Determination of carbaryl by flow injection with luminol chemiluminescence inhibition detection

A flow-injection procedure is described for the determination of carbaryl based on its inhibition effect on luminol-cobalt(II) chemiluminescence reaction in alkaline medium in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. The calibration data over the range 5.0?×?10^?7 to 20?×?10^?6?M give a correlation coefficient (r ²) of 0.9972 with relative standard deviations (RSD; n?=?4) in the range of 1.0–2.1% with a limit of detection (3?×?blank noise) of 2.37?×?10^?7?M for carbaryl. The sample throughput was 120?h^?1. The effects of some carbamates, anions, and cations were studied on luminol CL system for carbaryl determination. The proposed method has been applied to determine carbaryl in natural waters.     

Determination of thyroxine hormone by luminol chemiluminescence

A chemiluminescence (CL) flow system for determination of thyroxine (Thy) is presented. It is based on the catalytic effect of cobalt(II) on the CL reaction between luminol and hydrogen peroxide. The iodinated chemical structure of Thy causes a heavy atom effect. The luminol CL signals show significant quenching by Thy. The calibration graph for Thy is linear for 15-70 μg ml⁻¹ and the 3σ detection limits are 27 μg ml⁻¹ for d-Thy and 23 μg ml⁻¹ for l-Thy.     

Sensitive determination of captopril by time-resolved chemiluminescence using the stopped-flow analysis based on potassium permanganate oxidation

The chemiluminescent behaviour of captopril when reacted with a common oxidant, potassium permanganate in different acidic media is described, using the stopped-flow technique in a continuous-flow system. A 22 bit analogue-to-digital converter that acquires analogue signals at −10 and +10 V and allows the power supply to the peristaltic pump to be interrupted is used in the time-resolved chemiluminescence manifold to ensure rapid, efficient mixing of chemiluminescent reagent and sample immediately before reaching the detector; this results in high precision and detectability, particularly with fast, short-lived emissions.The optimum chemical conditions for the chemiluminescence emission were investigated. It was found that a weak CL emission was emitted during the oxidation of this drug with potassium permanganate in acidic solution. The effect of common emission enhancers such as formic acid, formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, acetaldehyde, quinine, fluorescein, rhodamine B and rhodamine 6G was studied. The parameters selected were 4.0 mol L⁻¹ sulphuric acid, 0.25 mmol L⁻¹ permanganate and 0.75 mol L⁻¹ formaldehyde.Four quantitative parameters adjustable via software settings, two of them typically kinetic parameters, such as rate of the light-development reaction and rate of the light-decay reaction, and the other conventional parameters, such as maximum emission intensity and total emission area, were used to obtain linear calibration graphs with each measurement parameter. The detection limits ranged from 0.011 to 0.026 μg mL⁻¹ and R.S.D. values (n = 10) of 1.21-3.93 at a 0.50 μg mL⁻¹ and 2.01-3.41 at a 1.60 μg mL⁻¹ concentration levels were obtained. The method was satisfactorily applied to the determination of captopril in pharmaceutical preparations.     

Determination of phenol at ng l-1 level by flow-injection chemiluminescence combined with on-line solid-phase extraction

In this paper, a simple flow-injection chemiluminescence (CL) system combined with on-line solid-phase extraction is presented to determine phenol. This method is based on the enhancement effect of phenol on the luminol-K3Fe(CN)6 CL system. The solid-phase extraction promised the high sensitivity and improved selectivity of CL detection. With the calibration range from 4.7 ng l-1 to 470 ng l-1 phenol concentration, the proposed method was applied to analyzing phenol in water samples and the obtained results were validated by the standard method. The detection limit was determined as 0.66 ng l-1. The relative standard deviation was 1.5% for determining 4.7 ng l-1 phenol standard (n=7).     

纳米银催化的鲁米诺化学发光体系测定呋喃硫胺的研究

基于纳米银能够增强鲁米诺-H2O2-呋喃硫胺体系化学发光的现象,建立了测定呋喃硫胺的流动注射化学发光新方法.对体系的化学发光机理进行了初步探讨,发现该体系的化学发光光谱的最大发射波长为425nm,该体系的发光体为激发态的3-氨基邻苯二甲酸根离子.该方法测定呋喃硫胺的线性范围为1.0×10-8～1.0×10-5g/mL,检出限4×10-9g/mL,对1.0×10-6g/mL呋喃硫胺连续9次测定的相对标准偏差(RSD)为1.9％.方法已用于药物呋喃硫胺片中呋喃硫胺的测定.     

Simultaneous stopped-flow determination of morphine and naloxone by time-resolved chemiluminescence

The first application of the flow analysis coupled with chemiluminescence detection and based on stopped-flow chemistry to the simultaneous determination of two components, using a two equation system, is described. The proposed method to determine simultaneously morphine and naloxone is based on the chemiluminescence oxidation of these compounds by their reaction with potassium permanganate in an acidic medium. The main feature of the system used is that the recording of the whole chemiluminescence intensity-versus-time profiles can be obtained, using the stopped-flow technique in a continuous-flow system. Then, the chemiluminescent signals obtained at two times of these profiles can be used to determine the concentration of both opiate narcotics. The effect of common emission enhancers on the chemiluminescence emission of these compounds in different acidic media, using the above-mentioned technique, was studied, in order to achieve the best conditions in which, the CL profiles of both compounds should be additive. The parameters selected were sulphuric acid 1.0 mol L⁻¹, permanganate 0.2 mmol L⁻¹ and formaldehyde 0.8 mol L⁻¹. Taken in account the different profiles of the transient CL signal obtained with each compounds, using the selected chemical conditions, two measurement times (1.4 and 4.8 s) of these responses curves were considered with the purpose to establish a simple 2 × 2 matrix calculation. Using the chemiluminiscent signals obtained at these times, a linear calibration graph was obtained for each one of the compounds between 0.01 and 1.00 mg L⁻¹ for morphine and 0.10–1.50 mg L⁻¹ for naloxone. The present chemiluminescence procedure was applied to the determination of both compounds in mixtures and was found to be satisfactory.     

New flow-multicommutation method for the photo-chemiluminometric determination of the carbamate pesticide asulam

This paper deals with a straightforward automated method for the determination of asulam in water based on the use of a flow manifold including three computer-controlled solenoid valves. The method involves irradiating on an aqueous solution of asulam in glycine buffer at pH 8.3 with UV light during 90 s, then follows the oxidation with potassium permanganate in a sulphuric medium and chemiluminescence-based detection of the resulting photoproducts. The limit of detection thus achieved is 40 μg l⁻¹. The detector response is linear up to a 5 mg l⁻¹ asulam concentration and the throughput is 30 samples h⁻¹. In parallel tests, oxidation with alkaline ferricyanide was also assessed and the results compared (sensitivity, selectivity and reproducibility) with those from oxidation with potassium permanganate in acidic medium. The use of a flow based on solenoid valves results in substantial reagent savings and constitutes a further extension of clean chemistry procedures. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first chemiluminescence-based determination of asulam and also the first based on multicommutation analysis.     

化学发光分析法测定动物蛋白粉等样品中的锰

基于Mn(Ⅱ) 邻菲罗啉对鲁米诺 KIO4化学发光体系的催化作用建立了测定Mn(Ⅱ)的分析方法。Mn(Ⅱ)质量浓度在2.0×10-6～5.0×10-5mg/mL范围与发光强度呈线性响应,回归方程为ICL=0.6+1.39×106ρ(mg/mL),检出限为2.0×10-6mg/mL。Cr3+、Fe2+、Co2+、Au3+等离子有干扰,使用EDTA、F-、8 羟基喹啉等为掩蔽剂可消除或降低干扰。将该法应用于生物化工产品丙酸钙、动物蛋白粉等中痕量锰的测定,加标回收率98%～102%,10次测定RSD为4 6%。将测定的结果与原子吸收法比较,相对偏差≤±3%。     

The inhibition by amines and amino acids of bleach-induced luminol chemiluminescence during forensic screening for blood

Sprays containing alkaline solutions of peroxide and luminol are used as presumptive screens for bloodstains at crime scenes. These sprays can be subject to interference from hypochlorite-based cleaning agents (bleaches), leading to false positive results. This paper reports the screening of amines for their ability to decrease the interference by bleach while not greatly affecting the reaction with blood. The addition of glycine (0.05 mol L⁻¹) to the Grodsky formulation of luminol spray, together with an adjustment of the pH to 12, gave good discrimination between blood and bleach, and has the advantage that glycine is non-toxic compared to many other amines. The modified spray gave similar chemiluminescence intensity and duration as the unmodified Grodsky spray. However, it is recommended that this modification only be used when there is evidence that hypochlorite bleach may have been used at a scene. The amines triethylamine and sulfamate led to enhanced chemiluminescence in the presence of hypochlorite.     

Determination of photoirradiated high polar benzoylureas in tomato by HPLC with luminol chemiluminescence detection

This study reports the first analytical application of luminol chemiluminescence reaction for the sensitive detection of two benzoylurea insecticides (diflubenzuron and triflumuron). Off-line experiments demonstrated that previously irradiated traces of these benzoylurea insecticides largely enhanced the chemiluminescence emission yielded from the oxidation of luminol in methanol:water mixtures, by potassium permanganate in alkaline medium, the enhancement being proportional to the concentration of both pesticides. The two benzoylureas were determined in tomato samples by coupling liquid chromatography with post-column photoderivatization and detection based on this chemiluminescence reaction. Tomato samples were extracted using the QuEChERS method based on extraction with acetonitrile and dispersive solid-phase clean-up using primary and secondary amine (PSA). Interferences due to matrix effect were overcome by using matrix-matched standards. The optimised method was validated with respect to linearity, limits of detection and quantification, precision and accuracy. Under the optimised conditions, calibrations graphs were linear between 0.05 and 0.50 μg mL⁻¹ for diflubenzuron and between 0.10 and 1.00 μg mL⁻¹ for triflumuron. Method detection limits were 0.0025 and 0.0131 μg mL⁻¹ (equivalent to 0.0005 and 0.0026 mg kg⁻¹) and quantification limits were 0.05 and 0.10 μg mL⁻¹ (equivalent to 0.01 and 0.02 mg kg⁻¹) for diflubenzuron and triflumuron, respectively. In both cases, quantification limits were lower than the maximum residue levels (MRLs) established by the European legislation. The relative standard deviation of intra-day precision was below 10% and recoveries were between 79.7% and 94.2% for both pesticides.     

流动注射化学发光抑制法测定阿魏酸钠

提出了Fe2+-H2O2-亚甲基蓝化学发光新体系并用于阿魏酸钠的测定。实验发现,在酸性介质中,Fe2+-H2O2体系可与亚甲基蓝反应产生极强的化学发光,阿魏酸钠对此化学发光具有显著的抑制作用。据此,结合流动注射技术,建立了阿魏酸钠化学发光分析新方法。研究了影响化学发光强度的因素,化学发光信号的降低值(ΔI)与阿魏酸钠浓度在4.5×10-6～4.5×10-5mol/L范围内呈良好的线性关系,方法的检出限为7.0×10-7mol/L。对4.8×10-6mol/L的阿魏酸钠进行了11次平行测定,其RSD=0.8%,该法已用于片剂中阿魏酸钠含量的测定。     

Stopped-flow study of the enhanced chemiluminescence for the oxidation of luminol with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by microperoxidase 8

The presence of carbonate or Tris causes a dramatic enhancement in the cheminluminescence (CL) for the oxidation of luminol with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by microperoxidase 8 (MP8). A nearly constant enhancement in CL was observed over a wide range of H₂O₂ and luminol concentrations. The enhancement in CL is strongly pH-dependent, varying from 1.3 to 22.2 for carbonate and 1.6 to 10.2 for Tris. The CL enhancement is much more prominent at pH 9-10 than at high pH (>10.5) because of the extremely weak CL emission at pH below 10 when no enhancer is present. The CL enhancement is attributed to an accelerated CL cycle and the existence of alternative routes for luminol CL, possibly involving the carbonate, or Tris radicals. The dramatic enhancement in CL of the MP8-luminol-H₂O₂ system by the readily available reagents, sodium carbonate or Tris, will have general applications for sensitive CL assays. As an example, the presence of antioxidant results in a diminished and delayed CL emission, allowing the determination of its concentration at sub-micromolar level.     

Determination of trace amounts of bromide by flow injection/stopped-flow detection technique using kinetic-spectrophotometric method

A simple, sensitive and selective method for the determination of bromide in seawater by using a flow injection/stopped-flow detection technique was examined. The detection system was developed for a new kinetic-spectrophotometric determination of bromide in the presence of chloride matrix without any extraction and/or separation. The detection was based on the kinetic effect of bromide on the oxidation of methylene blue (MB) with hydrogen peroxide in a strongly acidic solution. Large amounts of chloride could enhance the sensitivity of the method as an activator. The decolorisation of the blue color of MB was used for the spectrophotometric determination of bromide at 746 nm. A stopped-flow approach was used to improve the sensitivity of the measurement and provide good linearity of the calibration over the range of 0-3.2 μg ml⁻¹ of bromide. The relative standard deviation was 0.74% for the determination of 2.4 μg ml⁻¹ bromide (n = 5). The detection limit (3σ) was 0.1 μg ml⁻¹ with a sampling frequency of 12 h⁻¹. The influence of potential interfering ions was studied. The proposed method was applied to the determination of bromide in seawater samples and provided satisfactory results.     

Determination of Tiopronin in Pharmatceutical Preparations by Time Resolved Chemiluminescence Using the Stopped-Flow Technique

An analytical method for the determination of tiopronin in pharmaceuticals was developed. The method is based on measurements of the chemiluminescence (CL) produced by tiopronin upon reaction with sulfuric acid and potassium permanganate as the oxidant in the presence of formaldehyde as emission enhancer. This allows entire chemiluminescence intensity vs. time profiles to be recorded by using the stopped-flow technique in a continuous-flow system, which, in turn, enables the use of a new parameter (the rate of the light decay reaction) in addition to the maximum emission intensity and total emission area, which are proportional to the analyte concentration. The influence of chemical variables such as the type of acid used and its concentration, emission enhancer, and oxidant concentration on the chemiluminescence signal was examined. The calibration graph was linear from 0.05 to 3.00 mg L^?1. The limit of detection as determined according to Clayton ranged from 0.12 to 0.17 mg L^?1 and the relative standard deviation (RSD) for the analysis of 10 samples containing an analyte concentration of 1.50 mg L^?1 was 1.87%.     

Evaluation of peroxide value of olive oil and antioxidant activity by luminol chemiluminescence

Three procedures are developed and investigated for the simple and fast determination of peroxide value of olive oil by luminol chemiluminescence. The procedure using hemin as catalyst in carbonate alkaline solution allows the determination of hydrogen peroxide within the range 0.014-50 μM. The method can be used for the determination of peroxide value within the range 2.00-30.0 mequiv. O₂/kg oil and results correlate very well (r² = 0.99) with those of the official method. All reagents are aqueous solutions and olive oil is dissolved in acetone:ethanol mixed solution and, hence, the method is using minimal amounts of organic solvents and can be successfully applied to field analysis. Antioxidant activity of five common compounds found in natural products was determined by using luminol CL with Co(II) as EDTA complex as catalyst at pH 9.00.     

Determination of nanomolar concentrations of phosphate in freshwaters using flow injection with luminol chemiluminescence detection

A simple and rapid flow injection (FI) method is reported for the determination of phosphate (as molybdate reactive P) in freshwaters based on luminol chemiluminescence (CL) detection. The molybdophosphoric heteropoly acid formed by phosphate and ammonium molybdate in acidic conditions generated chemiluminescence emission via the oxidation of luminol. The detection limit (3× standard deviation of blank) was 0.03 μg P l⁻¹ (1.0 nM), with a sample throughput of 180 h⁻¹. The calibration graph was linear over the range 0.032–3.26 μg P l⁻¹ (r²=0.9880) with relative standard deviations (n=4) in the range 1.2–4.7%. Interfering cations (Ca(II), Mg(II), Ni(II), Zn(II), Cu(II), Co(II), Fe(II) and Fe(III)) were removed by passing the sample through an in-line iminodiacetate chelating column. Silicate interference (at 5 mg Si l⁻¹) was effectively masked by the addition of tartaric acid and other common anions (Cl⁻, SO₄²⁻, HCO₃⁻, NO₃⁻ and NO₂⁻) did not interfere at their maximum admissible concentrations in freshwaters. The method was applied to freshwater samples and the results (26.1±1.1–62.0±0.4 μg P l⁻¹) were not significantly different (P=0.05) from results obtained using a segmented flow analyser method with spectrophotometric detection (24.4±4.45–84.0±16.0 μg P l⁻¹).     

鲁米诺-铁氰化钾化学发光体系测定左旋多巴

铁氰化钾在碱性条件能氧化鲁米诺而发光,左旋多巴能大大增强该发光强度。基于此现象并结合流动注射技术,建立起一种直接测定左旋多巴的流动注射化学发光分析法。方法检出限为1.2×10-10g mL,左旋多巴质量浓度在5 0×10-10～5.0×10-8g mL范围内与发光强度呈良好的线性关系。相对标准偏差为2.9%(左旋多巴5.0×10-9g mL,n=11)。该方法可用于片剂中左旋多巴量的测定。     

固相萃取—化学发光法测定植物中的吲哚乙酸

植物拟南芥中吲哚乙酸用甲醇超声提取,后经固相萃取小柱净化用化学发光法测定.在多聚磷酸(PPA)介质中,吲哚乙酸对高良姜素-高锰酸钾体系的发光有很强的增敏作用,据此建立了固相萃取-流动注射化学发光测定吲哚乙酸的新方法.在优化条件下,相对化学发光的对数值与吲哚乙酸浓度的对数值在8.0 ×10-9～1.0×10 -7g/mL...     

Determination of N-methylcarbamate pesticides in water and vegetable samples by HPLC with post-column chemiluminescence detection using the luminol reaction

In this paper we proposed a reverse high performance liquid chromatography method for the simultaneous determination of three N-methylcarbamates (NMCs) named carbofuran, carbaryl and methiocarb, using the post-column chemiluminescence (CL) detection with the luminol reaction. This method is based on the enhancing effect of these analytes on the CL emission generated by the oxidation of luminol with potassium permanganate in alkaline medium. The separation was reached in less than 14 min using a C18 column and an isocratic binary mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile:water (50:50, v/v) pumped at a flow rate of 1 mL min⁻¹. CL reagents (luminol and KMnO₄) were incorporated by means of a peristaltic pump and were firstly mixed using a three-way connector. Then this stream was mixed with the eluate using another three-way connector just before reaching the detection cell. The optimization of variables affecting the CL reaction (reaction medium, concentration, flow rate of reagents and distance between both connectors) were optimized by means of experimental designs. Ethiofencarb, a NMC which has nowadays fallen into disuse was used as internal standard. For the analysis of theses pesticides in real water samples a pre-treatment step consisting of solid phase extraction (SPE) was conducted in order to reach sensitivity levels below the legal maximum concentration permitted. In the case of vegetable sample, SPE was used for matrix cleaning purpose.     

Determination of phenols by flow injection and liquid chromatography with on-line quinine-sensitized photo-oxidation and quenched luminol chemiluminescence detection

An on-line quinine-sensitized photo-oxidation with quenched chemiluminescence (CL) detection method is developed for phenols using flow injection (FI) and liquid chromatography (LC). This detection method is based on the decrease of light emission from the luminol CL reaction due to the photo-oxidation of phenols that scavenge the photogenerated reactive oxygen species (e.g. singlet oxygen () and superoxide (O₂⁻)). On-line photo-oxidation is achieved using a coil photo-reactor made from fluoroethylene-propylene copolymer tubing ( mm i.d.) coiled around a mercury UV lamp. A buffer of pH 7 and a concentration of 350 μM for quinine sulfate are determined optimum for the sensitized photo-oxidation. Using a carrier system flow rate of 60 μl/min, calibration curves taken by FI for 10 phenolic compounds in aqueous solutions showed this decreasing sensitivity order: 4-chlorophenol, phenol, 4-nitrophenol, 3-hydroxy-l-kynurenine, 2-nitrophenol, salicylate, 3-nitrophenol, catechol, 2,4-dinitrophenol, and 2,4-dichlorophenol. This detection method using two tandem coil photo-reactors is also applied for the LC separation of phenol, 4-nitrophenol and 4-chlorophenol on an octadecyl (C18) silica LC column using acetonitrile-H₂O (40:60, v/v) as a mobile phase. The quenched CL detection limits (about 1 μM or 20 pmol) for phenol and 4-chlorophenol are comparable to those for UV detection at 254 nm. Some selectivity in the quenched CL detection is evident by no interference in the FI phenol response even when benzaldehyde and phenethanol concentrations are 8 and 15 times that of phenol.