Derivatisation of sympathomimetics with primary amino groups on thin-layer plates by spotting the sample spots with fluorescamine

Summary A method has been developed for the quantitative determination of sympathomimetics containing a primary amino group on thin-layer plates with fluorescamine. The reaction is carried out by spotting fluorescamine solution in acetone on top of the sample spots. The fluorescamine derivatives are subsequently separated using appropriate solvent systems. Spotting a buffer before reaction and spraying with triethanolamine after development is unnecessary. The consumption of reagent is extremely low. For ten thin-layer plates with ten sample spots per plate only 0.2 cm³ reagent solution are needed. The method has been applied to the quantitative determination of some compounds with primary amino groups in pharmaceutical preparations.Dedicated to Prof. Dr. G. Zigeuner on his 60^th birthday.     

Quantitative HPTLC determination of selenium

The present determination of selenium in biological matrices by HPTLC with in situ fluorimetric detection is an accurate alternative method, comparable to other established methods such as photometry, polarography, neutron activation, or X-ray fluorescence analysis, gas chromatography, and atomic absorption spectrometry. The excellent sensitivity of this procedure is proved by the detection limit of 250 fg of selenium per spot (using purified 2,3,1-naphthoselenodiazole). The oxidation of organic matrices, applying a novel digestion procedure, may be carried out with little instrumental expenditure. Sample preparation steps, such as the oxidation of selenium to Se (VI) and subsequent reduction to Se (IV) do not lead to significant random or systematic errors, nor does the digestion step, if an optimized procedure is used. A recovery rate of 103% and nearly parallel calibration curves for digested selenocysteine standards compared with spiked human serum samples demonstrate the accurate quantitative preparation of a biological matrix. Any interfering metal ions can be masked by addition of chelate-forming reagents.     

Quantitation of trace levels of phenyltin compounds using HPTLC

Mixtures of tetraphenyltin, triphenyltin chloride, diphenyltin dichloride, and monophenyltin trichloride were resolved using high performance thin layer chromatography on silica gel with retention factor values of 0.80, 0.35, 0.20 and 0.01, respectively. Inorganic tin impurities were strongly adsorbed and did not migrate from the origin. Diphenyltin dichloride, monophenyltin trichloride, and inorganic tin components reacted with morin to produce fluorescent complexes. Postdevelopment exposure of the plate to ultraviolet light photodegraded the organic components which, after morin treatment, exhibited greater fluorescence than the organotins. This photolysis technique permitted the visualization of the otherwise non-fluorescent tetraphenyltin and weakly fluorescent triphenyltin spots.The components were quantitated using scanning densitometry. The working range varied from a maximum of 222 ng to a minimum of 1 ng, depending on the component and the excitation wavelength chosen. Thirty standards each containing five components were spotted, developed, derivatized, and scanned three times to produce 480 pieces of data within four hours. Calibration curves showed an instrumental error of 1.5% relative standard deviation units, and a spotter and intraplate variation of 9.0% relative standard deviation units. The inherent multiplicity of high performance thin layer chromatography allows for multiple sampling and analysis, thereby yielding significantly increased precision and high sample throughput. The chromatography and detection of butyltins and cyclohexyltins were also examined.     

Optimization of normal-phase chromatographic separation of compounds with primary, secondary and tertiary amino groups

The retention behavior of primary, secondary and tertiary amines was studied using normal-phase-HPLC on silica, diol, and cyano stationary phases. Several classes of amines, including benzylamines, anilines, ephedrines, tryptamines, and azatryptamines were chromatographed using mixtures of hexane and ethoxynonafluorobutane with methylene chloride and methanol. Peak tailing, diminished selectivity and low plate count were minimized by the addition of volatile amines to the mobile phase. The optimal additive was n-propylamine at 0.1% concentration. On diol columns, the elution order of free primary, N-N-methyl, and N,N-dimethylamines was predictable, while the elution order of primary and secondary amines on cyano columns varied depending on the alcohol modifier concentration. The feasibility of preparative normal-phase chromatography was demonstrated by the separation of a mixture of primary, secondary and tertiary amines obtained by direct methylation of norephedrine. The procedures described may provide a practical alternative to traditional methods of analysis and purification of potential drug candidates.     

Rapid fluorimetric assay for primary amine groups in water samples

Bond Elut C₁₈ solid-phase extraction cartridges were used for pre-concentration followed by derivatization with o-phthaldialdehyde-N-acetylcysteine (OPA-NAC) of primary amines in water. Optimal conditions were: conditioning the cartridges with borate buffer pH 10.4, retention of the primary amines, addition of the OPA-NAC(3.7 mmol L^–1) 1:1 molar ratio and borate buffer pH 8, elution of the isoindol with MeOH-borate buffer (9:1) pH 10.2 and fluorescence measurement. The equations of the calibration graphs for methylamine, ethylamine, propylamine, butylamine, pentylamine, and -phenylethylamine at _excitation=330 nm and _emission=440 nm, in the optimal conditions are presented. The solid-phase extraction procedure improved ten times the detection limits of the solution derivatization. Those values are in the 0.01–0.06 mg L^–1 interval in function of the amine. Also, it is possible to estimate the total primary aliphatic amine concentration in water, expressed as molar concentration of –NH₂ group or –NH₂-N mg L^–1. On the basis of these studies, the method was applied for the determination of primary amino groups in tap, ground, factory and source water samples.     

Quantitative densitometric determination of reserpine and ajmaline in Rauwolfia Vomitoria by HPTLC

A direct densitometric method for the quantitative measurement of reserpine and ajmaline in whole roots and bark of roots of Rauwolfia Vomitoria, after extraction and separation by thin-layer chromatography, is described. The emission and excitation spectra of the reserpine and the absorption spectrum of the ajmaline were scanned. The linear range between peak area and concentration is given.     

Determination of Exemestane in bulk and pharmaceutical dosage form by HPTLC

An HPTLC method for analysis of Exemestane in bulk and pharmaceutical formulation has been established and validated. The analyte was separated on aluminium plates precoated with silica gel 60 F₂₅₄. The mobile phase was chloroform:methanol 9.2:0.8 (v/v). Quantification was done by densitometric scanning at 247 nm. Response was a linear function of Exemestane concentration in the range of 100–500 μg mL⁻¹. The limit of detection and quantification for Exemestane were 5.8 and 17.58 μg mL⁻¹, respectively. Average recovery of Exemestane was 100.1, which shows that the method was free from interference from excipients present in the formulation. The established method enabled accurate, precise, and rapid analysis of Exemestane in bulk as well as pharmaceutical formulation.     

Systematic and statistical errors in quantitative evaluation in TLC and HPTLC. 3. The determination of the primary statistical errors

The paper describes the measurement and calculation of the primary statistical errors in the evaluation of TLC or HPTLC using in situ reflectance measurements. The primary errors are the errors of the sample volume spotted onto the plate, errors caused by the chromatographic process itself, the positioning error of the plate with respect to the centre of the light beam and the error in the light measurement. By scanning the same spot, the same track or the same plate under different conditions, the various errors can be determined.     

HPTLC analysis of organotin compounds in preservative solutions and preservative-treated wood

A high-performance thin-layer chromatographic (HPTLC) method is described for the determination of tributyltin compounds (bis(tri-n-butyltin) oxide, TBTO, and tri-n-butyltin naphthenate, TBTN) and their degradation products (dibutyltin and monobutyltin compounds). The organotin compounds are extracted from wood with ethanol containing 0.5% (v/v) of hydrochloric acid and the separation of the defferent kinds of organotin compounds is achieved by thin-layer chromatography. The sample spots are measured using a scanning densitometer after decomposing the organotin compounds to inorganic tin by ultraviolet irradiation and visualization of the spots with pyrocatechol violet. Applications of the method to detection and quantification of organotin compounds in preservative solutions, in recently impregnated wood, and in wood samples from five-year-old window frames are described.     

A normal phase HPTLC method for the quantitative determination of ochratoxin A in rice

Summary A previously published [1] liquid chromatographic method for the determination of ochratoxin A in corn, barley and kidney has been modified for application to parboiled rice with quantification by high performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC). The method has been validated by spiking uncontaminated extracts of rice with ochratoxin A over the range 0 to 198 g kg^–1. The proposed method has some significant advantages over the current AOAC method [2], especially for determining low levels of ochratoxin A in parboiled rice.     

Reaction of o-phthalaldehyde with amino acids and glutathione. Application to high-performance liquid chromatography determination

Experimental conditions were found for the preparation of stable fluorescent adducts of o-phthalaldehyde with glutathione and its metabolites: glutamine, glutamic and aspartic acids, gamma-glutamylglutamine and gamma-glutamylglutamylglutamine. The structure of the glutathione isoindole derivative obtained was confirmed by NMR studies. The procedure was applied to reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic separation of the previous compounds. The method was extended to glutathione and "total glutathione" determinations.     

Colorimetric determination of reactive primary amino groups of macro- and microsolid supports

The several factors that could affect the sensitivity and the accuracy of the determination of solid-supported amino groups using 2-iminothiolane (Traut's reagent) and 5,5′-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (Ellman's reagent) are described. The authors found that by using 0.1M phosphate buffer, pH 8.0, instead of ethanol as solvent for the reaction of the solid supports with the 2-iminothiolane, using 0.1M phosphate buffer adjusted at pH 7.27 instead of 8.0 as diluent of 5,5′-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid), and selecting carefully the concentration of the latter reagent, it was possible to produce a very sensitive assay capable of quantitatively determining the surface amino groups of very different types of samples. The assay is well adapted for quantitative determination of amino-carrying plastic beads, permitting the determination of nanomolar quantities. In addition, the assay is well suited for microparticulated solid supports (e.g., AH-Sepharose).     

Determination and Quantification of Pitavastatin Calcium in Tablet Dosage Formulation by HPTLC Method

Abstract

A simple, sensitive, reliable, and rapid HPTLC method has been developed for the determination of pitavastatin calcium in tablet dosage form. Identification and determination were performed on aluminum backed silica gel 60F₂₅₄ washed with methanol. The mobile phase of ethyl acetate‐methanol‐ammonia‐1 drop formic acid (7:2:0.8) calibration plots were established showing the dependence of response (peak area) on the amount chromatographed. The spot were scanned at 245 nm. The method has a linear range of 50–250 ng/spot. The method was validated for selectivity, repeatability, and accuracy. The method was used for determination of the compound in commercial pharmaceutical dosage forms. It is a more effective option than other chromatographic techniques in routine quality control.