber assisted by a programmable syringe pump. This repeated movement provides a fresh acceptor phase to come in-contact with the organic phase and thus enhancing extraction kinetics leading to high enrichment of the analytes. The microcap separates the aqueous acceptor phase and the donor phase in addition of being partially responsible for mass transfer of the analytes from donor solution (moving in and out of the hollow fiber from the open end of the fiber) to the acceptor solution. Separation and quantitative analyses were then performed using liquid chromatography (LC) with ultraviolet (UV) detection at 280 nm. Various parameters affecting the extraction efficiency viz. type of organic solvent used for immobilization in the pores of the hollow fiber, extraction time, stirring speed, effect of sodium chloride, and concentration of donor and acceptor phases were studied. Repeatability (RSD, 3.2-7.4%), correlation coefficient (0.996-0.999), detection limit (0.2-2.8 ng ml(-1)) and enrichment factors (129-240) were also investigated. Relative recovery (87-101%) and absolute recoveries (4.6-13%) have also been calculated. The developed method was applied for the analysis of river water.