Determination of cysteine,homocysteine, cystine,and homocystine in biological fluids by HPLC using fluorosurfactant‐capped gold nanoparticles as postcolumn colorimetric reagents

We have demonstrated for the first time the suitability of fluorosurfactant‐capped spherical gold nanoparticles as HPLC postcolumn colorimetric reagents for the direct assay of cysteine, homocysteine, cystine, and homocystine. The success of this work was based on the use of an on‐line tris(2‐carboxyethyl)phosphine reduction column for cystine and homocystine. Several parameters affecting the separation efficiency and the postcolumn colorimetric detection were thoroughly investigated. Under the optimized conditions, cysteine, homocysteine, cystine, and homocystine in human urine and plasma samples were determined. Detection limits for cysteine, homocysteine, cystine, and homocystine ranged from 0.16–0.49 μM. The accuracy in terms of recoveries ranged between 94.0–102.1%. This proposed method was rapid, inexpensive, and simple.     

Cystine and cysteine analysis as the same phenylthiocarbamyl derivatives by HPLC in protein hydrolyzates

Summary A new approach is described, and a novel explanation presented, for the high performance liquid chromatographic analysis of cystine and cysteine as their phenylthiocarbamyl derivatives. PTC cystine and cysteine have been eluted with the same retention times and molar responses, most probably due to electrophilic attack of phenylisothiocyanate on cystine resulting in the scission of the disulfide bond yielding two moles of cysteine. Further, total PTC cystine and cysteine have been measured both in model solutions and in standard protein hydrolyzates (lysozyme, bovine albumin, ribonuclease) with the same linearity as the other ineteen amino acids. The reproducibility of the measurements, at the 250–750 pmole level, proved to be 4.1% (Relative Standard Deviation %) or less.     

TOF‐SIMS study of cystine and cholesterol stones

Two different human stones, cystine and cholesterol from the kidney and gall bladder, were examined by time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry using Ga⁺ primary ions as bombarding particles. The mass spectra of kidney stone were compared with those measured for the standard compounds, cystine and cysteine. Similar spectra were obtained for the stone and cystine. The most important identification was based on the existence of the protonated molecules [M + H]⁺ and deprotonated molecules [M‐H]^‐. The presence of cystine salt was also revealed in the stone through the sodiated cystine [M + Na]⁺ and the associated fragments, which might be due to the patient treatment history. In the gallstone, the deprotonated molecules [M‐H]⁺ of cholesterol along with relatively intense characteristic fragments [M‐OH]⁺ were detected. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

微量元素配合胱氨酸治疗脱发的临床研究

为评价口服氨基酸螯合钙胶囊配合胱氨酸片对脱发患者的临床疗效 ,将 1 2 0例脱发患者随机分为治疗组与对照组。治疗组 60例用氨基酸螯合钙胶囊 ( 1g/d ,1粒 ,qd ,PO)和胱氨酸片( 3 0 0mg/d ,3次 /d ,PO)治疗 ,对照组 60例用胱氨酸片 ( 3 0 0mg/d ,3次 /d ,PO)治疗 ,两组用药均为 1 2周。结果表明 ,治疗组与对照组相比 ,治疗组较对照组的临床症状有明显改善 ,头发中微量元素锌、铁、钙的含量有显著性差异 (P <0 0 5 )。脱发患者经补充有效的所需微量元素配合胱氨酸治疗收到良好效果。     

电位滴定法测定半胱氨酸和胱氨酸的研究及应用

本文报道了以Hg^2 为滴定剂,涂丝Ag-Ag2S电极指示,电位滴定法测定复杂体系中半胱氨酸和胱氨酸的新方法。滴定终点突跃明显,检测下限1mg／L,回收率97％～99％。方法简便、快捷、灵敏。     

原子吸收光谱间接测定碱式胱氨酸锌配合物的稳定常数

利用硫化锌法火焰原子吸收间接测定胱氨酸(Cystine,Cys-Cys)。在碱性条件下,胱氨酸能与硫化锌悬浮液反应生成可溶性碱式胱氨酸锌配位化合物,在pH9·40时达到最大浓度,原子吸收光谱法测定了最大浓度时的配合物含量,并对碱式胱氨酸锌稳定常数进行了测定和理论计算。碱式胱氨酸锌的稳定常数平均值β稳为9·916×1032,其logβ稳=32·996。表明原子吸收光谱不仅可用于微量元素的测定和有机化合物的间接测定,同时也可进行配合离子的物理形态、物理常数的研究和测定。     

离子色谱安培法测定尿液中的胱氨酸

建立离子色谱安培法检测尿液中胱氨酸的分析方法。将尿液稀释处理后,过OnGuardⅡRP前处理柱,去除尿液中的有机物,选用低容量阳离子交换柱IonPac CS17进行分离,以甲烷磺酸梯度淋洗,柱后用300 mmol/L NaOH溶液衍生,离子色谱脉冲安培法检测,外标法定量。胱氨酸的质量浓度在0.1~5.0 mg/L范围内与其色谱峰面积呈良好的线性,线性相关系数r^2=0.999 9,检出限为0.05 mg/L。测定结果的相对标准偏差为0.71%(n=6),样品加标回收率为94%~108%。该方法具有操作简单,专属性强,灵敏度高等优点,可用于临床快速检测尿液中的胱氨酸。     

络合Ca2+的Au/巯基环肽自组装单层膜的交流阻抗研究

环肽在自然界中分布广泛,植物、动物、低等海洋生物、微生物、细菌、病菌等都含有微量的环肽。这些环肽的含量虽然低,但其中不少具有明显的生理活性,因此受到国内外许多化学家、生物学家和药学家的重视[1-2]。自组装单分子层膜(Self-Assembled Monolayer,SAMs)是固液界面通过化     

QCM 表面自组装胱氨酸1，3－桥连杯[4]芳烃膜用于识别气相丁胺

Two cystine-bearing 1,3-bridged calix[4]arenes were used as the coatings of the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) with gold electrodes. The two calix[4]arene derivatives were self-assembled onto the gold electrode surface by the covalent attachment between the di-sulfur and gold. The compound of cystine-bearing bi-phenylalanine 1,3-bridged calix[4]arene (CPC) with longer alkyl chain had better self-assembled capacity onto the fresh surfaces of gold electrode than that of cystine-bearing 1,3-bridged calix[4]arene (CC) with comparably shorter alkyl chain.The modified QCM sensors were used to recognize the butylamine isomers in gas. The results showed that the QCM coated with both compounds had preferential affinity to n-butylamine, then i-butylamine, t-butylamine in the range of low concentrations, indicating that in the recognition process, the steric hindrance effect played an important role when forming complex with guest molecules. When the concentrations of the analytes were increased, the polarity and the magnetism of the butylamine became determinative factors. The reversibility was improved greatly and the equilibrium time was much shorter on the self-assembled film than on the film obtained by dropping coating.