Method development and validation for the simultaneous determination of four coumarins in Saussurea superba by capillary zone electrophoresis

A capillary zone electrophoretic method has been developed for the determination of four coumarins--skimmin, scopolin, scopoletin, and umbelliferone-in Saussurea superba with UV detection at 254 nm. The capillary temperature was kept constant at 25 degrees C. Effects of buffer pH, electrolyte concentration, organic modifier, and applied voltage on migration behavior were studied systematically. The optimum conditions for separation were achieved by using 30 mM borate buffer at pH 9.02 containing 15% (v/v) methanol as the electrolyte and 25 kV as the applied voltage. For all analytes a good linear regression relationship (r > 0.999) was obtained between peak area and concentration over a relatively wide range. The method was validated for repeatability, precision, and accuracy. The validated method was successfully applied to the simultaneous determination of the four analytes in S. superba.     

反相离子对色谱中有机溶剂浓度和离子对试剂浓度对保留值的影响

我们测定了氨基苯磺酸和氨基萘磺酸在反相离子对色谱中不同乙腈/水, 甲醇/水配比和离子对试剂浓度下的保留值,并把两种冲洗剂下的保留值和关系式lnk'=a+C~c~b中的参数a,C作线性关联,得到很好的相关性,这表明有机溶剂乙腈和甲醇对选择性并无显著的影响,但乙腈有更大的冲洗强度.证明关系式lnk'=A+Blnc~p+C~c~ b能较好地描述有机溶剂和离子对试剂浓度对保留值的影响, 但当离子对试剂浓度较高时该关系式不成立.同时提出了有机溶剂浓度和离子对试剂浓度"等同效应" 的概念     

Rapid Determination of Coumarins in Plants by Capillary Electrophoresis

The goal of this study was to optimize the parameters for capillary electrophoresis to separate and determine aesculin, aesculetin, umbelliferone, and dihydrocoumarin in plant materials. A simple and rapid capillary zone electrophoresis method is reported for this separation that required less than nine minutes. A bare fused silica capillary was employed using 20 mM borax in 5% methanol at pH 10.1 as the background electrolyte with an applied voltage of 30 kV at 27°C. Good linearity and reproducibility were obtained with high correlation coefficients. The analytes were determined by molecular absorption at 194 and 206 nm. Coumarins were determined in Aesculus hippocastanum L., Cichorium intybus L., Melilotus officinalis L., and Juniperus communis L. “Pendula.” The concentrations of aesculin and aesculetin were 3.07 and 6.31 mg g^?1 in Aesculus hippocastanum. In Cichorium intybus, the aesculetin concentration was 2.42 mg g^?1. The dihydrocoumarin concentration was 0.54 mg g^?1 in Melilotus officinalis, and the concentration of umbelliferone was 0.58 mg g^?1 in Juniperus communis “Pendula.”     

Analysis of aesculin and aesculotin in Cortex fraxini by capillary zone electrophoresis

A simple method for quantitative analysis of aesculin and aesculetin in Cortex fraxini was developed using capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE). Berberin was employed as an internal standard, The running buffer was 6 mM Na(2)B(4)O(7) and 10 mM NaH(2)PO(4) (pH 6.70). The linear calibration range was 32-256 mug ml(-1) (r=0.9996) for aesculin and 23-230 mug ml(-1) (r=0.9993) for aesculetin. The contents of aeculin and aesculetin in C. fraxini were easily determined within 12 min the pKa values of aesculin and asculetin determined by CZE were 6.56 and 5.62, respectively. A simple method for estimation of the temperature inside the capillary during running was also proposed.     

毛细管电泳法分析西维因等农药

 采用毛细管电泳法对西维因和 4种三嗪类农药进行了分离研究 ,考察了溶液的 pH值、胶束浓度和有机改性剂对分离的影响。以 2 0mmol/L硼砂 5 0mmol/L十二烷基硫酸钠 10 % (体积分数 )甲醇溶液 (pH 9 2 )为电泳缓冲液 ,采用压力进样方式 ,在 2 5kV恒压下进行分离 ,并在波长 2 2 5nm处检测 ,各组分可达到基线分离。在质量浓度为 30mg/L～ 2 0 0mg/L时 ,西维因标样的线性关系良好。该方法应用于西维因原药实际样品的测定 ,结果令人满意 ,西维因的加标回收率为 93 4 %～10 1 3% ,其峰面积的RSD为 2 5 9%。     

Simultaneous determination of noradrenaline and dopamine in Portulaca oleracea L. by capillary zone electrophoresis

A simple and rapid capillary electrophoretic method was developed for the simultaneous determination of noradrenaline (NA) and dopamine (DA) in Portulaca oleracea L. The buffer solution used in this method was 40 mM tris (hydroxymethyl) aminomethane (Tris)-H3PO4 at pH 2.00 containing 15% methanol. The effects of pH value, organic modifier, and applied voltage were investigated. The linear ranges of NA and DA were 0.5-100 microg/mL (r=0.9952) and 6.25-200 microg/mL (r=0.9992), respectively. The relative standard deviations of the corrected peak area were 6.73% and 4.26%, respectively. NA and DA in Portulaca oleracea L. were simultaneous determined successfully within 5.6 min. In this way, the contents of NA and DA in different parts (stem, leaves, and seeds) of P. oleracea L. and in different extracts of leaves with different solvents (distilled water, 50% methanol, and methanol) were studied.     

Pre-capillary derivatisation and capillary zone electrophoresis for amino acids analysis in beverages

A simple and rapid method for the simultaneous analysis of amino acids has been developed. Amino acids were derivatised based on pre-capillary derivatisation with 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulfonate (NQS) in basic medium (pH 10.0) and developed reaction at 70 degrees C. Their derivatives were analysed by capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE). The parameters affecting CZE separation were investigated including buffer (pH, type and concentration), organic modifier and separation voltage. The optimum condition was 70 mmol L(-1) borate (pH 10.0) containing 10% acetonitrile, separation voltage of 12 kV, and sample injection (0.5 psi, 5s) and on-capillary detection at 240 nm. The separation of seven amino acids was achieved within 17 min. The detection limit was 1.0 mg L(-1) for all studied amino acids. The calibration curves were linear in the concentration range of 1.0-100.0 mg L(-1). The repeatability, intra-day and inter-day analysis were < or = 1.0% and < or = 2.0% for migration time and < or = 5.0% and 6.0% for peak area. The proposed method has been applied to several beverage samples with only a simple dilution and filtration treatment of sample before derivatisation and analysed by CZE.     

Analysis of ultraviolet absorption spectrum of Chinese herbal medicine-Cortex Fraxini by double ANN

A fast, accurate and convenient method for the simultaneous determination of multi-component in the Chinese herbal medicine was proposed by using ultraviolet absorption spectrum. In this method, dummy components were added to training sample, and a double artificial neural network (DANN) that has the function of high self-revision and self-simulation was used. Effect of other interference components could be eliminated by adjusting concentration of dummy components. Therefore, the accuracy of concentration prediction for multi-component in the complicated Chinese herbal medicine was improved. It has been realized that two effective components of Cortex Fraxini, aesculin and aesculetin, were simultaneously determined, without any separation. The predicted accuracy was 92% within the permitted relative errors. The measurement precisions of the aesculin and aesculetin were 0.37% and 1.5%, respectively.     

Determination of active components in Chinese medicinal preparations by capillary electrophoresis

The determination of paeoniforin, paeonol, and censenoside Rg₁ in traditional Chinese medicinal preparations, Tze Po San Pien pills and Liuwen Dihuang pills has been investigated by micellar electrokinetic capillary electrophoresis with borate buffer (20 mM), sodium dodecylsulfate (30 mM) and acetonitrile (20%) as background electrolytes (pH 9.30), 20 kV applied voltage and 203 nm UV detection. The effects of SDS concentration, borate, buffer pH, and organic modifier on electrophoretic behavior and separation are discussed. Regression equations revealed linear relationships between the peak-area of each component and the content with the correlation coefficients from 0.9982 to 0.9999. In addition, the levels of the active compounds in two kinds of traditional Chinese medicinal preparations were easily determined with the recoveries from 93.1% to 108.2%.      

Separation and determination of honokiol and magnolol in Chinese traditional medicines by capillary electrophoresis with the application of response surface methodology and radial basis function neural network

A method for the separation and determination of honokiol and magnolol in Magnolia officinalis and its medicinal preparation is developed by capillary zone electrophoresis and response surface methodology. The concentration of borate, content of organic modifier, and applied voltage are selected as variables. The optimized conditions (i.e., 16 mmol/L sodium tetraborate at pH 10.0, 11% methanol, applied voltage of 25 kV and UV detection at 210 nm) are obtained and successfully applied to the analysis of honokiol and magnolol in Magnolia officinalis and Huoxiang Zhengqi Liquid. Good separation is achieved within 6 min. The limits of detection are 1.67 μg/mL for honokiol and 0.83 μg/mL for magnolol, respectively. In addition, an artificial neural network with "3-7-1" structure based on the ratio of peak resolution to the migration time of the later component (R(s)/t) given by Box-Behnken design is also reported, and the predicted results are in good agreement with the values given by the mathematic software and the experimental results.     

Study of polyethylene glycol as a green solvent in the microwave-assisted extraction of flavone and coumarin compounds from medicinal plants

In this paper, the application of polyethylene glycol (PEG) aqueous solution as a green solvent in microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) was firstly developed for the extraction of flavone and coumarin compounds from medicinal plants. The PEG solutions were optimized by a mono-factor test, and the other conditions of MAE including the size of sample, liquid/solid ratio, extraction temperature and extraction time were optimized by means of an orthogonal design L(9) (3(4)). Subsequently, PEG-MAE, organic solvent-MAE, and conventional heating reflux extraction (HRE) were evaluated with nevadensin extraction from Lysionotus pauciflorus, aesculin and aesculetin extraction from Cortex fraxini. Furthermore, the mechanism of PEG-MAE was investigated, including microwave-absorptive property and viscosity of PEG solutions, the kinetic mechanism of PEG-MAE and different microstructures of those samples before and after extraction. Under optimized conditions, the extraction yields of nevadensin from L. pauciflorus, aesculin and aesculetin from C. fraxini were 98.7%, 97.7% and 95.9% in a one-step extraction, respectively. The recoveries of nevadensin, aesculin and aesculetin were in the range of 92.0-103% with relative standard derivation lower than 3.6% by the proposed procedure. Compared with organic solvent-MAE and conventional extraction procedures, the proposed methods were effective and alternative for the extraction of flavone and coumarin compounds from medicinal plants. On the basis of the results, PEG solution as a green solvent in the MAE of active compounds from medicinal plants showed a great promising prospect.     

毛细管电泳法分离测定芦丁、槲皮素和连翘苷

用毛细管电泳紫外检测法同时测定了芦丁、槲皮素和连翘苷，研究了各种条件的影响，得到了优化的实验条件，在20mmol/L的Na2B4O7(H3B03调节至pH8．40)-30mmol/L十二烷基硫酸钠-10％乙腈(1 9)的缓冲溶液中，分离电压为12kV时，芦丁、槲皮素和连翘苷在10min内得到了良好的分离，检测波长为254nm，芦丁、槲皮素和连翘苷分别在0．01-1．0mg/mL，0．01-1．0mg／mL和0．05-1．0mg/mL质量浓度范围内与电泳峰高呈现良好线性关系，检测下限分别为0．005mg/mL，0．005mg/mL和0．01mg／mL，应用于实际样品的测定。     

CZE Determination of Flavonoids in Halenia elliptica

A capillary zone electrophoretic method with UV detection at 254 nm has been developed and validated for quantitative analysis of three flavonoids, luteolin?7?O?β?D-glycoside, genkwanin, and luteolin, in Halenia elliptica. The applied voltage was 15 kV and the capillary temperature was kept constant at 25 °C. The effects on migration of buffer pH, electrolyte concentration, and organic modifier were studied systematically. Optimum separation was achieved with 20 mM borate buffer at pH 9.00 containing10% (v/v) acetonitrile. Regression equations revealed a good linear relationship between the peak area of each compound and its concentration. All correlation coefficients were 0.9999. The relative standard deviations of migration time and peak areas were, respectively, <1.58 and 5.02%(intra-day) and <1.69% and 5.36% (inter-day). The amounts of the three compounds in the different parts of H. elliptica (stems, leaves, and flowers) and in the extracts of the flowers obtained with different solvents (100% methanol and 50% and 75% methanol in water) were successfully determined with satisfactory repeatability and recovery.     

Roles of Organic Modifiers in Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary Chromatography

In the present work, four organic modifiers, viz. urea, dioxane, methanol, and tetrahydrofuran, were comparatively and systematically studied in terms of their effects on electrokinetic migration behavior and the retention mechanism of homologous solutes in MECC. The results showed that the electroosmotic mobility, μ_eo, and the electrophoretic mobility of a micelle, μ_ep,mc, decrease linearly with increasing organic modifier concentration. The ability of organic modifiers to lower μ_eo is greater than their ability to lower μ_ep,mc. The negative values of the slopes of these linear relationships, D_eo and D_ep,mc, increase along the series the order urea < methanol < dioxane < tetrahydrofuran. The logarithm of the capacity factor (ln k′) of uncharged homologous solute, which is mainly determined by the hydrophobic interaction, decreases linearly with increasing organic modifier concentration, due not only to the decrease in the partition coefficient but also to the decrease in the phase ratio. A linear relationship was observed between the slope of the plot of ln k′ vs. organic modifier concentration and the carbon number of homologous compound. The slope of such a relationship can characterize the hydrophobicity of the organic modifier. The hydrophobicity of such organic modifiers is also found to increase along the series urea < methanol < dioxane < tetrahydrofuran.     

黑火药余烬中无机阴离子的毛细管电泳方法研究

 发展了一种用于黑火药余烬中无机阴离子测定的毛细管电泳分析方法。对缓冲溶液的组成及pH值、电渗流改性剂的浓度以及分离电压等条件进行了研究。选定条件 :分离电压为 - 2 0kV ,缓冲溶液为 5 0mmol/L的Na2 CrO4(pH 8 2 0 ) ,电渗流改性剂为 0 5mmol/L的溴化十六烷基三甲基铵 (CTAB) ,检测波长为 2 5 4nm。在上述条件下 ,5种阴离子在 4min内可完全分离。各组分迁移时间和峰面积的相对标准偏差 (RSD)分别为 0 17%～1 4 0 %和 3 9%～ 5 0 % ,最低检测限为 5 0 μmol/L～ 10 0 μmol/L。     

Separation and determination of flavonoids in Ixeridium gracile by capillary electrophoresis

A simple and rapid capillary electrophoresis method has been developed for the quantitative analysis of three active compounds: (3R)-7,2'-dihydroxy-3',4'-dimethoxy-isoflavan, kaempferol, and quercetin in Ixeridium gracile. The buffer solution used in this method is 20 mmol/L borate at pH 9.5. The effects of pH value, borate concentration, and applied voltage on migration behavior are systematically investigated. Regression equations reveal good linear relationships (correlation coefficients: 0.9986, 0.9997, and 0.9999) between the peak area of each compound and its concentration. The relative standard deviations of the migration time and peak area are less 1.12% and 3.11% (intraday), and 1.43% and 3.52% (interday), respectively, under the optimized separation conditions. The contents of the three flavonoids in I. gracile are successfully determined within 7.8 min, with satisfactory repeatability and recovery.     

Micellar electrokinetic chromatography as a fast screening method for the determination of 1,4-dihydropyridine calcium antagonists

A micellar electrokinetic chromatographic method (MEKC) was optimized for the separation of six calcium antagonists. The effects of the buffer (concentration and pH), concentration of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), the organic modifier, the injection time, and the voltage applied were studied. A final appropriate electrolyte of 50 mM borate buffer, pH 8.2, containing 20 mM SDS and 15% (v/v) acetonitrile was found to provide the optimum separation with respect to resolution and migration time. The samples were introduced hydrostatically for 4 s at 50 mbar injection pressure and the applied voltage was +25 kV. The screening of the six compounds was achieved in less than 15 min: nifedipine (migration time, tm = 6.9 min), nimodipine (tm = 10.1 min), felodipine (tm = 12.2 min), nicardipine hydrochloride (tm = 12.7 min), lacidipine (tm = 13.5 min) and amlodipine besylate (tm = 14.1 min, tm = 8 min). The method developed showed to be linear at least up to 70 micrograms/ml with a detection limit of about 5 micrograms/ml for each compound. The within-day and inter-day area reproducibility (R.S.D.) were, respectively, lower than 4.8 and 8.6% for six replicate samples.     

强阳离子交换整体柱的研制及其在电色谱多肽分离中的应用

以丙烯酸、2-丙烯酰胺-2-甲基丙磺酸为功能单体,N,N′-亚甲基双丙烯酰胺为交联剂,正十二醇、1,4-丁二醇及二甲基亚砜为致孔剂,偶氮二异丁腈为引发剂,原位聚合制备了丙烯酰胺类强阳离子交换整体柱。考察了驱动电压、有机调节剂、盐浓度、pH值等对电渗流的影响。结果表明,电渗流与驱动电压的线性关系良好,相关系数为0.9981;有机调节剂乙腈对电渗流的影响除与流动相的黏度有关外,还与固定相的溶胀有关,当浓度低时,电渗流随乙腈浓度的增加有反常的下降趋势;随着磷酸盐浓度逐渐增加,电渗流降低,与理论相符;在pH值为3～9范围内,电渗流基本上保持恒定,体现了整体柱使用酸碱范围宽的优越性。在优化的实验条件下,采用毛细管电色谱法在此整体柱上成功分离了5种多肽,体现了该类整体柱在多肽分离研究中的优势,为进一步将其应用于蛋白质分离研究打下了基础。     

市售大黄及三黄片中蒽醌类活性成分的胶束电动毛细管色谱含量测定

建立了胶束电动毛细管色谱分离和测定大黄及其制剂三黄片中蒽醌类活性组分的方法．考察了背景电解质pH、表面活性剂浓度、有机改性剂种类和浓度对分离的影响．实验结果表明：在缓冲液pH为9．5、SDS浓度为25mmol／L、乙氰浓度为20％时的优化条件下,大黄及三黄片中蒽醌类活性组分得到基线分离且方法具有较好的重现性．     

Direct Determination of Barbiturates in Urine by Capillary Electrophoresis Using a Capillary Coated Dynamically with Polycationic Polymers

A new, simple and rapid capillary electrophoresis method, using hexadimethrine bromide (HDB) as electro-osmotic flow modifier, has been developed for the identification and determination of nine barbiturates, barbital acid, barbital, phenobarbital, pentobarbital, amobarbital, thiobarbituric acid, butobarbital, N-methyl-5-phenyl-ethyl barbital acid and 5-cyclohexenyl-5-ethyl barbital acid in urine with UV detection at 200 nm. The applied voltage was ?25 kV and the capillary temperature was kept constant at 25 °C. The effects of buffer pH, the concentration of HDB and the concentration of α-cyclodextrin were studied systematically. Optimum separation was achieved with 20 mM borate buffer at pH 10.00 containing 0.04% (w/v) HDB and 2.06 mM α-cyclodextrin. Regression equations revealed good linear relationship between the peak area of each compound and its concentration. The correlation coefficients were from 0.9990 to 0.9997. The relative standard deviations of migration times and peak areas were <3.84 and 5.45% (intra-day). The nine barbiturates in urine were successfully determined within 7 min, without a prior preparation step and the method is useful for the investigation of intoxication.