Capillary electrochromatographic analysis of barbiturates in serum

A capillary electrochromatographic method was developed for the separation of barbiturates. The separation was optimized in a 75 microm ID capillary, packed with 3-(1,8-naphthalimido)propyl-modified silyl silica gel (NAIP), studying the effect of buffer pH, buffer concentration, and mobile phase composition. Using an applied voltage of 20 kV and the short-end injection method (9 cm capillary effective length), the mobile phase of 1.0 mM citrate buffer (pH 5.0) containing 40% methanol provided the baseline separation of barbital, phenobarbital, secobarbital, and thiopental (internal standard) in less than 4.5 min. The method was successfully applied to the analysis of barbiturates in human serum. Under the optimal conditions, good repeatability and linearity were obtained in the range of 2.90-43.29 microg/mL for barbital, phenobarbital, and secobarbital.     

Determination of chlorpheniramine and its binding with human serum albumin by capillary electrophoresis with tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) electrochemiluminescence detection.

Tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) electrochemiluminescence (ECL) detection in a capillary electrophoresis separation system was used for the determination of chlorpheniramine (CPM). The experimental conditions, such as the applied potential, separation voltage, injection voltage, injection time and the pH of the separation buffer were considered in detail. The ECL intensity showed two linear responses to CPM, i.e., from 15 microM to 1 mM and from 0.8 microM to 15 microM with a detection limit of 0.5 microM. The binding of CPM with human serum albumin was also monitored using this method and the binding constant was estimated to be 4.1 x 103 M(-1).     

Chiral separation of synthetic vicinal diol compounds by capillary zone electrophoresis with borate buffer and beta-cyclodextrin as buffer additive.

The investigation on capillary electrophoretic enantioseparation of six synthetic compounds containing vicinal diol groups has been undertaken to acquire the optimum conditions using native beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD) as chiral selector and borate as a background electrolyte. The separation was carried out in an uncoated capillary (58.5 cm x 75 microm i.d., effective length 48.5 cm) and the effects of several important factors were investigated in detail. The results showed that beta-CD as a chiral selector exhibited good enantioselectivity and that the enantioseparation was greatly influenced by the structure of the diols, the borate concentration and the buffer pH. The optimum performance was obtained for the chiral vicinal diols under the conditions of 200 mM borate buffer of pH 9.8 containing 1.7% beta-CD at an applied voltage of 15 kV and a capillary temperature of 20 degrees C. Under the conditions, four diols were baseline separated with fast analysis time and the good theoretical plate numbers (above 10 x 10(4)) and favorable migration-time reproducibilities (RSDs below 3.0%) were obtained. The separation results were satisfactory.     

Separation of phospholipids by capillary zone electrophoresis with indirect ultraviolet detection

A simple method for separation of different anionic and zwitterionic phospholipid classes by capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE), using indirect UV detection with adenosine monophosphate (AMP) as background electrolyte and the UV-absorbing additive, was successfully developed in this study. The separation conditions including apparent pH (pH*) of running buffer, concentration of AMP, organic solvent, applied voltage and capillary temperature were systematically optimized. The application of this method to human blood sample was also briefly examined.     

Determination of lignans in Schisandra chinensis using micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography

Micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography (MEKC) has been developed as a promising method for the determination of lignans in plant samples. The separation conditions have been optimized with respect to the different parameters including sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and acetonitrile concentration, pH of the background electrolyte, separation voltage, and capillary temperature. The background electrolyte consisting of 40 mM SDS and 35% acetonitrile in 10 mM tetraborate buffer (pH 9.3) was found to be the most suitable electrolyte for this analysis. The applied voltage of 28 kV (positive polarity) and the capillary temperature 25 degrees C gave the best separation of lignans. The interday reproducibility of the peak areas and the migration times was below 2.0%. The results of MEKC analyses were compared with those obtained by capillary electrochromatography (CEC) and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). The possibilities of using this method for the determination of lignans in drug and in serum samples were also tested.     

Separation of structurally related estrogens using isocratic elution pressurized capillary electrochromatography

In this paper, the pressurized capillary electrochromatography (pCEC) with UV detection was utilized for the separation and determination of three structurally related estrogens, such as diethylstilbestrol (DES), hexestrol (HEX) and dienestrol (DE), which were difficult to be separated by capillary electrophoresis (CE) and HPLC due to their similarity in the structure and charge-to-mass ratios. Experiments were carried out in a commercially available pCEC instrument using a capillary column packed with 3 microm octadecyl silica (ODS). Surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was introduced in the mobile phase to enhance the speed of analysis. The effective factors on the retention time and separation resolution, such as the applied voltage, supplementary pressure, the pH and the concentration of the buffer solution, the concentration of SDS, and the content of acetonitrile in the mobile phase, were evaluated. Based on the investigation, 31% (v/v) acetonitrile and 69% (v/v) of 10 mmol/L phosphate buffer (pH 6.5) containing 1.0 mmol/L SDS at an applied voltage of -12 kV and a supplementary pressure of 1000 psi were found to be the optimal conditions for pCEC to separate the three estrogens. The method also had been applied to the analysis of fish muscle samples spiked with estrogens.     

Rapid analysis of atorvastatin calcium using capillary electrophoresis and microchip electrophoresis

In this work, a capillary electrophoretic method for the rapid quantitation of atorvastatin (AT) in a lipitor tablet was investigated and developed. Method development included studies of the effect of applied potential, buffer concentration, buffer pH, and hydrodynamic injection time on the electrophoretic separation. The method was validated with regard to linearity, precision, specificity, LOD, and LOQ. The optimum electrophoretic separation conditions were 25 mM sodium acetate buffer at pH 6, with a separation voltage of 25 kV using a 50 microm capillary of 33 cm total length. Sodium diclofenac was used as an internal standard. Analysis of AT in a commercial lipitor tablet by electrophoresis gave quite high efficiency, coupled with an analysis time of less than 1.2 min in comparison to LC. Once the separation was optimized on capillary, it was further miniaturized to a microchip platform, with linear imaging UV detection using microchip electrophoresis (MCE). Linear imaging UV detection allowed for real-time monitoring of the analyte movement on chip, so that the optimum separation time could be easily determined. This microchip electrophoretic method was compared to the CE method with regard to speed, efficiency, precision, and LOD. This work represents the most rapid and first reported analysis of AT using MCE.     

Capillary electrophoresis of Cr(VI) reducer Arthrobacter oxydans

Rapid and effective separation of bacteria Arthrobacter oxydans was performed using capillary electrophoresis. For optimal separation of bacteria the influence of buffer concentration, pH and applied voltage were studied. It was found that the most appropriate conditions for electrophoretic mobility measurements are as follows: applied voltage 6-14 kV; buffer concentration 5-10 mM pH 6-8. At the stationary phase of growth there are always two main heterogeneous peaks. They are connected with the morphology of bacteria as well as with cell aggregation. The heterogeneity of samples may be explained by surface modifications of bacterial cells.     

Separation and determination of enkephalin-related peptides using capillary electrophoresis

CZE with UV-absorption detection has been used for the separation and determination of enkephalin-related peptides. The experimental conditions, such as pH and concentration of running buffer, applied voltage, injection method, and time, were investigated in detail. Excellent separation efficiency could be obtained for ten enkephalin-related peptides with a 50 microm (ID) x 58 cm capillary using sodium dihydrogen phosphate as the running buffer (pH 3.11) when 20 kV of applied voltage was used. The concentration detection limits were found to be in the range of 0.31-1.94 microg/mL (defined as S/N = 3). The proposed method has been applied to analyze the spiked cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample, and the results showed that CZE is a powerful technique for separation and detection of the above biological peptides.     

胶束电动毛细管色谱法分析头孢哌酮与其S-异构体等杂质

以十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)胶束为准固定相,考察了头孢哌酮、头孢哌酮S-异构体、头孢哌酮杂质A及其他未知杂质在胶束电动毛细管色谱(MECC)分离模式下的分离行为。研究了运行缓冲液的pH值、磷酸盐浓度、SDS浓度、甲醇体积分数、分离电压、分离温度等因素对头孢哌酮、S-异构体、头孢哌酮杂质A及其他杂质的迁移时间、分离度以及可分离出的杂质个数的影响。结果发现,这些因素对头孢哌酮与诸杂质间的分离及检测有显著的影响,尤以pH值为最。它不仅影响它们的迁移时间和分离效率,还直接影响头孢哌酮及其杂质峰的检测。优化后的分离条件:运行缓冲液为70 mmol/L磷酸盐-100 mmol/L SDS (pH 6.5),分离电压为15 kV,分离温度为25 ℃。在此条件下,用非涂渍石英毛细管51.0 cm×75 μm(有效长度42.5 cm),压力进样5 kPa×5 s,在254 nm波长下进行检测,可分离出28个杂质,诸杂质彼此间及与头孢哌酮间可得到有效分离。并将该方法成功地用于测定注射用头孢哌酮钠的含量和有关物质,结果令人满意。     

毛细管区带电泳测定纳米粒子粒径分布的探索

研究了采用毛细管区带电泳测定纳米粒子粒径分布的可能性。在合适的分散条件下,聚苯乙烯(PS)纳米粒子在进样及电泳迁移过程中不发生团聚。通过选择合适的电泳操作条件,PS纳米粒子可以按照粒径大小得到分离,且迁移时间及峰面积的重现性良好。     

Development of a capillary electrophoresis method for the enantioselective estimation of primaquine in pharmaceutical formulations

A capillary electrophoresis (CE) method has been developed that allows the separation and estimation of primaquine enantiomers using hydroxypropyl-gamma-cyclodextrin (HP-gamma -CD) as a chiral selector. The influence of chemical and instrumental parameters on the separation, such as type and concentration of CD, buffer concentration, buffer pH, applied voltage, capillary temperature, and injection time, were investigated. Good separation of the racemic mixture of primaquine was achieved using a fused-silica capillary (52.5 cm effective length x 50 microm id) and a background electrolyte composed of tris-phosphate buffer solution (50 mM, pH 2.5) containing 15 mM HP-gamma-CD as a chiral selector. The recommended applied voltage, capillary temperature, and injection time were 15 kV, 25 degrees C, and 6 s, respectively. Within-day and interday reproducibility of peak area and migration time gave relative standard deviation values ranging from 1.05-3.30%. Good recoveries (range of 96.8-104.9%) were obtained from the determination of placebos that were spiked with 0.25-1.00 mg/L primaquine. The proposed CE method was successfully applied to the assay of primaquine diphosphate in pharmaceutical formulations (tablets).     

Enantioselective analysis of ofloxacin enantiomers by partial-filling capillary electrophoresis with bacteria as chiral selectors

The enantiomeric separation of ofloxacin enantiomers (OFLX) was achieved by using capillary electrophoresis partial-filled with Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Gram-negative), and Staphylococcus aureus (Gram-positive) as chiral selectors. Experimental parameters, including the concentration of background electrolyte, applied voltage, length of the filled bacteria plug, and pH of the buffer, were intensively investigated. Baseline separation of OFLX could be achieved within 7 min by using E. coli and P. aeruginosa as chiral selectors under the following conditions: electrophoretic buffer composed of 10 mM phosphate buffer at pH 7.4, applied voltage at 15 kV, and the bacteria (6.0 × 10(8) cells/mL) were injected into the capillary by gravity with injection height of 17.5 cm for 180 s (E. coli), 300 s (P. aeruginosa), and 300 s (S. aureus), respectively. E. coli and P. aeruginosa had better chiral selectivity for OFLX than S. aureus, which was in good agreement with OFLX having better antimicrobial activity on Gram-negative rather than Gram-positive bacteria. A novel method was developed for the enantioselective separation of enantiomers using bacteria as chiral selectors, which provides a new approach for antimicrobials enantioselective analysis, chiral pharmacodynamics, and chiral pharmacokinetics studies.     

Rapid and sensitive determination of phosphoamino acids in phosvitin by N-hydroxysuccinimidyl fluorescein-O-acetate derivatization and capillary zone electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection

A method was developed for the determination of phosphoamino acids by capillary zone electrophoresis-laser-induced fluorescence detection (argon ion laser, excitation at 488 nm and emission at 520 nm) using derivatization with N-hydroxysuccinimidyl fluorescein-O-acetate (SIFA). Different variables affecting the derivatization (SIFA concentration, derivatization pH, reaction temperature and reaction time) and the separation (type, pH and concentration of buffer, applied voltage and injection mode) were investigated in detail. The optimized separation conditions were 40 mM boric acid buffer (pH 9.2) for background electrolyte, 25 kV for the separation voltage, 25 degrees C for the capillary temperature and 5 s at 0.5 psi for the sample injection. Under the optimal conditions, the SIFA-labeled phosphoamino acids were fully separated within 7 min. The detection limits ranged from 0.1 to 0.3 nM, which are the lowest values reported for capillary electrophoresis (CE) methods. The proposed methodology allowed the rapid, sensitive and selective determination of phosphoamino acids in hen egg yolk phosvitin by the standard addition method. The recovery of these compounds in real sample was 94.0-103.5%. The developed method surpasses previously published CE methods in terms of detection limit, separation time, stability and simplicity of the electrophoretic procedure.     

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.     

α-萘基缩水甘油醚对映体的毛细管区带电泳手性拆分

建立了毛细管区带电泳手性拆分α-萘基缩水甘油醚对映体的方法.考察了不同手性拆分试剂对手性选择性的影响,实验结果表明,20 mmol/L H3PO4-三乙醇胺(pH 2.5)、2%(w/V)HS-β-CD、毛细管温度20 ℃、运行电压-18 kV为最佳分离条件,在该分离条件下α-萘基缩水甘油醚对映体实现基线分离.方法简便、准确,可用于α-萘基缩水甘油醚的手性拆分和对映体过量值(ee,%)测定.     

咖啡因及其9种类似物的胶束电动毛细管分析研究

 以十二烷基硫酸钠 (SDS)胶束为准固定相 ,考察了咖啡因及其 9种类似物在胶束电动毛细管 (MECC)分离模式下的分离行为。研究了运行缓冲液的 pH值、磷酸盐浓度、SDS浓度、甲醇体积分数、分离电压、分离温度等因素对这 10种化合物的迁移时间和分离效果的影响。结果发现 ,这些因素对上述 10种化合物的分离有显著的影响 ,尤以pH值为最。它不仅影响化合物的迁移时间和分离效率 ,还改变其出峰顺序 ,这与碱性条件下化合物仲胺基上氢的电离有关。优化后的分离条件 :运行缓冲液为 2 0mmol/L磷酸盐 2 0mmol/LSDS(pH 11 0 ) ,分离电压为2 5kV。     

Analysis of three effective components in Fructus corni and its preparations by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography

An efficient micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography method was developed to analyze three major active components including morroniside, loganin and gallic acid in Fructus corni and its six preparations for the first time. The factors that could affect the separation were studied, such as the pH of the buffer, concentrations of SDS, organic modifier and beta-CD, and the applied voltage. The optimum analysis conditions were 10 mmol/L NaH(2)PO(4)-5 mmol/L Na(2)B(4)O(7) (pH 6.8) buffer containing 140 mmol/L SDS, 1 mmol/L beta-CD, 5% (v/v) methanol and 12.5 kV applied voltage. The linearity between the peak-areas and the concentrations of the analytes were investigated, and they exhibit excellent linear behavior over the concentration ranges (correlation coefficients 0.9953-0.9995). In addition, the pK(a) of gallic acid was determined using capillary zone electrophoresis. The result was consistent with that reported by the literature.     

Simultaneous determination of dihydroxybenzene positional isomers by capillary electrochromatography using gold nanoparticles as stationary phase

The paper describes the enhanced separation of o-, m-, p-dihydroxybenzene by capillary electrochromatography (CEC) using gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) as stationary phase. The effect of the AuNPs concentration upon separation was investigated. The experimental parameters, including separation voltage, pH, and concentration of running buffer, were optimized. Under the optimum conditions, a good resolution of three dihydroxybenzene isomers was obtained within 15 min in a 50 cm effective length capillary modified with 0.02 nmol/L AuNPs at a separation voltage of 16 kV in a 50 mmol/L acetate buffer (pH 5.0). The linear ranges were from 10(-6) to 10(-4) mol/L and the detection limits were as low as 10(-7) mol/L. This method was successfully used to analysis two kinds of hair coloring agent sample with recoveries in the range of 90-105% and relative standard deviations (RSD) less than 5.0%.     

Enantioselective Separation of Basic Drugs by CE with Polygalacturonic Acid as a Novel Chiral Selector

Polygalacturonic acid, a linear high molecular weight homopolysaccharide was investigated as a chiral selector in capillary zone electrophoresis for the separation of enantiomers of basic drugs. The choices of running buffer pH and concentration of chiral selector were found to be important for the improvement of enantioselectivity. The effects of background electrolyte concentration and the capillary temperature on the separation were also examined. Enantioseparations were carried out in the acidic conditions using 1.5% polygalacturonic acid (w/v) in a 40 mM phosphate buffer under an applied voltage of 15 kV. The optimization of these separations was dependent on the nature of the analytes and could be achieved by the proper choice of experimental conditions. A brief mechanism of enantiorecognition by polygalacturonic acid was also given.