Effects of pretreatments and modifiers on electrochemical properties of carbon paste electrodes

The electrochemical properties of carbon paste electrodes (CPEs), including unmodified and modified with protein and polycations, were investigated by impedance spectroscopy (IS) using ferricyanide and ferrocene monocarboxylic acid (FcMA) as redox probes. Various electrochemical pretreatments were applied to the unmodified CPE. The heterogeneous charge transfer rate constant of ferro/ferricyanide couple is enhanced by 2 to 10 times compared with that obtained at untreated electrodes. It was found that for ferricyanide the more suitable pretreatments are successive cyclic voltammetric scans, cathodization and a square wave-like stepping rather than high-potential anodization. However, the pretreatment only exhibits a slight effect on the kinetics of FcMA. At the CPEs containing modifier, the electron transfer rate of the redox couple depends more on the pH of electrolyte solution if ferro/ferricyanide is used. The results can be explained by the differently charged states of the CPEs that were caused by the protonation or deprotonation of the modifiers in various pH solutions and demonstrate the importance of the electrostatic interaction on the kinetics of the highly polar species such as ferricyanide. The different adsorptive behavior of ferricyanide and FcMA is also discussed.     

导数阴极溶出方波伏安法测定卡那霉素注射液含量

研究了汞 卡那霉素络合物的电化学行为 ,并建立了导数阴极溶出方波伏安法测定卡那霉素注射液含量的方法。在 pH 4 .7的HOAc NaOAc缓冲溶液中 ,在约 0 .12 6V (vs.SCE)处出现一个汞 卡那霉素络合物的还原峰 ,卡那霉素的浓度在 0 .0 2～ 1.5mg·ml- 1之间与导数方波伏安图的峰高存在良好的线性关系 ,回归方程ip(10 - 4A) =3.6C(mg·ml- 1) + 0 .4 6 ,相关系数为 0 .992 0。方法简便、灵敏、准确 ,可用于卡那霉素注射液含量测定     

Direct electrochemical detection of kanamycin based on peroxidase-like activity of gold nanoparticles

An enzyme-free, ultrasensitive electrochemical detection of kanamycin residue was achieved based on mimetic peroxidase activity of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and target-induced replacement of the aptamer. AuNPs which were synthesized using tyrosine as a reducing and capping agent, exhibited mimetic peroxidase activity. In the presence of kanamycin-specific aptamer, however, the single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) adsorbed on the surface of AuNPs via the interaction between the bases of ssDNA and AuNPs, and therefore blocked the catalytic site of AuNPs, and inhibited their peroxidase activity. While in the presence of target kanamycin, it bound with the adsorbed aptamer on AuNPs with high affinity, exposed the surface of AuNPs and recovered the peroxidase activity. Then AuNPs catalyzed the reaction between H₂O₂ and reduced thionine to produce oxidized thionine. The latter exhibited a distinct reduction peak on gold electrode in differential pulse voltammetry (DPV), and could be utilized to quantify the concentration of kanamycin. Under the optimized conditions, the proposed electrochemical assay showed an extremely high sensitivity towards kanamycin, with a linear relationship between the peak current and the concentration of kanamycin in the range of 0.1–60 nM, and a detection limit of 0.06 nM. Moreover, the established approach was successfully applied in the detection of kanamycin in honey samples. Therefore, the proposed electrochemical assay has great potential in the fields of food quality control and environmental monitoring.     

液相色谱-脉冲安培电化学法测定硫酸卡那霉素中各组分含量

建立了一种用反相离子对液相色谱(LC)分离,以金电极为工作电极的脉冲安培电化学法(PAD)直接检测硫酸卡那霉素中主要组分及杂质含量的分析方法。流动相为0.033mol/L草酸、0.012mol/L七氟丁酸、105mL/L乙腈,用稀NaOH调节pH至3.4。考察了各色谱参数对分离测定的影响。实验证明,本方法不需要衍生化,可直接检测硫酸卡那霉素。与报道的其它方法相比,本方法不仅能使硫酸卡那霉素中的卡那霉素A、B得到了很好的分离,还分离出了其它一些未能确证的组分。如用质谱法等对未知组分进行确证后,对硫酸卡那霉素原料药、注射液、滴眼液及兽药等实际样品中的卡那霉素各组分进行测定。可望成为一种标准分析方法。     

Improved liquid chromatographic method with pulsed electrochemical detection for the analysis of kanamycin

This work describes the separation of the main component kanamycin A from its related substances using an improved liquid chromatographic method with pulsed electrochemical detection (LC-PED). Two methods, one using volatile ion pairing agents and the other using non-volatile ones were developed. Using volatile additives, the total run time was rather long with no possibility of developing gradient elution. The non-volatile method was found to be more performant and hence was selected for further quantitative work. This method employed gradient elution in order to reduce the analysis time and to improve the sensitivity of the late eluting peaks. Mobile phase A consisted of sodium sulphate (5.0 g/l), sodium octanesulphonate (0.5 g/l) and 0.2 M phosphate buffer pH 3.0 (50.0 ml/l). Mobile phase B was the same as A except for the amount of sodium sulphate which was increased to 15 g/l. Using a Platinum EPS column (150 mm × 4.6 mm ID, 3 μm) kept at 45 °C, 22 components could be separated within 45 min indicating that this method is much more selective than other already published ones. Robustness of the method was examined by means of an experimental design. The limit of detection and limit of quantitation were found to be 1.7 and 5 ng, respectively. The method was found to be linear in the range LOQ–600 ng injected with a coefficient of determination equal to 0.999.     

Single biosensor immunoassay for the detection of five aminoglycosides in reconstituted skimmed milk

The application of an optical biosensor (Biacore 3000), with four flow channels (Fcs), in combination with a mixture of four specific antibodies resulted in a competitive inhibition biosensor immunoassay (BIA) for the simultaneous detection of the five relevant aminoglycosides in reconstituted skimmed milk. Four aminoglycosides (gentamicin, neomycine, kanamycin and a streptomycin derivative) were immobilised onto the sensor surface of a biosensor chip (CM5) in the four Fcs of the biosensor system by amine coupling. In the Biacore, milk (reconstituted from skimmed milk powder) was 10 times diluted with a mixture of the four specific antibodies and injected through the four serially connected Fcs (1 min at a flow rate of 20 μl min⁻¹). The responses measured just prior to the injection (20 μl at a flow rate of 20 μl min⁻¹) of the regeneration solution (0.2 M NaOH + 20% acetonitril) were indicative for the presence or absence of the aminoglycosides in reconstituted milk. The limits of detection were between 15 and 60 ng ml⁻¹, which was far below the maximum residue limits (MRLs) (varying from 100 to 500 ng ml⁻¹) and the total run time between samples was 7 min.     

Novel affinity monolithic column modified with cuprous sulfide nanoparticles for the selective enrichment of low‐molecular‐weight electron‐rich analytes

A novel monolithic column modified with cuprous sulfide nanoparticles was developed and its affinity characteristics towards low‐molecular‐weight electron‐rich analytes were investigated. In the synthesis process, home‐made cuprous oxide nanocubes were immobilized on the surface of monolithic skeleton with the moderate thickness based on the strong interaction between imidazole groups and cuprous oxide, then the cuprous oxide layer was transformed into the more stable cuprous sulfide layer through the treatment by sodium sulfide. The resulting cuprous sulfide modified monolithic column presented good permeability and stability in a wide pH range from 2 to 10. Two kinds of typical electron‐rich analytes, kanamycin A and purine, were chosen to assess its affinity characteristics. Compared with the commercial Cu²⁺‐ and Ni²⁺‐based affinity sorbents, a larger binding capacity of cuprous sulfide modified column toward kanamycin A was obtained under basic condition and the recovery of kanamycin A in a milk sample was over 70%. Moreover, the binding capacity of cuprous sulfide modified column for purine was up to 5.57 mg/mL in frontal elution mode. These results suggested that the Cu₂S column has a promising application for the enrichment of electron‐rich analytes.     

Capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection as an alternative detection mode in CE for the analysis of kanamycin sulphate and its related substances

A method was developed to determine simultaneously kanamycin, its related substances and sulphate in kanamycin sulphate using capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection. Kanamycin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic that lacks a strong UV-absorbing chromophore. Due to its physicochemical properties, CE in combination with capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection was chosen. The separation method uses a BGE composed of 40 mM 2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulphonic acid monohydrate and 40 mM L-histidine, pH 6.35. A 0.6 mM N-cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) solution was added as electroosmotic flow modifier in a concentration below the critical micellar concentration (CMC). Ammonium acetate 50 mg/L was used as internal standard. In total, 30 kV was applied in reverse polarity on a fused-silica capillary (65/41 cm; 75 μm id). The optimized separation was obtained in less than 6 min with good linearity (R(2)=0.9999) for kanamycin. It shows a good precision expressed as RSD on the relative peak areas equal to 0.3 and 1.1% for intra-day and inter-day precision, respectively. The LOD and LOQ are 0.7 and 2.3 mg/L, respectively. Similarly, for sulphate, a good linearity (R(2)=0.9996) and precision (RSD 0.4 and 0.6% for intra-day and inter-day, respectively) were obtained.     

Selective deprotection of the Cbz amine protecting group for the facile synthesis of kanamycin A dimers linked at N-3″ position

The optimal conditions for the regioselective deprotection of per-N-Cbz-kanamycin A and the reaction mechanism was investigated. We found that the Cbz group at N-3″ position was selectively deprotected under milder basic conditions and the cyclic carbamate is an intermediate of the deprotection reaction. The selective deprotection of the amine protecting group enable us to synthesize several kanamycin A dimers linked at N-3″ position in a straightforward way.