Separation and quantitation of plasma free fatty acids as phenacyl esters by HPLC

We have developed a rapid method for the separation of plasma free fatty acids as their phenacyl esters by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using a reversed-phase (C18) column. The derivatives of series of both saturated and unsaturated fatty acids (C12:0-C22:6) are simultaneously separated within 45 min and detected with ultraviolet at 241 nm. The limit of detection of fatty acids was approximately 0.5 nmol in 20 microL injected volume of extracts, and the coefficient of variation of the present method did not exceed 3.0%. Comparison of the results of the present HPLC method with those of gas chromatography, gave very good correlations for all fatty acids in human plasma.     

Identification of 19 phthalic acid esters in dairy products by gas chromatography with mass spectrometry

A detection method for 19 kinds of phthalic acid ester compounds analyzed by n‐hexane/ether/acetonitrile 1:7:8 v/v/v mixed solvent extraction, quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe purification and internal standard method of quantitative gas chromatography with mass spectrometry was established. This method can effectively remove interfering materials, such as lipids, fatty acids, and pigments, from dairy products. The 19 kinds of phthalic acid ester compounds were within a 0.025–0.2 mg/kg range, the recovery rate was 65.2–125.7%, relative standard deviation was 7.9–15.4% (n = 6), and the limit of detection was 0.005–0.02 mg/kg. Concentrations of the 19 kinds of phthalic acid ester compounds ranged between 0.01 and 0.12 mg/kg in ten dairy materials and 20 dairy products. The established method is simple, rapid, accurate, and highly sensitive.     

Simultaneous Determination of Haloacetic Acids in Environmental Waters using Electrospray Ionization Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

Negative ionization electrospray liquid chromatography mass spectrometry was developed for the simultaneous determination of all nine haloacetic acids containing bromine and chlorine. Haloacetic acids were separated on a crosslinked polystyrene resin column using 3% acetic acid dissolved in acetonitrile:water (20:80) as mobile phase. The precision of this method varied from ±2.2 to ±7.1% for nine haloacetic acids. In addition, quantitative results obtained with spiked water samples at three different concentrations are described. The limit of detection of the proposed method using 200 mL of water samples was between 0.003 and 0.070 μg/L. This method was successfully applied to the trace determination of haloacetic acids in waste water, river water, and seawater.     

毛细管电泳-激光诱导荧光用于中药制剂中氨基酸成分的分析

建立了一种用于测定中药制剂中氨基酸成分的毛细管电泳-荧光检测方法. 用含有α-环糊精(α-CD)的硼砂缓冲溶液为背景电解质, 经异硫氰酸荧光素(FITC)衍生的5种氨基酸在50 min内可以得到很好的分离和测定. 考查了各个分离参数对分离的影响, 得到的优化条件为: 含45 mmol/L的α-环糊精的80 mmol/L硼砂缓冲溶液(pH值9.2)作为背景电解质, 分离电压20 kV; 柱温22 ℃. 衍生试剂FITC与单个氨基酸的化学计量比为4∶1时, 能够获得稳定荧光强度的氨基酸衍生物. 在优化条件下, 各氨基酸成分在73.5～2900 nmol/L 的浓度范围内呈良好的线性关系(相关系数r2为0.9906～0.9998). 保留时间和峰面积的相对标准偏差分别为0.8%～3.0%和0.7%～5.7%, 检测限(3倍信噪比)为3.5～35 nmol/L. 该方法准确可靠, 可用于质量控制为目的的中药制剂中氨基酸成分的定量测定.     

HPLC-ELSD与GC-MS法测定牛乳甘油三酯sn-2位脂肪酸组成

研究建立了快速、准确测定牛乳脂肪甘油三酯sn-2位脂肪酸组成的方法．利用胰脂酶专一水解甘油三酯sn-1和sn-3位置上的脂肪酸得到sn-2单甘油酯和游离脂肪酸,再通过蒸发光散射高效液相色谱分离出sn-2位单甘油酯,然后对其进行衍生,用气相色谱质谱联用仪对sn-2脂肪酸组成进行分析．结果显示用蒸发光散射高效液相色谱法分离sn-2位单甘油酯时方法的回收率达到83．3％～85．1％,该法省去了传统测定中费时费力的薄层色谱分离步骤．用气相色谱质谱联用法对产物进行分析,精密度高,结果可靠．分析结果表明,牛乳脂肪sn-2位脂肪酸由2．57％月桂酸、7．68％豆蔻酸、34．74％棕榈酸、11．56％亚油酸、22．53％油酸和15．21％硬酯酸组成．     

Solid-phase extraction and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography of free phenolic acids in some Echinacea species

A new method is described combining solid-phase extraction (SPE) and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) for the isolation, purification as well as qualitative and quantitative determination of free phenolic acids in six Echinacea species. Plant extracts were purified and phenolic acids isolated on octadecyl and quaternary amine Bakerbond SPE columns; final eluates were analysed by RP-HPLC. Significant differences in the composition and amount of phenolic acids within Echinacea genus have been shown. The method can be used for quick screening analysis of the content of phenolic acids in plant material.     

Development and Validation of a LC Method for the Analysis of Phenolic Acids in Turkish Salvia Species

An accurate, simple, reproducible, and sensitive method for determination of rosmarinic, caffeic, chlorogenic, and gallic acids in 12 Salvia species growing naturally in Anatolia, has been developed and validated. The phenolic acids were separated using a μBondapack C₁₈ column by gradient elution with a flow rate of 1.0 mL min⁻¹, which was adjusted to deliver firstly o-phosphoric acid 0.085% in water, 0.085% in methanol, and 0.085% in 2-propanol (80:10:10, v/v/v), then decreased gradually (60:20:20, v/v/v) during 20 min with a flow rate of 1.0 mL min⁻¹. The samples were monitored at 220 nm for gallic acid and 330 nm for rosmarinic, caffeic, and chlorogenic acids using photo-diode array detection. The linear range of detection for gallic, chlorogenic, caffeic, and rosmarinic acids were between 0.051–101.4, 0.207–103.6, 0.100–100, and 0.201–100.5 μg mL⁻¹, respectively. The linearity, range, peak purity, selectivity, system performance parameters, precision, accuracy, and robustness had also acceptable values. The developed method was applied to the flower, leaf, stem, and root parts of the Salvia species.

     

A fully automated amino acid analyzer using NBD-F as a fluorescent derivatization reagent

A fully automated amino acid analyzer using NBD-F (4- fluoro-7-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole) as a fluorescent derivatization reagent was developed. The whole analytical process was fully automated from derivatization, injection to HPLC separation and quantitation. The derivatization reaction conditions were re-evaluated and optimized. Amino acids were derivatized by NBD-F for 40 min at room temperature in the borate buffer (pH 9.5). The derivatives were separated within 100 min and fluorometrically detected at 540 nm with excitation at 470 nm. The detection limits for amino acids were in the range of 2.8-20 fmol. The calibration curves were linear over the range of 20 fmol to 20 pmol on column with the correlation coefficients of 0.999. The coefficients of variation were less than 5% at 3 pmol injection for all amino acids. Amino acids in rat plasma were determined by the proposed HPLC method.     

Chemiluminescence determination of 20 amino acids and the mechanism study

<正>It was found that 20 amino acids could inhibit the intensity of the luminol-H_2O_2-CuSO_4 chemiluminescence system.Using this character,a rapid and sensitive method for the determination of 20 amino acids was developed with flow injection coupled with chemiluminescence detection.Under the optimal conditions,the detection limits of 20 amino acids were in the range of 4.5×10~(-7)- 4.3×10~(-10) mol/L,and the relative standard deviations were less than 3.2%.The proposed method was successfully applied to drug analysis.The possible mechanism was also discussed.     

Determination of phospholipid fatty acids in biological samples by solid-phase extraction and fast gas chromatography

A new method for the determination of phospholipid fatty acids in biological samples, combination of solid-phase extraction (SPE) and fast gas chromatography (GC) was developed. Its application to human plasma and human erythrocytes showed to be robust and reliable for quick and correct identification in routine analysis.     

Rapid and sensitive determination of fatty acids in edible oil by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

A sensitive and robust on-line LC/MS method was developed for quantitative determination of linoleic acid,docosahexaenoic acid and docosanoic acid from edible oil samples.The oil samples were dissolved in chloroform-isopropyl alcohol(20:80,v:v)solution and the three fatty acids were separated by HPLC with a C4 column using 10 mmol/L ammonium acetate-isopropyl alcohol-acetonitrile(20:40:40,v:v:v)mobile phase in isocratic elution.Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry with the selected ion recording monitoring was used to detect and quantify the fatty acid.The calibration curves were linear in the range of 10.00–5000 pg/mL for linoleic acid and docosanoic acid,and 1.000–500.0 pg/mL for docosahexaenoic acid.The limit of detection was 2.0 pg/mL for linoleic acid,3.0 pg/mL for docosanoic acid,and 0.20 pg/mL for docosahexaenoic acid.The results showed that the method described in this paper could be utilized for rapid determination of three fatty acids at picogram levels in edible oils.     

超高效液相色谱-三重四极杆质谱法测定银杏叶提取物及其制剂中银杏酸

建立了超高效液相色谱-串联三重四极杆质谱测定银杏叶提取物及其制剂中银杏酸的方法。采用Agilent Poroshell 120 EC-C18色谱柱(50 mm×3.0 mm, 2.7 μ m),以甲醇-1%冰醋酸溶液(90 : 10, v/v)为流动相,在电喷雾离子化负离子模式下,以多反应监测方式(MRM)检测。银杏酸C13 : 0、C15 : 1、C17 : 1在2~200 μ g/L范围内呈良好的线性关系,相关系数均大于0.999;在5、20和100 μ g/L加标水平下的平均加样回收率为86.3%~114.3%,相对标准偏差(RSD)为0.5%~13.6%;检出限为0.003~0.08 μ g/g,定量限为0.01~0.19 μ g/g。本方法已应用于实际样品的测定。     

Determination of Free Fatty Acids by Diphasic-Two Dimensional TLC-Fluorescence Spectrodensitometry

Abstract

A sensitive method for the determination of fatty acids is presented. Free fatty acids (20pg-lμg), were first covalently reacted in a displacement reaction with a 70 μM solution of the fluorescent probe, 4-bromomethy 1–6, 7-dimethoxy-coumarin (Br- Mdmc) and the fluorescence-labelled fatty acid esters were separated in a diphasic-two dimensional high performance thin layer chromatographic system (diphasic-2D-TLC). This system consisted of a reversed phase C18 layer (2 × 10 cm) interfaced with a AgNO3-modified silica gel layer (10 × 10 cm). Aliquots of the reeaction mixture were streaked onto the C18 layer, and the plates developed in the first dimension using acetonitrile-acetone-methanol-water (60:20:10:10, v/v/v/v) (solvent 1) as the mobile phase. Development in this dimension gave separation based on the number of carbons. Following the first development, the plates were dried and the silica gel layer impregnated with a saturated solution of AgNO3 in methanol. The plates were then predeveloped in the second dimension in chloroform-ethyl acctate-acetonitrile (90:8:2, v/v/v) (solvent 2) to the plate interphase, and developed in solvent 2 in the second dimension. Development in the AgNO3-modified silica gel, allowed separation based on the number of double bonds. The fluorescent bands were scanned with a Shimadzu CS-9000 spectrodensitometer in the fluorescent mode, using 352 nm as the excitation wavelength and a cut-off filter at 400 nm. Baseline resolution was obtained for all 15 fatty acids tested. The lower linear detector response extended to 0.13 pmol. This method provids a sensitive means of analysis of fatty acids present in biological systems.     

GasChromatography of Amino Acids as their N-Trifluoroacetyl Methyl Esters and Comparison with the Ion-exchange Method in Maize and Oats

A method for the preparation of N-trifluoroacetyl methyl esters of amino acids has been developed, permitting the separation and determination of 20 amino acids by temperature-programmed gas chromatography on two columns. The method was applied to the analysis of the amino acids in hydrolyzed maize and in hydrolyzed oats, where a direct comparison was made with the ion-exchange method.     

HPLC-FLD for the simultaneous determination of primary and secondary amino acids from complex biological sample by pre-column derivatization

A rapid, sensitive, and reproducible pre-column derivatisation procedure has been established for the simultaneous determination of 20 amino acids by high-performance liquid chromatography using fluorescence detection. The amino acids were derivatized using o-phthalaldehyde and 9-fluorenylmethyl-chloroformate reagents. The optimal conditions for simultaneous separation and detection of both primary and secondary amino acids were investigated. The developed method has several advantages, namely automated pre-column derivatization, short analysis time with optimal separation, a simple and economical mobile phase, high level of precision for peak area and retention time, and higher sensitivity with more reliability of peak identification. The biological media development is the key parameter for macromolecule drug discovery. Biological media amino acids in three consecutive discovery batches were determined and the results showed a good agreement with hypothetical value. The method appears suitable for application to measure biological media amino acids at various stages of macromolecule drug discovery.     

Analysis of leachable and total trace metals in air particulate matters by capillary electrophoresis

A new analytical procedure was developed for simultaneous determination of ammonium, leachable and total metals in fine and coarse air particulate matters using a new capillary electrophoresis (CE) procedure, with a new buffer system containing 10 mM histidine, 2 mM 18-crown-6 and 8 mM lactic acids with pH adjusted to 4.0. A two complexes system, 18-crown-6 ether and lactic acid, was developed to solve the co-migration problem of NH(4)(+) and K(+) and to give satisfactory separation of transition metals. Satisfactory separation and quantitation of NH(4)(+), K(+), Ca(2+), Na(+) , Mg(2+) and Zn(2+) were obtained using the CE procedure developed for both leachable and total metals in coarse (10-3 mum) and fine (<3 mum) air particulate matters. Wide working ranges (ppb to ppm range) and sensitive detection limits (ppb) were obtained for the cations investigated. The reliability was established by parallel method comparison with the ICP-AES method. The analytical procedure developed is shown to provide a quick, sensitive, precise and economic method for simultaneous determination of ammonium, leachable and total metals in air particulate matters.     

Fluorescence high-performance liquid chromatographic determination of free and conjugated bile acids in serum and bile using 1-bromoacetylpyrene as a pre-labeling reagent

A fluorescence high-performance liquid chromatographic method is described for the determination of free and conjugated bile acids in serum and bile. Free and conjugated bile acids are extracted from serum or bile using a Sep-Pak C18 cartridge and then fractionated on a piperidinohydroxypropyl Sephadex LH-20 column. Free and glycine-conjugated bile acids are labeled with 1-bromoacetylpyrene in acetonitrile using dicyclohexyl-18-crown-6-ether as catalyst. Taurine-conjugated bile acids are hydrolyzed by cholylglycine hydrolase and then derivatized by the same reagent. Derivatized bile acids are separated stepwise on a reversed-phase column (Radial Pak A) using acetonitrile-methanol-water (A) (100 : 50 : 40) and (B) (100 : 50 : 20) as mobile phase. The eluate is monitored by a fluorophotometer at 370 nm (excitation) and 440 nm (emission). Linearities of fluorescence intensities (peak heights) with the amounts of free and conjugated bile acids were obtained between 50 pmol and 200 pmol for free bile acids and between 25 pmol and 100 pmol for glycine-conjugated bile acids, respectively. Recoveries from serum and bile samples are not less than 90%. This method is sensitive, reliable and useful for the simultaneous determination of free and conjugated bile acids in serum and bile.     

LC‐MS identification of derivatized free fatty acids from adipocere in soil samples

Free fatty acids were derivatized as amides (DFFA) by reaction with (R)‐(+)‐1‐phenylethylamine, using a simple, fast and robust reaction scheme. A HPLC method with diode array and ESI MS detection was developed for the analysis of the derivatized substances. Six fatty acids were used in the method development: myristic, linoleic, palmitic, oleic, margaric and stearic acids. Under these conditions the elution of the DFFA are well resolved with retention times raging from 6.9 to 16.0 min. Fatty acids were extracted from cemetery soil and from adipocere formation experimental soils using a Soxhlet extraction, using as solvent ether/dichloromethane (1:1). Each DFFA is characterized by three m/z peaks: molecular weight of the substance; molecular weight of a dimer of the substance; the molecular weight of the dimer plus the atomic mass of sodium. The analysis of soil samples detected the six fatty acids used in the method developed plus palmitoleic and pentadecanoic. Beside this set of eight fatty acids other 13 fatty acids were detected in trace quantities or only in some soils and some were tentatively assigned as: 10‐hydroxystearic, myristoleic, heptadecenoic and arachidic acids.     

离子色谱法同时分析啤酒中的有机酸和无机阴离子

建立了以NaOH-甲醇混合淋洗液,离子交换色谱柱,电导检测器检测,分离啤酒中有机酸和无机阴离子的离子色谱法.结果表明：在20 min内分离出啤酒中的11种主要有机酸与无机阴离子,方法回收率和相对标准偏差分别为96.30%～104.8%和0.02%～4.0%.     

高效液相色谱-串联质谱法检测鸡肉中9种化学合成类抗球虫药多残留

建立了鸡肉中氯羟吡啶、二硝托胺、4,4′-二硝基均二苯脲(尼卡巴嗪代谢物)、磺胺氯吡嗪、磺胺喹口恶啉、地克珠利、妥曲珠利、妥曲珠利砜和妥曲珠利亚砜9种化学合成类抗球虫药多残留的高效液相色谱-串联质谱分析方法。样品采用2%乙酸酸化的乙腈/二甲亚砜(4:1, v/v)提取,150 mg二甲基十八碳硅烷粉(octadecylsilyl, ODS)、100 mg石墨化炭黑(graphitized carbon black, GCB)和100 mg弗罗里硅土(Florisil)吸附剂分散固相萃取净化,经Hypersil GOLD C18色谱柱(150 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm)分离,电喷雾串联四极杆质谱多反应离子监测方式测定。9种分析物在20～150 μg/kg范围内线性关系良好,相关系数均大于0.995。样品基质中9种分析物在20、50和150 μg/kg加标水平下,平均回收率为81.5%～103.6%,相对标准偏差为4.5%～14.5%。该方法稳定、可靠,可满足鸡肉中化学合成类抗球虫药多残留的检测与确证。