Separation and determination of four active anthraquinones in Chinese herbal preparations by flow injection-capillary electrophoresis

A simple, rapid, and accurate method for the separation and determination of physcion, chrysophanol, aloe-emodin, and emodin in Rhubarb, Juemingzi, and Chinese herbal preparations was developed by combination of flow injection-capillary zone electrophoresis for the first time. The analysis was carried out using an unmodified fused-silica capillary (75 mm x 50 microm ID x 375 microm OD, effective separation length of 48 mm) and direct ultraviolet detection at 254 nm. By a series of optimization, the sample solvent consisted of NaOH (100 mmol/L) and ACN (1:1 v/v), and a running buffer composed of 15 mmol/L sodium borate - 12.5 mmol/L sodium dihydrogen phosphate - 42% v/v ACN (pH 10.1) was applied for the separation of the four anthraquinones. The separation was rapid and highly reproducible, with complete resolution of all four compounds within 6 min. The sample throughput rate could reach up to 12 per h. The repeatability (defined as relative standard deviation) was 4.45, 4.44, 4.34, 0.61% with peak height evaluation and 1.62, 0.89, 2.49, 2.19% with peak area evaluation for physcion, chrysophanol, aloe-emodin, and emodin, respectively.     

Determination of hydrocortisone,polymyxin B and Zn-bacitracin in pharmaceutical preparations by micellar electrokinetic chromatography

A new, simple and accurate micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) method is established for quantification of hydrocortisone, polymyxin B and Zn-bacitracin in local pharmaceutical preparations. The separation was carried out at 25 degrees C and 25 kV, using a 15 mmol L(-1) phosphate-15 mmol L(-1) borate buffer (pH 8.2), 60 mmol L(-1) sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS), and 10% methanol-water (v/v) as background electrolyte. Under these conditions the analysis takes about 23 min. The method has been applied for quantifying these compounds in two different commercial pharmaceutical products and the method gave good results when compared with a reference spectrophotometric multivariate calibration method.     

月桂酰基苹果酸酯胶束电动色谱-质谱法同时测定牛黄上清片中5种生物碱

建立了基于月桂酰基苹果酸酯的胶束电动色谱-质谱法同时分离测定牛黄上清片中黄连碱、小檗碱、药根碱、黄柏碱以及川芎嗪5种有效成分含量的新方法。以7.5 mmol/L月桂酰基苹果酸酯-15 mmol/L氨水-50 mmol/L醋酸铵(含12.5%的乙腈,pH=7.0)为电泳介质,未涂层弹性石英毛细管(88 cm×50 μm)为分离通道,50%异丙醇水溶液(含3 mmol/L乙酸)为鞘液,在25 kV的运行电压下,各组分可以在18 min内得到基线分离。各组分的浓度与其峰面积呈现良好的线性关系,迁移时间和峰面积的相对标准偏差均小于5%,样品中5种生物碱成分的样品加标回收率在96.0%～105%之间。该法简便、快速、准确、重现性好,可用于牛黄上清片中这5种有效成分含量的同时测定。     

Micellar electrokinetic chromatography method for the determination of sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim and their main metabolites in human serum

A complete analytical procedure, including sample clean-up and a micellar electrokinetic chromatographic method, is presented for the determination of sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim, and their main metabolites by using 20 mmol L(-1) borate buffer (pH 9.3), 25 mmol L(-1) sodium dodecylsulfate, and 5% v/v acetonitrile as electrolyte. The separation was carried out at 30 kV and 20 degrees C in a fused silica capillary (60.2 cm x 75 microm inner diameter) fitted with a window in the capillary cartridge of 100 x 800 microm. The detector response was linear from the limit of quantification to 3 mg L(-1) for the individual components. The limits of quantification ranged from 0.13 up to 0.24 mg L(-1). The method was applied to human serum, previously spiked at different concentrations of all the analytes, and recoveries between 95% and 108% were obtained.     

Determination of betaine, choline and trimethylamine in feed additive by ion-exchange liquid chromatography/non-suppressed conductivity detection

An ion chromatography method with non-suppressed conductivity detection was developed for the simultaneous determination of betaine, choline and trimethylamine in feed additive. The analytes and the common inorganic cations were well separated by means of cation-exchange chromatography using a 4.5 mmol/L methanesulfonic acid solution containing 10% (v/v) acetonitrile as eluent and an IonPac SCS1 column (250 mm x 4 mm i.d.) as the separation column. The effects of the different chromatographic parameters on the separation were also investigated. Detection limits of betaine, choline and trimethylamine were 0.076, 0.044 and 0.041 mg/L. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) of the retention time and peak area were less than 0.30% and 0.88%, respectively. The recoveries were between 93.2% and 112.6%. The method is suitable for use as a routine method in production quality control of feed additive.     

胶束电动毛细管色谱法同时测定西洋参中人参皂苷Rg1、Re和Rb1

建立了西洋参中人参皂苷Rg1、Re及Rb1同时分离测定的胶束电动毛细管色谱新方法,以解决西洋参样品中难溶于水的3种人参皂苷的准确定量问题。以40.2 cm(有效长度30 cm)×50 μm的熔融石英毛细管柱为分离柱,分离缓冲液的组成为V(15 mmol/L Na2B4O7+30 mmol/L H3BO3 (pH 9.0)+100 mmol/L十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)+30 g/L聚乙二醇35000):V(甲醇):V(异丙醇)=2:1:1,于214 nm下检测。详细研究了影响分离的因素。Rg1、Re及Rb1检出限(信噪比(S/N)为3)分别为30、40及30 mg/L,定量限(S/N=9)分别为90、120及90 mg/L,加标回收率为87.4%～95.2%。用该法测定了西洋参标准物质,并与高效液相色谱法的检测结果进行了比对,结果吻合。应用该方法分别测定了中国、加拿大及美国的西洋参,获得满意的结果。     

Rapid separation and determination of carbamate insecticides using isocratic elution pressurized capillary electrochromatography

An isocratic elution pressurized CEC (pCEC) system was used to separate and determine ten carbamate insecticides. It was found that introduction of the electrical field, supplementary pressure, and SDS in the proposed method greatly improved the speed, column efficiency, selectivity, and repeatability for separation and determination of carbamates. On a capillary column of 75 microm ID packed with 3 microm octadecyl silica, baseline separation and detection of ten analytes was performed by using a mobile phase consisting of 30% v/v ACN and 70% v/v of 5 mmol/L ammonium acetate (pH 6.5) containing 1 mmol/L SDS and 0.01% triethylamine (TEA). Under the optimum conditions ten carbamate insecticides could be completely separated within 20 min. For the real vegetable samples, an SPE procedure for the cleanup of matrices was carried out prior to pCEC analysis. The detection limits of 0.05-1.6 mg/kg for ten carbamates and mean recoveries of 51.3-109.2% for eight kinds of vegetable samples at different concentrations of carbamates with RSD less than 11.4% were obtained, respectively. The proposed method has been proved to be effective in the rapid analysis of carbamate residues in vegetables.     

On-line pretreatment and determination of parabens in cosmetic products by combination of flow injection analysis, solid-phase extraction and micellar electrokinetic chromatography

A convenient and automated method for on-line pretreatment and determination of three parabens (i.e. methyl, ethyl and propyl p-hydroxybenzoate) in cosmetic products is proposed by using flow injection analysis (FIA), solid-phase extraction (SPE) and micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC). An improved split–flow interface is used to couple SPE on C₈-bonded silica with MEKC separation, which can avoid running buffer contamination and reduce buffer consumption, especially, containing expensive reagents. The analytes are loaded onto a C₈ column at 0.6 mL/min for 60 s and eluted with a mixed eluent of 40% (v/v) 10 mmol/L sodium tetraborate buffer (pH 9.3) and 60% (v/v) ethanol at 0.75 mL/min. The MEKC separation is accomplished with a running buffer of 20 mmol/L sodium tetraborate (pH 9.3) containing 100 mmol/L sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) at 15 kV. For butyl p-hydroxybenzoate did not be detected in the cosmetic products, it was used as an internal standard (IS) added into the real samples. This FIA–SPE–MEKC method using IS allows the sample separation within 12 min and the sample throughput of five samples per hour with the relative standard deviation (R.S.D.) less than 2.3% (n = 5). The limits of detection (LOD) are in the range from 0.07 to 0.1 μg/mL (S/N = 3 and n = 11). The proposed method has been used to determine three parabens in real cosmetic products satisfactorily.     

水产品中甲基汞测定的液相色谱-原子荧光光谱联用方法的改进

对本实验室前期建立的食品中甲基汞的液相色谱-原子荧光光谱联用测定方法进行了改进。采用无毒的半胱氨酸代替有毒试剂巯基乙醇作为流动相中的配位剂,流动相组成为5%(v/v)乙腈-1 g/L半胱氨酸-50 mmol/L乙酸铵水溶液,使汞化合物分离时间缩短至8 min。在优化条件下,甲基汞标准曲线的线性范围为1～50 μg/L,检出限(S/N=3)为0.3 μg/L。采用超声波辅助5 mol/L HCl提取样品中的甲基汞,提取液经C18固相萃取小柱净化后进样。鱼、虾、贝等不同种类水产动物样品以及水产类膳食样品的甲基汞加标回收率为89%～112%。对标准参考物质NIST1566b、BCR464和GBW10029以及英国食品分析水平评估计划(Food Analysis Performance Assessment Scheme, FAPAS)的罐装鱼肉样品(样品编号07115)的测定结果与参考物定值相符,验证了该方法的可靠性与准确性。本方法可满足食品中甲基汞检测的需要。     

Determination of low molecular weight organic acids in soil,plants, and water by capillary zone electrophoresis

Determination of low molecular weight organic acids in soils and plants by capillary zone electrophoresis was accomplished using a phthalate buffer and indirect UV detection mode. The influence of some crucial parameters, such as pH, buffer concentration and surfactant were investigated. A good separation of seven organic acids was achieved within 5 min using an electrolyte containing 15 mmol L(-1) potassium hydrogen phthalate, 0.5 mmol L(-1) myristyltrimethylammonium bromide (MTAB), and 5% methanol (MeOH) (v/v) at pH 5.60, separation voltage -20 kV, and temperature 25 degrees C. The relative standard deviation (n=5) of the method was found to be in range 0.18-0.56% for migration time and 3.2-4.8% for peak area. The limit of detection ranged between 0.5 micro mol L(-1) to 6 micro mol L(-1) at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3. The recovery of standard organic acids added to real samples ranged from 87 to 119%. This method was simple, rapid and reproducible, and could be applied to the simultaneous determination of organic acids in environmental samples.     

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.     

胶束电动毛细管色谱法检测红曲米中的莫纳可林K

建立了测定红曲米中莫纳可林K含量的胶束电动毛细管色谱(MEKC)方法。考察了运行缓冲液的种类、pH及其浓度、有机添加剂、十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)的浓度和分离电压等实验条件对电泳分离效果及检测灵敏度的影响。在优化的实验条件下,以20 mmol/L硼砂(pH 10.6,含10%(体积分数)乙醇和40 mmol/L SDS)作为缓冲溶液,莫纳可林K能在23 min内实现很好的基线分离,线性范围为5.00～100.00 mg/L,线性相关系数为0.9976,检出限(以信噪比(S/N)为3计)为0.13 mg/L,加标回收率为98.5%～99.5%。精密度和稳定性试验中,峰面积和迁移时间的相对标准偏差均小于3%,表明重复性良好。该方法简便、快速、灵敏,可用于红曲米中莫纳可林K含量的测定。     

Chiral separation of ephedrine isomers by capillary electrophoresis using bovine serum albumin as a buffer additive

A method utilizing bovine serum albumin (BSA) as buffer additive for chiral separation by means of capillary electrophoresis is described. Parameters that affect chiral separation, such as buffer pH, buffer concentration, BSA concentration, and organic modifier, are investigated. Baseline resolution of ephedrine-pseudoephedrine and norephedrine-norpseudoephedrine isomers are achieved in an uncoated capillary with a 20 mmol/L phosphate buffer at pH 9.0 in the presence of 10 micromol/L BSA and 15% (v/v) 2-propanol at 25 degrees C. The developed method can be applied for the analysis of ephedra plant extracts that contain the four test drugs.     

Rapid separation and sensitive detection method for beta-blockers by pressure-assisted capillary electrochromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

A new method for rapid separation and sensitive detection of beta-blockers by pressure-assisted capillary electrochromatography (pCEC) with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) using silica-based monolithic column was studied in this paper. The proposed method has been confirmed to be very powerful since the fast mass transfer property and good permeability of silica monolithic column was used in this pCEC-ESI-MS system. In this work, a silica monolithic column was prepared with sol-gel method for simultaneous fast separation of beta-blockers. Furthermore, in order to obtain the highly selective and sensitive result of pCEC-ESI-MS, both the CEC separation and MS detection parameters were optimized in detail. Under the optimized conditions, namely 80% acetonitrile and 20% 20 mmol/L ammonium acetate (pH 6.0) as the mobile phase, 20 kV and 8 bar as the separation voltage and the assisted pressure, isopropanol/water (1:1, v/v) containing 7.5 mmol/L acetic acid as the sheath liquid, and 3 microL/min as the flow rate of sheath liquid, seven beta-blockers were well separated within 11 min with detection limits in the range of 0.15-0.80 ng/mL (defined as S/N=3). The recoveries of spiked urine samples of these beta-blockers were between 86.3 and 103% with the RSDs lower than 8.0%. The real samples from some male volunteers were successfully analyzed and confirmed with the proposed method. Comparing with GC-MS or LC-MS, the new method has some superiority (such as fast analysis capacity and simple pretreatment) in clinical practice and doping control.     

柏子养心丸的毛细管电泳指纹图谱

建立了柏子养心丸(Baizi Yangxin Wan, BZYXW)毛细管区带电泳指纹图谱(CEFP)。采用三棱柱优化法优化背景电解质(BGE),以色谱指纹图谱分离量指数(RF)为实验条件优化的目标函数,最终确定BGE为50 mmol/L硼砂-50 mmol/L磷酸氢二钠-200 mmol/L硼酸-150 mmol/L碳酸氢钠(体积比为7:7:1:1,含4%乙腈,pH 9.70)。在其他优化的毛细管电泳条件为紫外检测波长228 nm,运行电压12 kV,重力进样25 s (高度14 cm)条件下,采用未涂层石英毛细管(70 cm(有效分离长度57 cm)×75 μm)分离,以阿魏酸峰为参照,确定了17个共有指纹峰。对样品聚类分析后用其中9批生成对照CEFP(RCEFP),以其为标准,用系统指纹定量法鉴别出12批BZYXW质量为: 3批好,1批良好,3批中,1批一般,4批劣。三棱柱优化法为BGE选择提供了重要参考,建立的BZYXW-CEFP精密度好、重现性高,可用于BZYXW的质量控制。     

Chiral separation and determination of ofloxacin enantiomers by ionic liquid-assisted ligand-exchange chromatography

A simple and accurate method for the separation and determination of ofloxacin enantiomers was developed by ionic liquid-assisted ligand-exchange high performance liquid chromatography. Both achiral and chiral ionic liquids were tested for their efficiency of ofloxacin enantiomeric separation. The effects of ligands, concentration of metal ion, organic modifier, pH of the mobile phase, and temperature were also investigated and evaluated. Optimal conditions were obtained on a conventional C(18) column, where the mobile phase consisted of methanol/water (20 : 80, v/v) (containing 4.0 mmol L(-1) amino acid ionic liquid and 3.0 mmol L(-1) copper sulfate) at a flow rate of 0.5 mL min(-1). Under this condition, the ofloxacin enantiomers could be baseline separated within 14 minutes; the proposed method was used to analyze different commercial ofloxacin medicines.     

毛细管电泳法同时测定复方化学消毒剂中醋酸洗必泰和苯扎氯铵

建立了复方化学消毒剂中常用有效成分醋酸洗必泰和苯扎氯铵(C12-BAC、C14-BAC及C16-BAC)同时分离测定的毛细管电泳(CE)方法。以37 cm×50 μm未涂层熔融石英毛细管为分离柱,以150 mmol/L磷酸二氢钠-62.5 mmol/L磷酸(pH 2.5)缓冲液(含体积分数为40%的乙腈)为分离缓冲溶液,50 mmol/L醋酸-乙腈(体积比为1:1)为样品介质,检测波长为214 nm。方法的日内及日间精密度分别小于3.0%及3.7%。醋酸洗必泰、C12-BAC、C14-BAC及C16-BAC的检出限(信噪比为3)分别为0.3、0.5、0.5、0.5 mg/L,定量限(信噪比为10)分别为1.0、1.5、1.5和1.5 mg/L,在1.0～400、1.5～200、1.5～200和1.5～200 mg/L范围内,4种有效成分的校正峰面积与相应质量浓度均具有良好的线性关系,相关系数分别为0.9995、0.9998、0.9997和0.9998。加标回收率为93.83%～104.97%。将该法用于实际样品分析,并与液相色谱的分析结果进行比对,获得满意结果。     

Solid-phase extraction of the chromium(III)-diphenylcarbazone complex prior to ion-pair chromatography and application to geological samples

A method for the pre-treatment of acid samples prior to ion chromatography is described. In a strong acid medium, Cr(VI) oxidizes diphenylcarbazide, the resulting products forming a stable complex which can be transferred in a methanolic medium by solid-phase extraction using polyethylene as sorbent. This methanolic sample solution can be injected directly into a chromatographic system with a silica-based column. The separation and determination of the chromium complex can be performed by HPLC-using a mobile phase of 15% (v/v) acetonitrile containing 1 mmol/L tetrabutyl ammonium hydroxide (TBAH). The detection limit is estimated to be 2 microg/L chromate and the linear range is at least 0.05-2 mg/L chromate.     

固相萃取-超过滤-液相色谱/质谱联用法测定织纹螺中的河豚毒素

建立了液相色谱-质谱法测定织纹螺中河豚毒素的分析方法。匀质后的样品用0.03 mol/L乙酸溶液提取,水浴加热10 min,用Sep-Pak C18固相萃取柱净化,再用截留相对分子质量为3000的超滤管过滤。采用Insertsil ODS-3色谱柱分离,以含有30 mmol/L七氟丁酸的甲酸铵溶液(1 mmol/L)-甲醇(体积比为99∶1)为流动相,采用电喷雾离子源,选择离子监测模式检测。以保留时间和河豚毒素的二级质谱特征碎片离子予以定性确证。结果表明,在此分析条件下,可将河豚毒素及其衍生物分离,在0.01～10.0 mg/L范围内线性关系良好(r2＞0.995),检出限(以3倍信噪比为计)为2 μg/L,平均加标回收率为72.5%～80.4%,相对标准偏差为4.48%～8.87%。将该方法用于实际样品检测,在赤潮后所采集的织纹螺样品中检出了河豚毒素。     

Monitoring disopyramide, lidocaine, and quinidine by micellar liquid chromatography

A micellar liquid chromatography (MLC) method using a C18 column was developed to determine three antiarrhythmic drugs--disopyramide, lidocaine, and quinidine--that are most usually monitored in serum samples. After the application of an interpretative strategy for optimization of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and modifier concentrations in order to ensure the minimum analysis time, maximum sensitivity, and good resolution, the optimum chromatographic conditions for the determination of the three antiarrhythmics were flow rate, 1 mL/min; injection volume, 20 microL; separation temperature, 25 degrees C; mobile phase, 150 mmol/L SDS-7% (v/v) butanol-phosphate buffer, 10 mmol/L, pH 7-0.9% (w/v) NaCl; and detection at 214 nm. The calibration curves for the drugs were linear (r2 > 0.999). The intraday and interday precisions were lower than 3.9% (CV). Recoveries were 100 +/- 0.6% when the method was applied to both serum samples spiked with the antiarrhythmics (n = 10) and real serum samples. In all cases, the results were similar to those obtained using the reference method (fluorescence polarization immunoassay) usually used in the Spanish hospital. The proposed method is useful for hospital monitoring of the antiarrhythmics by direct injection into the chromatograph.