An Overview of Analytical Methodologies for Determination of Vancomycin in Human Plasma

Vancomycin is regarded as the last resort of defense for a wide range of infections due to drug resistance and toxicity. The detection of vancomycin in plasma has always aroused particular concern because the performance of the assay affects the clinical treatment outcome. This article reviews various methods for vancomycin detection in human plasma and analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of each technique. Immunoassay has been the first choice for vancomycin concentration monitoring due to its simplicity and practicality, occasionally interfered with by other substances. Chromatographic methods have mainly been used for scientific research due to operational complexity and the particular requirement of the instrument. However, the advantages of a small amount of sample needed, high sensitivity, and specificity makes chromatography irreplaceable. Other methods are less commonly used in clinical applications because of the operational feasibility, clinical application, contamination, etc. Simplicity, good performance, economy, and environmental friendliness have been points of laboratory methodological concern. Unfortunately, no one method has met all of the elements so far.     

溴代二噁英的分析方法研究进展

溴代二噁英(PBDD/Fs)属于潜在的持久性有机污染物,是一种平面三环芳香化合物,具有致畸、致癌、致突变等特性。目前,国际上对PBDD/Fs分析检测的研究是一大热点,但国内对PBDD/Fs的研究却较少。因此,探究PBDD/Fs的分析检测方法,对进一步控制PBDD/Fs污染具有重要科学意义。本文介绍了PBDD/Fs的特性及其分析方法,着重探讨了PBDD/Fs的提取、净化、仪器分析以及质量控制这四个方面,通过对PBDD/Fs的研究能够更好地了解我国当前对PBDD/Fs的分析检测能力,为后续开展PBDD/Fs的分析检测提供科学有效的方法参考。     

加速溶剂萃取法与索氏提取法对废线路板中二噁英测定的影响

将经过多级破碎分选所得的废线路板粉末过60目筛,以2 mol/L HCl溶液、超纯水洗涤,并用丙酮脱水.将预处理后的滤渣、滤纸填入萃取池,或者用新滤纸包裹后置于索氏提取管内,添加5 μL内标物,分别用加速溶剂萃取法(ASE)或索氏提取(SE)法进行萃取,依次采用多层硅胶柱和活性炭柱对萃取提取物进行净化、洗脱,得到二噁英测试样品.用同位素稀释-高分辨气相色谱-质谱联用仪分析样品中二噁英的含量.考察两种提取方法及不同氯代数对15种13C-2,3,7,8-PCDD/Fs回收率的影响,比较两种方法的准确度和精密度.结果表明,ASE和SE对15种13C-2,3,7,8-PCDD/Fs的回收率分别为54.3%~113.0%和28.3%~77.7%, 实测废线路板中二噁英毒性当量(Toxic equivalent quangtity,TEQ)分别为0.075 ng TEQ/kg和0.266 ng TEQ/kg.在方法精密度允许范围内,ASE相对具有简单快速、溶剂用量少和准确的优势.     

An Overview of Analytical Chemistry in Australia

ABSTRACT

A brief overview of analytical chemistry research in Australia is presented and reference is made to the work of several research groups. Topics covered include the development of a longitudinally modulated cryogenic system for comprehensive gas chromatography, mixed-mode capillary electrochromatography for manipulation of separation selectivity of inorganic ions, new developments in chemical metrology, discontinuous flow analysis and its applications, the design and applications of an orthogonal acceleration time-of-flight mass spectrometer, and the use of chemiluminescence in a range of analytical techniques.     

Analytical Methods for Determination of Non-Nutritive Sweeteners in Foodstuffs

Sweeteners have been used in food for centuries to increase both taste and appearance. However, the consumption of sweeteners, mainly sugars, has an adverse effect on human health when consumed in excessive doses for a certain period, including alteration in gut microbiota, obesity, and diabetes. Therefore, the application of non-nutritive sweeteners in foodstuffs has risen dramatically in the last decade to substitute sugars. These sweeteners are commonly recognized as high-intensity sweeteners because, in a lower amount, they could achieve the same sweetness of sugar. Regulatory authorities and supervisory agencies around the globe have established the maximum amount of these high-intensity sweeteners used in food products. While the regulation is getting tighter on the market to ensure food safety, reliable analytical methods are required to assist the surveillance in monitoring the use of high-intensity sweeteners. Hence, it is also necessary to comprehend the most appropriate method for rapid and effective analyses applied for quality control in food industries, surveillance and monitoring on the market, etc. Apart from various analytical methods discussed here, extraction techniques, as an essential step of sample preparation, are also highlighted. The proper procedure, efficiency, and the use of solvents are discussed in this review to assist in selecting a suitable extraction method for a food matrix. Single- and multianalyte analyses of sweeteners are also described, employing various regular techniques, such as HPLC, and advanced techniques. Furthermore, to support on-site surveillance of sweeteners’ usage in food products on the market, non-destructive analytical methods that provide practical, fast, and relatively low-cost analysis are widely implemented.     

An Overview of the Analytical Methods for the Determination of Organic Ultraviolet Filters in Cosmetic Products and Human Samples

UV filters are a group of compounds commonly used in different cosmetic products to absorb UV radiation. They are classified into a variety of chemical groups, such as benzophenones, salicylates, benzotriazoles, cinnamates, p-aminobenzoates, triazines, camphor derivatives, etc. Different tests have shown that some of these chemicals are absorbed through the skin and metabolised or bioaccumulated. These processes can cause negative health effects, including mutagenic and cancerogenic ones. Due to the absence of official monitoring protocols, there is an increased number of analytical methods that enable the determination of those compounds in cosmetic samples to ensure user safety, as well as in biological fluids and tissues samples, to obtain more information regarding their behaviour in the human body. This review aimed to show and discuss the published studies concerning analytical methods for the determination of organic UV filters in cosmetic and biological samples. It focused on sample preparation, analytical techniques, and analytical performance (limit of detection, accuracy, and repeatability).     

A Review: Application of Microwave Techniques for Environmental Analytical Chemistry

Abstract

The acceptance of microwave digestion technique is based on procedures successfully carried out for mist different kinds of samples. The goals of this paper are to gather all information concerning applications of microwave digestion methods to analytical chemistry. Some applications of microwave techniques to sample digestion, solvent extraction, sample drying, the measurements of moisture, analyte desorption and adsorption, sample clean up, chromomeric reaction, speciation, and nebulization of analytical samples are presented.     

镉的人体健康效应

综述了镉暴露对人体健康的危害、人体对镉的需要量和居民膳食日摄入量、镉暴露生物标记物及危险性评估。过量镉暴露可引起肾、肺、肝、骨和生殖效应以及癌症。在中国和其他国家进行的最新研究表明，生活在镉污染区的一般人群可发生以骨矿密度降低和骨折发生率增加为特征的骨效应；出现肾小管功能异常的镉累积量比骨效应剂量更低，也比从前估计的临界剂量更低。附4图11表25篇参考文献。     

近红外光谱分析技术在快速分析上的应用

简要介绍了近红外光谱的原理、特点,综述了近红外光谱在农业、食品、制药、石油化工、高分子等领域快速分析上的研究及应用现状,并对近红外光谱的应用前景进行了展望．     

草甘膦分析方法的研究进展

介绍了1990—2010年间草甘膦的定性、定量分析方法,包括红外光谱法、核磁共振法、分光光度法、色谱法、化学发光法等(引用文献50篇)。     

Recent Advances and Perspectives in Analytical Methodologies for Monitoring the Bioavailability of Trace Metals in Environmental Solid Substrates

In the last decades, researchers have realised that the impact of trace elements (TE) in environmental solid substrates on ecological systems and biota cannot be ascertained appropriately by means of total metal content measurements. Assessment of TE chemical forms, types of binding and reactivity of their associations with particulate forms has, thus, been commonly performed via batch-wise equilibrium-based sequential extraction fractionation methods able to discern TE bound to different soil-phase compartments. In this paper, novel analytical strategies for monitoring the mobility, bioavailability and the eventual impact of anthropogenic TE in environmental solids are addressed. The potential of passive dosimeters based on microdialysis sampling for on-site, real-time monitoring of chemical contaminants in pore soil solution is thoroughly discussed and critically compared with active microsamplers. Recent miniaturised configurations designed for following the fate of target pollutants and the on-going chemical changes occurring at local soil sites, e.g., the rhizosphere environment, at high temporal resolution are also presented in detail. Kinetic information on the lability of the various TE forms associated to soil phases under simulated environmental changing conditions – that yield improved knowledge on short-term hazards of TE for the environment – can be obtained in a fully automated mode by means of flow-through microcolumn fractionation procedures. The use of sequential injection analysis, in terms of the implementation of on-line dynamic fractionation, is described and illustrated via selected examples comprising the well-accepted three-step SM&T sequential fractionation, protocol.     

Analytical Methodologies with Very Low Blank Levels: Implications for Practical and Empirical Evaluations of the Limit of Detection

Abstract

Limit of detection criteria in analytical chemistry are regularly specified in terms of the distribution of the measured blank response. The consequences of an analytical blank response with a negligible distribution of measured values on the calculation and significance of limit of detection criteria receive scarce attention. A consideration of a hypothetical analytical methodology where the blank response is zero and the distribution of blank values is negligible is described. The impact of this situation on the traditional limit of detection criteria and on calibration relationships is discussed in detail. A simple, empirical method of estimating indicative method detection limits based on whole‐method repeatability is proffered. This model has been validated with experimental data.     

Development and Evaluation of Sampling and Analytical Techniques for Investigating Air-Water Exchange of Chemicals

Abstract

Gas exchange across the air-water interface is one of the three major transport pathways for atmospheric inputs of organic pollutants in the Great Lakes. It is essential to advance our knowledge of the air-water exchange processes to improve our understanding of the environmental pathways and fate of a variety of persistent and toxic chemicals. Two complementary prototype devices were developed and tested for direct characterization of air-water exchange processes. One was a sparger device which was used to determine the (truly) dissolved concentration of a given chemical in water, and hence its potential for diffusive transfer at the air-water interface. The other was a flux chamber with which the chemical mass transfer rate from the water surface to the atmosphere (or vice versa) was determined. Ambient air and air from the sparger and flux chamber were collected/concentrated on multi-bed adsorbent tubes, followed by thermal desorption GC-MS analysis. Collected water samples were filtered and then concentrated on adsorbent tubes which were subject to similar thermal desorption GC-MS analytical procedures. The combination of these techniques provides a useful means for the estimation of the mass transfer rates of chemicals across the air-water interface.     

水环境中痕量有机致害物的系统色谱分析

本文提出了水环境（包括饮用水）中痕量有机致害物的系统色谱分析方案。把顶端空间－气相色谱作为易挥发物（或液相色谱）作为难挥发有机物的检测途径。整个系统只需一个高效气相色谱和一个高效液相色谱系统即可满足优先监测物分析的基本要求。文中对分析方案中的若干关键过程作了讨论。     

Improvement of Analytical Measurements within the BCR-Programme: Single and Sequential Extraction Procedures Applied to Soil and Sediment Analysis

Abstract

The determination of extractable trace metal contents in soil and sediment, using respectively single and sequential extraction procedures, is currently performed in many laboratories to assess the bioavailable metal fraction (and related phyto-toxic effects) and the accessability to the environment (e.g. contamination of ground waters).

Owing to the need for validation of the extraction schemes used and of the analytical techniques, the Community Bureau of Reference (BCR) decided to organize a project for the improvement of the quality of determinations of extractable trace metal contents in soil and sediment. The implementation of this project follows a stepwise approach involving feasibility studies, intercomparisons to detect and remove sources of errors in the application of the analytical methods, and the certification of the extractable compounds. This paper describes the organization of the work completed so far (feasibility studies and first intercomparison) and discusses its further development.     

Analytical Method Development for the Simultaneous Determination of Five Human Pharmaceuticals in Water and Wastewater Samples by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Summary Effective analytical methods for the simultaneous determination of five pharmaceuticals from various therapeutic classes in a variety of aqueous samples have been developed and method performance data are presented. The method involves the simultaneous extraction of the selected pharmaceuticals from the aqueous phase by solid phase extraction using a hyper cross linked, polystyrene-divinylbenzene polymer based sorbent. Analytes were eluted with methanol, derivatised with N-methyl-N-trimethylsilyltrifloroacetamide and analysed by gas chromatography – electron ionisation mass spectrometry (GC-EI-MS). Recoveries of 50 to 98% were established for waters spiked with the studied compounds at the low ng L^–1 level with the highest detection sensitivities being achieved in the selected ion monitoring (SIM) mode and the quantification limit of the procedure for sample sizes of 1000 ml was approximately 5 ng L^–1 for all matrices except sewage which was only tested to 20 ng L^–1. Analysis of domestic sewage from a large treatment works demonstrate the presence of all five compounds in both influents and effluents.     

用方法精密度检验钛合金光谱分析标准物质的均匀性

采用方差分析方案使用重复性(r)检验钛合金光谱分析标准物质均匀性的方法.结果表明:这种方法能较好地反映出受检样品的不均匀性,较之其他方法简单,方便,但要求比较严格.     

Solid-phase Extraction for Analysis of Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in Water Samples

A method for analysis of short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) in water based on solid-phase extraction (SPE) was established using electron capture negative chemical ionization mass spectrometry (GC-ENCI-MS). The SPE parameters, including the sorbent, eluent and elution volume were optimized. The Agilent Bond Elut-C₁₈ was precleaned with 3 mL of hexane and 3 mL of methanol, and subsequently conditioned with 3 mL H₂O prior to use. After the water samples were enriched by the cartridge, the sample was washed with 3 mL of 10% (V/V) methanol and eluted with 3 mL of hexane-dichloromethane (1:1, V/V) solution. The results indicated that the limits of detection (LOD) for SCCPs were 18 ng L^?1, while the corresponding limits of quantitation (LOQ) were 60 ng L^?1. The spiked recovery range was 90%–135%, with a relative standard deviation of less than 10%. Finally, 20 surficial water samples around Beijing were collected and SCCPs contents were analyzed using the proposed method. The SCCPs concentrations ranged from less than LOD to 682 ng L^?1 with a mean concentration of 216 ng L^?1.     

一种在线固相萃取流路系统的设计及其分析性能的探讨

本文设计了一种使用双柱富集的在线固相萃取流路系统，其浓集倍数和浓集效率均比单柱系统提高一倍。以Ｐｄ和Ｓｒ为代表元素，浓集效率可达Ｐｄ（吸附富集）３６和Ｓｒ（共沉淀富集）２６。检出限分别为Ｐｄ０．３ｎｇ／ｍｌ和Ｓｒ０．５ｎｇ／ｍｌ。采样频率分别为Ｐｄ１５￣２０／ｈ和Ｓｒ２０￣３０／ｈ。     

Analytical application of the poly(1H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol) modified gold electrode for high-sensitive voltammetric determination of catechol in tap and lake water samples

ABSTRACT

In this work, a simple, sensitive and rapid method for the determination of trace amounts of catechol (CT) in aqueous media has been suggested. For this purpose, poly(1H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol) film was electrochemically deposited successfully at the gold electrode (Au/T3T). The electrochemical behaviour of CT was studied on the Au/T3T electrode by the cyclic voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry techniques. The anodic peak current value and the concentration of CT showed a good linear relationship in the range of 0.015–2.8 µM. The limit of detection was found as 1.88 nM (S/N = 3). Besides, the reproducibility, repeatability, stability and interference measurements were also assayed. This sensor was applied successfully for the detection of CT in synthetic and real samples.