Rapid method for simultaneous determination of ascorbic acid and zinc in effervescent tablets by capillary zone electrophoresis with contactless conductivity detection

Ascorbic acid and zinc are essential nutrients that play important roles in nutrition, immune support, and maintenance of health. For this reason, both compounds are widely used as ingredients in dietary supplements. We report, for the first time, an analytical method for fast simultaneous determination of ascorbic acid and zinc. A single analysis run is possible every 80 s (45 injections/h). The method is based on capillary electrophoresis with capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection using a fused silica capillary with 50 cm length (effective length of 10 cm). The separation was achieved by using a background electrolyte composed by 30 mmol/L of 2‐(morpholin‐4‐yl)ethane‐1‐sulfonic acid and 30 mmol/L of histidine, pH 6.1. The detection limits were 10 and 20 μmol/L and recovery values for spiked samples were 101 and 100% for zinc and ascorbic acid, respectively. The results obtained with the developed procedure were compared to those obtained by titration (ascorbic acid) and flame atomic absorption spectroscopy (zinc), and no statistically significant differences were observed (95% confidence level).     

Fast determination of codeine,orphenadrine, promethazine,scopolamine, tramadol,and paracetamol in pharmaceutical formulations by capillary electrophoresis

Paracetamol is an active ingredient commonly found in pharmaceutical formulations in combination with one of the following compounds: codeine, orphenadrine, promethazine, scopolamine, and tramadol. In this work, we propose a unique analytical method for determination of these active ingredients in pharmaceutical samples. The method is based on capillary electrophoresis with capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection. The separation was achieved on a fused silica capillary (50 cm total length, 40 cm effective length, and 50 μm id) using an optimized background electrolyte composed of 20 mmol/L β‐alanine/4 mmol/L sodium chloride/4 μmol/L sodium hydroxide (pH 9.6). Each sample can be analyzed in a single run (≤2 min) and the limits of detection were 2.5, 0.62, 0.63, 2.5, 15, and 1.6 μmol/L for scopolamine, tramadol, orphenadrine, promethazine, codeine, and paracetamol, respectively. Recovery values for spiked samples were between 94 and 104%.     

Improved rapid assay of plasma uric acid by short-end injection capillary zone electrophoresis

A rapid and simple short-end injection capillary zone electrophoresis method was developed for the quantification of plasma uric acid. The separation was performed in an uncoated fused-silica capillary (50 μm ID, 60 cm total length, 10.2 cm effective length) by using as a background electrolyte a 75 mmol/L glycylglycine solution titrated with NaOH 5 mol/L to pH 9.0, a voltage of 28 kV, a cartridge temperature of 15 °C, and direct UV detection at 292 nm. Under optimized conditions, uric acid was determinate in little more than 1 min (1.076 minutes). In order to verify the accuracy of the analysis, urate levels were measured in 543 apparently healthy volunteers by the new assay and our previous method, and the obtained data were compared by Passing–Bablock regression, Bland–Altman test, and a new regression-based approach, which showed a good agreement between two methods.     

Detection of S‐adenosylhomocysteine and methylation index in blood by capillary electrophoresis

This work proposes an approach to the direct analysis of S‐adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) and the methylation index in blood using CE with UV detection (CE‐UV). After application of meglumine postinjection, we achieved SAH in‐capillary preconcentration in the HClO₄ extracts of erythrocytes, which improved the detection limit (S/N = 3) of SAH up to 3 fmol or 180 nmol/L at the injection volume of 50 nL, taking into account the sample dilution rate. CE‐UV was carried out in 30 mM glycine and 45 mmol/L HCl (pH ～1.8) at 17 kV in a capillary 48 cm in length and 50 μm id. Accuracy of the technique was 101% and reproducibility was about 12%.     

毛细管区带电泳法测定尿中甲酸含量

采用高效毛细管区带电泳法测定人体尿中甲酸含量,尿样经过滤后直接进样,方法简单、快速,测定结果令人满意。电泳电解质体系采用５ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ邻苯二甲酸氢钾,０．５ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ十六烷基三甲基溴化铵,ｐＨ６,５０ｃｍ×５０μｍｉ．ｄ．熔融石英毛细管（有效长度４８．５ｃｍ）,检测波长２１０ｎｍ,负电源,分离电压３０ｋＶ,压力进样,恒温２５℃,每次电泳前用０．１ｍｏｌ／ＬＮａＯＨ及缓冲溶液对毛细管各冲洗５ｍｉｎ。同时,采用检测波长与参比波长对调的方法使负峰转变为正峰。     

Capillary electrophoresis with capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection for the determination of urinary ethylmalonic acid for the diagnosis of ethylmalonic aciduria

Ethylmalonic acid is a metabolic organic acid, and its accumulation in urine is diagnostic of ethylmalonic aciduria. In this study, a simple and fast method employing capillary electrophoresis equipped with capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection was developed for the detection of ethylmalonic acid in urine samples. The optimized electrophoretic separation was performed in 50 mmol/L 2‐(N‐morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid solution, buffered at a pH of 6.5, and contained 0.13 mmol/L cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as an electroosmotic modifier. Electrophoresis was run at 28 kV in reversed polarity. The linear range of ethylmalonic acid concentration was between 1 and 100 mg/L with a regression coefficient of 0.9998. This method had good intra‐ and interday precision with <5% relative standard deviations. The detection limit (signal‐to‐noise ratio = 3) and the quantification limit (signal‐to‐noise ratio = 10) values were 0.139 and 0.466 mg/L, respectively. Using our optimized conditions, the method was successfully employed for the detection of ethylmalonic acid in urine sample of ethylmalonic aciduria patient.     

柱前衍生化-非水毛细管电泳法高效分离饮料中的脂肪醛

以9,10-菲醌作为柱前衍生试剂,采用非水毛细管电泳模式考察并优化了脂肪醛的分离条件。实验采用毛细管(总长58.5 cm,有效长度50 cm,内径50 μm),应用80 mmol/L NH4Ac、1.4 mol/L HAc缓冲体系,于20 ℃、5 kPa(50 mbar)下压力进样 8 s,在不加入其他添加剂的情况下,实现了7种脂肪醛的高效基线分离,检出限为0.37～0.87 μmol/L,线性范围为0.78～25 μmol/L。应用所建立的方法对实际样品进行了测定,结果令人满意。     

毛细管区带电泳法测定复方磷酸可待因溶液有效成份

应用毛细管电泳法测定了复方磷酸可待因溶液中磷酸可待因、盐酸麻黄碱、扑尔敏的含量。毛细管电泳的条件为 :37cm× 5 0 μm i.d(有效长度 30 cm)未涂层石英毛细管柱 ;分离电压 :1 5 k V;缓冲溶液 1 5 0 mmol/L NH4 Ac- H3PO4 ( p H2 .0 )。研究了方法的线性范围、精密度、回收率等 ,测定了三批样品。实验证明方法简便、快速、准确     

Capillary electrophoresis with capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection method development and validation for the determination of azithromycin,clarithromycin, and clindamycin

A capillary electrophoresis with capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection based method for the assay of azithromycin, clarithromycin and clindamycin was optimized and validated in this study. A buffer solution of 20 mM 2‐(N‐morpholino) ethane sulfonic acid, 40 mM l ‐histidine and 0.6 mM cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (pH 6.39) was used for the electrophoresis. An uncoated, bare‐fused silica capillary (total length 60 cm, effective length 32 cm, 75 μm id) was used at 25°C. The sample was injected hydrodynamically at 0.5 psi for 5 s. The electrophoresis was conducted at 30 kV in reverse polarity for 6 min with 3 and 2 min of in‐between sodium hydroxide (0.1 M) and background electrolyte rinsing, respectively. Ammonium acetate was used as internal standard. This simple and robust method showed reasonable limit of detection and limit of quantitation for azithromycin (0.0125/0.03 mg/mL), clarithromycin (0.017/0.03 mg/mL), and clindamycin (0.038/0.06 mg/mL), with good selectivity, precision both intraday (relative standard deviation ≤ 1.0%) and interday (relative standard deviation < 3.7%), linearity (R ² > 0.999) and recovery (99 – 101.7%). The method was successfully applied for the determination of azithromycin, clarithromycin and clindamycin in formulations.     

毛细管区带电泳-间接紫外检测法快速测定食品中乳糖、蔗糖、葡萄糖和果糖

建立了毛细管区带电泳-间接紫外检测快速测定食品中乳糖、蔗糖、葡萄糖和果糖的方法。以水或5 mmol/L醋酸为样品提取液,未涂层熔融石英毛细管(30.2 cm(有效长度20 cm)×50 μm)为分离柱,4 mmol/L山梨酸钾+10 mmol/L磷酸钠+30 mmol/L NaOH(pH 12.56)+0.5 mmol/L十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)为分离缓冲液,在-8 kV下分离,于254 nm波长下检测,10 min内实现了食品中上述4种糖的同时分离与测定。乳糖、蔗糖、葡萄糖和果糖的检出限(S/N=3)分别为50、75、25和25 mg/L,定量限(S/N=10)分别为150、225、75和75 mg/L,回收率在87.0%~107.0%之间,相对标准偏差在1.2%~4.7%之间。整个实验过程未使用有机溶剂。用该法测定了9种食品样品及1个质控样品,结果表明该法简单、快速、准确,适用于食品中乳糖、蔗糖、葡萄糖和果糖的日常测定。     

High‐speed separation and detection of amino acids in laver using a short capillary electrophoresis system

A high‐speed separation method of capillary MEKC with LIF detection had been developed for separation and determination of amino acids in laver. The CE system comprised a manual slotted‐vial array (SVA) for sample introduction that could improve the separation efficiency by reducing injection volume. Using a capillary with 80 mm effective separation length, the separation conditions for amino acids were optimized. Applied with the separation electric field strength of 300 V/cm, the ten amino acids could be completely separated within 2.5 min with 10 mol/L Na₂HPO₄–NaOH buffer (pH = 11.5) including 30 mmol/L SDS. Theoretical plates for amino acids ranged from 72 000 to 40 000 (corresponding to 1.1–2.0 μm plate heights) and the detection limits were between 25 and 80 nmol/L. Finally, this method was applied to analyze the composition of amino acids in laver and eight known amino acids could be found in the sample. The contents of five amino acids, tyrosine, glutamic acid, glycine, lysine, and aspartic acid that could be completely separated in real sample were determined. The recoveries ranged from 82.3% to 123% that indicated the good reliability for this method in laver sample analysis.     

聚类分析辅助中药寡糖电泳分析鉴定中药

基于中药多糖结构的复杂性和特征性,针对多糖部分降解后的寡糖片段,建立了一种采用毛细管区带电泳法(CZE)分离分析中药寡糖,并利用其特征性电泳谱图信息,结合聚类分析(CA)进行中药鉴定的方法。该方法以1-苯基-3-甲基-5-吡唑啉酮(PMP)为寡糖柱前衍生化试剂,对3个科属的6种中药如黄精、玉竹等同时进行鉴定。采用的电泳条件:未涂层熔融石英毛细管柱(49 cm(有效长度40 cm)×50 μm),以50 mmol/L磷酸盐缓冲液(pH 2.5)为运行缓冲液,检测波长为245 nm,运行电压为15 kV,虹吸进样10 cm×4 s,柱温为室温。结果表明聚类分析辅助中药寡糖电泳分析法可有效用于3个科属6种中药的鉴定。本方法结果可靠,重现性好,可以作为中药鉴定的一种有效手段。     

Simultaneous determination of caffeine,paracetamol, and ibuprofen in pharmaceutical formulations by high‐performance liquid chromatography with UV detection and by capillary electrophoresis with conductivity detection

Paracetamol, caffeine and ibuprofen are found in over‐the‐counter pharmaceutical formulations. In this work, we propose two new methods for simultaneous determination of paracetamol, caffeine and ibuprofen in pharmaceutical formulations. One method is based on high‐performance liquid chromatography with diode‐array detection and the other on capillary electrophoresis with capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection. The separation by high‐performance liquid chromatography with diode‐array detection was achieved on a C₁₈ column (250×4.6 mm², 5 μm) with a gradient mobile phase comprising 20–100% acetonitrile in 40 mmol L^?1 phosphate buffer pH 7.0. The separation by capillary electrophoresis with capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection was achieved on a fused‐silica capillary (40 cm length, 50 μm i.d.) using 10 mmol L^?1 3,4‐dimethoxycinnamate and 10 mmol L^?1 β‐alanine with pH adjustment to 10.4 with lithium hydroxide as background electrolyte. The determination of all three pharmaceuticals was carried out in 9.6 min by liquid chromatography and in 2.2 min by capillary electrophoresis. Detection limits for caffeine, paracetamol and ibuprofen were 4.4, 0.7, and 3.4 μmol L^?1 by liquid chromatography and 39, 32, and 49 μmol L^?1 by capillary electrophoresis, respectively. Recovery values for spiked samples were between 92–107% for both proposed methods.     

Field-amplified sample injection combined with pressure-assisted capillary electrophoresis UV detection for the simultaneous analysis of allantoin, uric acid, and malondialdehyde in human plasma

The allantoin/uric acid (All/UA) ratio and malondialdehyde (MDA) plasma levels have been proposed as important markers for monitoring oxidation triggered by the action of free radicals (FR). Here, we describe an easy field amplified sample injection capillary electrophoresis method with UV detection for the separation and quantification of All, UA, and free MDA in human plasma. The plasma samples were simply filtered through centrifugation membrane tubes for protein elimination and directly injected on a capillary without complex cleanup and/or sample derivatization procedures. The use of a run buffer composed of 300 mmol/L sodium borate at pH 10 with 50 mmol/L of N-methyl-d-glucamine and an overimposed pressure/voltage of 0.1 psi during the electrophoretic run allows basline resolution of the analytes within 17 min. The electrokinetic injection allows a detection limit of 15 nmol/L for All, 20 nmol/L for UA and 10 nmol/L for MDA in a plasma sample, thus significantly improving the LOD of previous described methods based on capillary electrophoresis. Precision tests indicate a good repeatability of our method both for migration times (CV = 1.85%) and areas (CV = 2.87%). Moreover, a good reproducibility of intra- and inter-assay tests was obtained (CV = 4.63% and CV = 6.59% respectively). The suitability of the method was tested by measuring analyte levels in 40 healthy volunteers.     

高效毛细管电泳法同时测定多种肽类药物的方法研究

  以血管紧张素Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ和P物质、神经激肽、生 长激素释放的抑制因子、神经紧张肽等7种肽类药物混合物为测定对象,用胺涂层的毛细管 柱(57 cm×75 μm i．d．,有效长度为50 cm)对上述混合物的分离条件进行了研究。在 f工作电压为10 kV［（－）→(＋)］、电流为42 μA、检测波长为214 nm、测定温度为2 5 ℃、虹吸进样10 s的条件下,在50 mmol/L的醋酸铵缓冲液(pH 4.5)中,上述混合物可在8 min内得以完全分离。 关键词：     

Rapid electrophoretic monitoring of the anaesthetic ketamine and its metabolite norketamine in rat blood using a contactless conductivity detector to study the pharmacokinetics

A method of capillary electrophoresis with contactless conductivity detection has been developed for non‐enantioselective monitoring the anaesthetic ketamine and its main metabolite norketamine. The separation is performed in a 15 μm capillary with an overall length of 31.5 cm and length to detector of 18 cm; inner surface of the capillary is covered with a commercial coating solution to reduce the electroosmotic flow. In an optimised background electrolyte with composition 2 M acetic acid + 1% v/v coating solution under application of a high voltage of 30 kV, the migration time is 97.1 s for ketamine and 95.8 s for norketamine, with an electrophoretic resolution of 1.2. The attained detection limit was 83 ng/mL (0.3 μmol/L) for ketamine and 75 ng/mL (0.3 μmol/L) for norketamine; the number of theoretic plates for separation of an equimolar model mixture with a concentration of 2 μg/mL was 683 500 plates/m for ketamine and 695 400 plates/m for norketamine. Laboratory preparation of rat blood plasma is based on mixing 10 μL of plasma with 30 μL of acidified acetonitrile, followed by centrifugation. A pharmacokinetic study demonstrated an exponential decrease in the plasma concentration of ketamine after intravenous application and much slower kinetics for intraperitoneal application.     

Solid acids assisted matrix solid‐phase dispersion microextraction of alkaloids by capillary electrophoresis coupled with quadrupole time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry

The quantification of three alkaloids is important because quantitative study is a means of assessing the reliability of the experimental method, and three alkaloids of peimine, peiminine, and peimisine are main active ingredients in Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2015. An effective method based on the matrix solid‐phase dispersion microextraction was developed for the extraction of alkaloid compounds in Fritillariae Thunbergii Bulbus. Target analytes were analyzed by capillary electrophoresis coupled with quadrupole time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry. The optimized experimental condition was that 50 mg Fritillariae Thunbergii Bulbus was blended homogeneously with 10 mg citric acid for 5 min. Two hundred microliters of water acidized by 1 mol/L hydrochloric acid (pH = 4.5) was selected to elute tested alkaloids. The results demonstrated that the investigated method had low limits of detection (1.32–1.59 ng/mL), good recoveries (86.63–98.12%), and reproducibility (relative standard deviations of peak areas < 0.87%). The proposed matrix solid‐phase dispersion microextraction coupled with capillary electrophoresis combined with quadrupole time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry was successfully applied for the extraction of alkaloids in plants.     

Determination of lipoic acid in human urine by capillary zone electrophoresis

Fast, simple, and accurate CE method enabling determination of lipoic acid (LA) in human urine has been developed and validated. LA is a disulfide‐containing natural compound absorbed from the organism's diet. Due to powerful antioxidant activity, LA has been used for prevention and treatment of various diseases and disorders, e.g. cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative disorders, and cancer. The proposed analytical procedure consists of liquid–liquid sample extraction, reduction of LA with tris(2‐carboxyethyl)phosphine, derivatization with 1‐benzyl‐2‐chloropyridinium bromide (BCPB) followed by field amplified sample injection stacking, capillary zone electrophoresis separation, and ultraviolet‐absorbance detection of LA‐BCPB derivative at 322 nm. Effective baseline electrophoretic separation was achieved within 6 min under the separation voltage of 20 kV (∼80 μA) using a standard fused‐silica capillary (effective length 51.5 cm, 75 μm id) and BGE consisted of 0.05 mol/L borate buffer adjusted to pH 9. The experimentally determined limit of detection for LA in urine was 1.2 μmol/L. The calibration curve obtained for LA in urine showed linearity in the range 2.5–80 μmol/L, with R ² 0.9998. The relative standard deviation of the points of the calibration curve was lower than 10%. The analytical procedure was successfully applied to analysis of real urine samples from seven healthy volunteers who received single 100 mg dose of LA.     

Determination of rhein and physcion in rhubarb by microchip capillary electrophoresis in mixed hydro-organic solvent combined with laser-induced fluorescence detection

Microchip capillary electrophoresis in mixed hydro-organic solvent combined with laser-induced fluorescence detection was developed for the separation and detection of physcion and rhein in rhubarb. In contrast to the conventional capillary electrophoresis method, ammonium acetate-dimethyl sulfoxide was used as the basic buffer system in this method. The effects of background buffer, buffer apparent pH*, buffer concentration, water ratio, sample preparation method, and separation voltage on separation and detection were investigated. Optimized separation and detection conditions were obtained: the buffer consisted of 20 mmol/L of ammonium acetate in hydro-organic solvent composed dimethyl sulfoxide, formamide, and water mixed at 60/20/20 (v/v/v) ratio. The separation voltage was 1.9 kV. Under these conditions, the physcion, rhein, and other components of rhubarb can be completely separated within 150 s. Under the methodological verification, good linearity (R ≥ 0.9995) for physcion and rhein, and low limits of detection (0.085 μg·mL⁻¹ and 0.077 μg·mL⁻¹, respectively), satisfactory peak area precisions, migration time precisions (1.74%–3.09%), and accuracy (recovery rate 97.8% and 101.4%) were achieved. It is shown that the proposed method is simple, efficient, fast, sensitive, simple instrument, consumes few samples, has low operating cost, and is linear.