高效液相色谱/电喷雾飞行时间质谱分析太子参中环肽类化合物

采用高效液相色谱/电喷雾飞行时间质谱联用方法(HPLC/ESI-TOFMS)分析太子参中的环肽类化合物。实验采用反相C18色谱柱,二元线性梯度洗脱,分离并检测了太子参中6种环肽类化合物;通过与电喷雾飞行时间质谱联用获得了这几种化合物的准确分子量信息,由于ESI-TOFMS具有高分辨率,能够测定化合物精确的分子质量而不降低灵敏度,对6种环肽类化合物成分进行了定性鉴定。该方法简便、快速、准确。     

液相色谱-离子色谱联用体系同时测定环境基质中的6种硝基芳烃类化合物和3种阴离子

同时测定环境土壤和水基质中的硝基芳烃类化合物和阴离子对于选择合适的硝基芳烃类化合物降解方法和实现地表水水质监测具有重要意义。本文通过两个六通阀和一根富集柱将高效液相色谱和离子色谱连接，搭建了色谱联用体系。系统操作可分为4个阶段：(A)样品加载到定量环；(B)分离硝基芳烃类化合物和阴离子；(C)阴离子在AG20柱中富集；(D)高效液相色谱和离子色谱分别测定硝基芳烃类化合物和阴离子。通过将液相色谱柱直接连接电导率检测器，确定阴离子流出液相色谱柱的时间，优化六通阀的切换时间，保证方法的准确性。在最优条件下，阴离子的检出限为0.005～0.020 mg/L,硝基芳烃类化合物的检出限为0.043～0.150 mg/L。3组不同加标浓度样品的平均回收率为88.20%～105.38%,相对标准偏差为2.0%～11.5%。该方法被用于检测5份地表水样品和5份土壤样品，硝基芳烃类化合物均未检出，3种阴离子在地表水样品中的检出量为0.41～55.3 mg/L,在土壤样品中的检出量为0.56～30.2 mg/kg。经过方法学验证和实际样品检测，证明该色谱联用体系检测方法自动化程度高，操作简单，重复性好，准确...     

非水反相高效液相色谱法测定海藻中3种叶黄素类化合物

建立了非水反相高效液相色谱测定不同种类海藻中3种叶黄素类化合物的方法。采用超声波辅助提取海藻中的叶黄素类化合物,选用Alltima C18色谱柱分离,以甲醇-乙腈-丙酮为流动相系统,梯度洗脱分离,检测波长445 nm。结果表明,在选定的色谱条件下,待分析的3种叶黄素类化合物与其他化合物分离良好,在一定浓度范围内线性关系良好(紫黄素:6.24～624μg/L,环氧玉米黄素:4.56～456μg/L,玉米黄素:5.60～560μg/L)。该方法适用于不同海洋藻类中3种叶黄素类化合物的定量分析。     

毛细管电泳-钴钛菁碳糊修饰电极电化学催化氧化测定羟胺和巯基类化合物

本文利用自制的毛细管电泳－电化学安培检测装置，以钴钛菁碳糊修饰电极为工作。电极，在中性磷酸体系缓冲溶液中，对四种羟胺和巯基类化合物的混合物进行了分离和测定，检测下限羟胺类化合物为５．０×１０－６ｍｏｌ／Ｌ巯基类化合物为１．０×１０－５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ。对实际尿样中的半胱氨酸进行检测，结果满意。     

电化学检测离子色谱法分析卤离子的研究

自离子色谱法问世以来,已被广泛应用于微量卤离子的分析,但多用电导检测器检测。近几年来Dionex公司提出了电化学检测器测定卤离子可获得比电导检测更高的灵敏度。为了进一步开发应用,有必要研究有关电化学检测时离子色谱的行为。本文应用银工作电极的电化学检测器研究了氯离子和溴离子的离子色谱,考察了氯和溴离子色谱中负峰的性质,提出应用电化学检测器和电导检测器同时进行测定不同数量级的卤离子的可能性。     

全二维气相色谱分析直馏柴油中含硫化合物

采用全二维气相色谱-硫化学发光检测器,以直馏柴油为研究对象,考察了一维色谱柱初始温度、升温速率及两维柱温温差等条件对含硫化合物分离的影响,建立了直馏柴油中含硫化合物的分析方法。本方法对基质复杂的直馏柴油中含硫化合物的分离,并定性分析或归类了直馏柴油中的主要含硫化合物。以苯并噻吩为测试样,以峰面积对浓度作图,硫的浓度在1～100mg/kg范围内,峰面积与硫的浓度呈线性关系,相关系数大于0.999。与传统一维气相色谱相比,全二维气相色谱技术除可检测到苯并噻吩类、二苯并噻吩类等含硫化合物外,还可检测到直馏柴油中的硫醚类化合物;苯并噻吩类和二苯并噻吩类化合物也可得到较好分离。     

毛细管电泳—钴钛菁碳糊修饰电极电化学催化氧化测定羟胺和巯基类…

本文利用自制的毛细管电泳－电化学安培检测装置，以钴钛菁碳糊修饰电极为工作电极。在中性磷酸体系缓冲溶液中，对四种羟胺和巯基类化合物的混合物进行了分离和测定，检测下限羟胺类化合物为５．０×１０＾－６ｍｏｌ／Ｌ巯基类化合物为１．０×１０＾－５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ。对     

气相色谱法测定车用汽油中含氧化合物和苯胺类化合物

利用中心切割技术和双毛细管色谱柱系统,采用两次进样的方式,建立了气相色谱测定车用汽油中含氧化合物和苯胺类化合物的分析方法。第一次进样分析,组分首先进入非极性DB-1色谱柱(30 m×0.32 mm×1.0μm),按沸点由低到高的顺序分离,通过电磁阀切换将沸点小于2-己酮的组分切割至强极性GS-OxyPLOT色谱柱(10 m×0.53 mm×10μm)或CP-Lowox色谱柱(10 m×0.53 mm×10μm),其余重烃组分通过阻尼柱进入FID检测器。在GS-OxyPLOT或CP-Lowox色谱柱上,烃类组分与含氧化合物分离并进入检测器检测,消除了大量的烃类组分对含氧化合物测定的影响。第二次进样分析,设定电磁阀切换时间为间-甲基苯胺从非极性色谱柱流出的时间,苯胺类化合物在GS-OxyPLOT或CP-Lowox色谱柱上与烃类和含氧化合物分离并进入检测器检测。以乙二醇二甲基醚为内标化合物进行内标法定量。实现了在一套系统上同时测定车用汽油中添加的甲基叔丁基醚(MTBE)、甲醇、甲缩醛、乙酸仲丁酯、乙酸乙酯、苯胺、邻/间/对-甲基苯胺和N-甲基苯胺的含量,各组分的检测范围为0.01%~10%(质量分数),回收率为86.0%~102.6%。该法可以为车用汽油的质量控制提供有效的检测手段。     

高效液相色谱-电喷雾质谱法测定红车轴草中异黄酮类化合物

采用高效液相色谱与电喷雾质谱联用技术研究了红车轴草中的异黄酮类化合物。实验采用反相C18色谱柱，二元线性梯度洗脱，分离并检测了红车轴草中的14种异黄酮类化合物；通过与电喷雾质谱联用获得了相应化合物的分子量信息，并利用质谱的源内碰撞诱导解离技术鉴定这些化合物的可能结构分别为：大豆苷、野靛苷-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷、芒柄花苷、德鸢尾素-4＇-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷、大豆苷元、印度黄檀苷、樱黄素-4＇-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷、染料木素、红车轴草素、芒柄花素、樱黄素、鹰嘴豆芽素A、野靛苷和德鸢尾素。     

食品中邻苯二甲酸酯类化合物的分析方法研究进展

邻苯二甲酸酯是应用最广泛的增塑剂,具有生殖、发育毒性及致癌性,是近年来食品污染的一个重要来源。该类化合物种类多、同系物和同分异构体性质接近、在基体中含量范围宽,高效样品前处理、高选择性分离和高灵敏检测、降低本底干扰等技术是食品中邻苯二甲酸酯类化合物准确测定面临的挑战。本文综述了液液萃取、液液微萃取、固相萃取、固相微萃取、基质固相萃取等传统及新型的提取与净化技术在食品样品分析中的应用,比较分析了气相色谱、液相色谱、串联质谱、高分辨质谱以及酶联免疫、离子迁移谱等快速检测技术的特点,并展望了发展趋势。     

Determination of cocaine, benzoylecgonine and ecgonine methyl ester in plasma by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography.

A combined assay is described for cocaine and its major metabolites, benzoylecgonine and ecgonine methyl ester. The method uses electrochemical and ultraviolet detectors in series. A non-silica column is used with high-pH mobile phase. The three compounds are completely separated from other cocaine metabolites. The assay has been suitable for pharmacokinetic studies of cocaine disposition in animal studies.     

Chromatography: An important tool for drug discovery

Despite substantial developments of extraction and separation techniques, isolation of natural products from natural sources is still a challenging task. Undoubtedly hybrid methods like liquid chromatography with NMR spectroscopy or liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry made on‐line structure elucidation possible and provided impressive examples of natural product identification without prior isolation, however, in many cases the necessity to get the purified compounds in hand is still a fact. The process begins with the collection of desired plant material which is subjected to the suitable extraction process. The complex crude extracts are then monitored by various chromatographic procedures to separate and quantify the desired compounds. The active plant extracts are then fractionated to isolate the bioactive compounds in their pure form. The fully identified compound is used as a lead for the production of related analogues to modulate the biological activity and to carry out structure‐activity relationship. The major isolated bioactive compound is used for semi‐synthetic modification or total synthesis should be carried out such that it is relatively easy to modify the structure of the lead compound. This is a simple and cost‐effective way to increase the chance to discover lead compounds. The biological activity in vitro and in vivo has to be done after purification.     

Virtual Screening of Natural Compounds as Potential PI3K-AKT1 Signaling Pathway Inhibitors and Experimental Validation

A computational screening for natural compounds suitable to bind the AKT protein has been performed after the generation of a pharmacophore model based on the experimental structure of AKT1 complexed with IQO, a well-known inhibitor. The compounds resulted as being most suitable from the screening have been further investigated by molecular docking, ADMET (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion, and Toxicity) analysis and toxicity profiles. Two compounds selected at the end of the computational analysis, i.e., ZINC2429155 (also named STL1) and ZINC1447881 (also named AC1), have been tested in an experimental assay, together with IQO as a positive control and quercetin as a negative control. Only STL1 clearly inhibited AKT activation negatively modulating the PI₃K/AKT pathway.     

A novel microplate reader-based high-throughput assay for estrogen receptor binding

Coumestrol is a well-known ligand for the estrogen receptor (ER). The compound itself is fluorescent, and its fluorescence intensity at 408?nm increases upon binding to the ER. Here we describe a novel binding assay in 96-well plate format for estrogenic compounds, based on the competition between fluorescent coumestrol and estrogenic compounds for binding to the ligand binding domain (LBD) of the ER-alpha. Displacement of coumestrol was measured as a decrease in fluorescence intensity using a Victor² 1420 multilabel reader. Competitive binding curves for the well-known estrogenic compounds, 17β-estradiol (E₂), ethinylestradiol, 4-nonylphenol, 4-octylphenol, genistein, bisphenol A, tamoxifen and diethylstilbestrol were constructed by using 7–10 different concentrations of the compounds and a fixed concentration of ER-α-LBD (14?nmol) and coumestrol (100?nmol). IC₅₀ values and relative potencies (compared to E₂) of the estrogenic compounds were determined. The assay was validated by comparing the relative potencies to those from standard radioligand binding assays in the literature. Within day and between day variations were determined and the performance of the assay was assessed by determining the coefficients of variation and Z′ values. The present fluorescent binding assay has proven to be fast and easy, and allows accurately quantifying the binding affinity of estrogenic ligands. The method is also suitable as a high-throughput screening assay for ER ligands.     

Electro-oxidation of hispanolone and anti-inflammatory properties of the obtained derivatives

The electrochemical oxidation ((+)Pt-Ni(-)/NH(4)Br/MeOH) of the natural product hispanolone (1a) produced, in high yield (>95%), spiro-tetracyclic compounds 7a-7d as a result of the intramolecular addition of the C-9 hydroxyl group into the C-16 position with the simultaneous addition of a CH(3)O group at the C-15 position of the hispanolone furan moiety. After the electrochemical oxidation, an acid-catalyzed slow secondary reaction occurred producing the previously undescribed alpha-butenolide derivative, iso-Leopersin G (9). An anti-inflammatory study with the electro-synthesized compounds showed that 1a has higher anti-inflammatory properties with very low cytotoxicity (e.g., the inhibition of TPA-induced ear edema assay IC(50) = 1.05 microM/ear, positive control indomethacin IC(50) = 0.27 microM/ear).     

Cholera toxin subunit B detection in microfluidic devices

Fluorescence and electrochemical microfluidic biosensors were developed for the detection of cholera toxin subunit B (CTB) as a model analyte. The microfluidic devices were made from polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) using soft lithography from silicon templates. The polymer channels were sealed with a glass plate and packaged in a polymethylmethacrylate housing that provided leakproof sealing and a connection to a syringe pump. In the electrochemical format, an interdigitated ultramicroelectrode array (IDUA) was patterned onto the glass slide using photolithography, gold evaporation and lift-off processes. For CTB recognition, CTB-specific antibodies were immobilized onto superparamagnetic beads and ganglioside GM₁ was incorporated into liposomes. The fluorescence dye sulforhodamine B (SRB) and the electroactive compounds potassium hexacyanoferrate (II)/hexacyanoferrate (III) were used as detection markers that were encapsulated inside the liposomes for the fluorescence and electrochemical detection formats, respectively. Initial optimization experiments were carried out by applying the superparamagnetic beads in microtiter plate assays and SRB liposomes before they were transferred to the microfluidic systems. The limits of detection (LoD) of both assay formats for CTB were found to be 6.6 and 1.0 ng mL⁻¹ for the fluorescence and electrochemical formats, respectively. Changing the detection system was very easy, requiring only the synthesis of different marker-encapsulating liposomes, as well as the exchange of the detection unit. It was found that, in addition to a lower LoD, the electrochemical format assay showed advantages over the fluorescence format in terms of flexibility and reliability of signal recording.     

Studying the reducing potencies of antioxidants with the electrochemistry inherently present in electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry

In this proof-of-principle study, the applicability of electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) to characterize the reducing potencies of natural antioxidants is demonstrated. The ESI source represents a controlled-current electrochemical cell. The interfacial potential at the emitter electrode will be at or near the electrochemical potential of those reactions that sufficiently supply all the required current for the ESI circuit. Indicator molecules prone to oxidation in ESI such as amodiaquine were used to visualize the impact of reducing compounds on the interfacial potential. The extent of inhibition of the oxidation of the indicator molecule was found to be dependent on the kind and amount of antioxidant added. Concentration–inhibition curves were constructed and used to compare reducing potencies and to rank antioxidants. This ranking was found to be dependent on the electrode material–indicator molecule combination applied. For fast and automated characterization of the reducing potencies of electrochemically active molecules, a flow-injection system was combined with ESI-MS. Liquid chromatography was used to process complex biological samples, such as red and white wine. Due to their high content of different polyphenols, red wine fractions were found to exhibit higher reducing potencies than the corresponding white wine fractions. Furthermore, for 14 important natural antioxidants, the results obtained with the controlled-current EC–ESI-MS assay were compared to those obtained with chemical antioxidant assays. Irrespectively of the kind of assay used to test the reducing potency, gallic acid, quercetin, and epicatechin were found to be potent reductants. Other antioxidants performed well in one particular assay only. This observation suggests that different kinds of redox and antioxidant chemistry were assessed with each of the assays applied. Therefore, several assays should be used to comprehensively study antioxidants and their reducing potencies.

Economical and Environmentally Friendly Organic hydrazone Derivatives Characterized by a Heteroaromatic Core as Potential Hole Transporting Materials in Perovskite Solar Cells

A series of organic electron-rich π-bridged symmetric hydrazones, composed of two donor moieties connected through a thiophene- or a pyrrole-based π-spacer, has been synthesized as a suitable alternative to 2,2’,7,7’-tetrakis[N,N-di(4-methoxyphenyl)amino]-9,9’-spirobifluorene ( Spiro-OMeTAD ), considered the benchmark hole transporting material (HTM) in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The cheap synthetic protocol is suitable for potential large-scale production. All the compounds were characterized, showing good energy levels alignments with the perovskite and very close energy levels to the Spiro-OMeTAD . Furthermore, computational analysis confirmed the electrochemical trend observed. The costs of synthesis were estimated, as well as the produced waste to synthesise the final HTMs, underlining the low impact of these compounds on the environment with the respect to Spiro-OMeTAD . Overall, the relevant electrochemical properties and the low cost of the synthetic approaches allow these compounds to be a greener and easy-to-synthesize alternative to the Spiro-OMeTAD for industrial development of PSCs.     

Triple a

Many biological compounds exhibit irreversible redox behavior as a result of slow heterogeneous electron transfer at electrode surfaces. In order to study the electrochemical behavior of these biocomponents, redox mediators are used to facilitate the electron transfer process. In this review the characteristics of ideal mediators are discussed and structural information on previously reported mediator compounds is provided. The electrochemical literature has been extensively surveyed to provide an up-to-date compilation of mediators suitable for use in potentiometric and coulometric titrations and in various types of voltammetric studies of biological redox systems. The compilation provides information on the formal potentials of the mediators as well as their previous applications and references. This review is intended to provide a current survey of compounds having suitable redox mediation characteristics.