An on-column capillary gas chromatographic method for the analysis of synthetic pyrethroid residues on fish eggs

A sensitive and reproducible residue method is described for the determination of cypermethrin and deltamethrin in fish eggs. The limit of determination of 0.0005 mg kg^?1 is achieved using only a very small sample size; typical sample weights lie in the range of 0.1-1 g of fathead minnow or trout eggs. The method involves tissue homogenization (tube homogenizer) followed by hot acetonitrile extraction, then sequential C₈, aluminum oxide, and silica gel clean-up. The clean-up is carried out in glass columns using cotton wool plugs in order to minimize potential sample contamination by plasticizers. Residues are determined by capillary chromatography using automated on-column injection with electron-capture detection. Confirmation of residues by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using selected ion monitoring (SIM), is also described.     

Selective sampling and capillary gas chromatography in the analysis of essential oils

Summary The paper describes the possibilities of on-line selective sampling as an on-line fraction technique for the analysis of essential oils.Selective sampling is a micro-separation method, on-line with on-column injection, carried out directly in the syringe body by means of a selective elution of the sample through a fraction cartridge.The paper reports a method of both preparing and standardizing silica gel cartridges, and illustrates through some examples the results of some elution series of solvents on different essential oils.Dedicated to Prof. Dr. A. Liberti on the occasion of his 70th birthday.     

Automated glass capillary gas chromatographic analysis of PCB and organochlorine pesticide residues in agricultural products

Complicated PCB mixtures can be separated in individual compounds using glass capillary gas chromatography, (GC)². Depending on extraction and clean-up procedure it is also possible to separate and determine organochlorine pesticides at the same time. This (GC)² technique can be used to determine the contents of individual chlorinated biphenyls in milk products and animal feedstuffs and in the analysis of complicated extracts of soil and vegetable material. Practical aspects concerning connection of the capillary, automatic splitless injection, repeatability of the retention time, quality of the column with respect to separation and adsorption and degradation of DDT are discussed. The detection of individual chlorinated biphenyls is possible at the ppb level in fats and vegetable materials, using an extraction and clean-up procedure, based on saponification of the sample. Preliminary results for milk, obtained from several areas, are shown.     

Optimization of the capillary gas chromatographic analysis of mono- and oligosaccharides in honeys

Summary A capillary gas chromatographic method has been developed for simultaneous determination of at least 18 sugars (2 monosaccharides, 11 disaccharides and 5 trisaccharides) in honey, as their oxime-trimethylsilyl ethers. The chromatographic conditions have been systematically and thoroughly optimized, to eliminate the peak overlap commonly reported for this and other methods, especially for disaccharides. Complete analytical details are reported.     

On-line high-performance liquid chromatography-solvent evaporation - high-performance liquid chromatography - capillary gas chromatography - flame ionisation detection for the analysis of mineral oil polyaromatic hydrocarbons in fatty foods

An automated on-line method is described that involves a first LC separation on a large column, evaporation of a 6-ml fraction in an on-line solvent evaporator, a second LC separation using a different mobile phase, fractionating the components of interest and transfer to GC through the in-line vaporiser/overflow interface. The method is designed for the injection of a large amount of food extract (e.g. up to 200 mg of fat) and is applied to the analysis of mineral oil material in a linseed oil.     

Improved gas chromatographic method for the determination of the individual free fatty acids in cheese using a capillary column and a PTV injector

Summary A gas chromatographic method with a capillary column and a programmed temperature vaporizer injector has been used to analyze the individual free fatty acids in cheese. The lipids were extracted from an acidified cheese slurry with diethyl ether and treated with tetramethylamonium hydroxide (TMAH) to convert the free fatty acids to tetramethylammonium soaps (TMA-soaps), which were subsequently pyrolyzed to methyl esters in the injector. Carrying out injection at the initial column temperature resulted in lower dispersion of the results, but the solvent front prevented quantitative determination of butyric and caproic acids, and an injector temperature of 300°C was therefore employed. Under the conditions tested, trimethylamine (tma) flash-off did not affect the determinations. The accuracy of the method improved at higher free fatty acid contents (coefficient of variation of 0.53% for a total free fatty acid content of 9000 mg/kg as opposed to 7.0% for a total free fatty acid content of 1400 mg/kg). The recovery rate for individual free fatty acids ranged between 91 and 103%.     

Simple and sensitive liquid chromatographic quantitative analysis of the novel marine anticancer drug Yondelis (ET-743, trabectedin) in human plasma using column switching and tandem mass spectrometric detection

The development of a simple and sensitive assay for the quantitative analysis of the marine anticancer agent Yondelis (ET-743, trabectedin) in human plasma using liquid chromatography (LC) with column switching and tandem mass spectrometric (MS/MS) detection is described. After protein precipitation with methanol, diluted extracts were injected on to a small LC column (10 x 3.0 mm i.d.) for on-line concentration and further clean-up of the sample. Next, the analyte and deuterated internal standard were back-flushed on to an analytical column for separation and subsequent detection in an API 2000 triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer. The lower limit of quantitation was 0.05 ng mL(-1) using 100 micro l of plasma with a linear dynamic range up to 2.5 ng ml(-1). Validation of the method was performed according to the most recent FDA guidelines for bioanalytical method validation. The time needed for off-line sample preparation has been reduced 10-fold compared with an existing LC/MS/MS method for ET-743 in human plasma, employing a labor-intensive solid-phase extraction procedure for sample pretreatment. The proposed column switching method was successfully applied in phase II clinical trials with Yondelis and pharmacokinetic monitoring.     

Glass capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry at high temperatures. direct analysis of free base porphyrins and metal porphyrin complexes extracted from the serpiano oil shale

This contribution describes GC/MS analysis of natural petroporphyrin extracts containing alkylporphyrins either as vanadyl complexes or as demetalated free bases. The combination of high temperature glass capillary gas chromatography with mass spectrometry allows, for the first time, direct determination of electron impact mass spectra of separated alkylporphyrins, making additional purification and derivatization unnecessary. The separation is carried out on glass capillary columns coated with the high temperature-stable medium polar, OH-terminated, polysiloxane phases PS 086 and OV-225-OH. The paper gives detailed working directions for the preparation of the high temperature GC/MS-interface, and of the high temperature stable OV-225-OH columns (max. working temperature 390°C).     

基于均匀和正交试验设计的胶束电动毛细管色谱法同时测定消毒剂和抗抑菌产品中3种核苷类抗病毒药物

为防止消毒剂与抗抑菌产品中违规添加核苷类抗病毒药物,建立了胶束电动毛细管色谱（MEKC）同时分离测定消毒剂与抗抑菌产品中3种核苷类抗病毒药物（更昔洛韦、阿昔洛韦和喷昔洛韦）的新方法。通过3因素7水平均匀试验设计和4因素4水平的正交试验设计优化了十二烷基硫酸钠（SDS）、磷酸二氢钠（NaH₂PO₄）及硼砂（Na₂B₄O₇）在分离缓冲液中的浓度,最大限度地实现了3种核苷类抗病毒药物在短时间内的有效分离。以30.2 cm×50 μ m（有效长度为20 cm）未涂层熔融石英毛细管为分离柱,以25 mmol/L NaH₂PO₄+10 mmol/L Na₂B₄O₇（pH 7.41）+140 mmol/L（SDS）为分离缓冲溶液,分离电压为10 kV;进样压力为0.003 Pa,进样时间为4 s;检测波长为250 nm。3种抗病毒药物在一定的浓度范围内线性关系良好,相关系数r均不小于0.9995。3种抗病毒药物的检出限均为2.0 mg/kg,定量限均为7.0 mg/kg。低、中、高浓度加标回收率为85.4%~104.1%,相对标准偏差（RSD）均小于8.0%。该方法简便,快速,适于检测消毒剂与抗抑菌产品中更昔洛韦、阿昔洛韦和喷昔洛韦。     

Comparison of log k′ — solvent composition relationships in thinlayer and column chromatography for systems of the type: Silanized silica — water + methanol

Relationships between log k' values of polynuclear hydrocarbons and composition of water/methanol mixtures were determined for HPTLC on RP-18 silica and for HPLC using RP-2 silica. In spite of differences in the adsorbents used, a good correlation between HPLC and TLC parameters was found. In the TLC experiments, a sandwich tank with a modified solvent distributor was used. It has been reported that thin-layer chromatography is a good technique for the preliminary optimization of column chromatographic separations [1–5]. So far, the comparison of TLC and HPLC has been mainly restricted to silica as the adsorbent. Since TLC plates precoated with silanized adsorbents recently became commercially available, it seemed interesting to compare the chromatographic parameters obtained for the “reversed phase” systems with the two techniques (see also ref. 6).