Determination of trace triclosan in environmental water by microporous bamboo‐activated charcoal solid‐phase extraction combined with HPLC‐ESI‐MS

A sensitive and efficient analytical method for triclosan (TCS) determination in water, which involves enrichment with bamboo‐activated charcoal and detection with HPLC‐ESI‐MS, was developed. The influence of several operational parameters, including the eluant and its volume, the flow rate, the volume andacidity of the sample, and the amount of bamboo‐activated charcoal, were investigated and optimized. Under the optimum conditions, linearity of the method was observed in the range of 0.02–20 μg/L, with correlation coefficients (r²) >0.9990. The limit of detection was 0.002 μg/L based on the ratio of chromatographic signal to baseline noise (S/N = 3). The spiked recoveries of TCS in real water samples were achieved in the range of 97.6–112.5%. The proposed method was applied to analyze TCS in real aqueous samples. All the surface water samples collected in Xiaoqing River had detectable levels of TCS with concentrations of 42–197 ng/L.     

Simultaneous determination of 10 kinds of biogenic amines in rat plasma using high‐performance liquid chromatography coupled with fluorescence detection

We describe a simple, rapid, selective and sensitive HPLC method coupled with fluorescence detection for simultaneous determination of 10 kinds of biogenic amines (BAs: tryptamine, 2‐phenethylamine, putrescine, cadaverine, histamine, 5‐hydroxytryptamine, tyramine, spermidine, dopamine and spermine). BAs and IS were derivated with dansyl chloride. Fluorescence detection (λ_ex/λ_em = 340/510 nm) was used. A satisfactory result for method validation was obtained. The assay was shown to be linear over the ranges 0.005–1.0 μg/mL for tryptamine, 2‐phenethylamine and spermidine, 0.025–1.0 μg/mL for putrescine, 0.001–1.0 μg/mL for cadaverine, 0.25–20 μg/mL for histamine, 0.25–10 μg/mL for 5–hydroxytryptamine and dopamine, and 0.01–1.0 μg/mL for tyramine and spermine. The limits of detection and the limits of quantification were 0.3–75.0 ng/mL and 1.0–250.0 ng/mL, respectively. Relative standard deviations were ≤5.14% for intra‐day and ≤6.58% for inter‐day precision. The recoveries of BAs ranged from 79.11 to 114.26% after spiking standard solutions of BAs into a sample at three levels. Seven kinds of BAs were found in rat plasma, and the mean values of tryptamine, 2‐phenethylamine, putrescine, cadaverine, histamine, spermidine and spermine determined were 52.72 ± 7.34, 11.45 ± 1.56, 162.56 ± 6.26, 312.75 ± 18.11, 1306.50 ± 116.16, 273.89 ± 26.41 and 41.51 ± 2.07 ng/mL, respectively.     

Novel approach to improve the detection of colchicine via online coupling of ionic liquid-based single-drop microextraction with capillary electrophoresis

A novel approach based on ionic liquid‐single‐drop microextraction (IL‐SDME) online coupling with capillary electrophoresis (CE) was used to determine a toxic alkaloid – colchicine. The IL‐SDME procedure was optimized by extraction solvent, drop volume controlling, sample volume and pH, extraction time, and ionic strength. Under optimum conditions, enrichment factor was as much as 41‐fold with a relative standard deviation of 2.8% (n=3). Linear range of response was observed from 1 to 100 μg/mL, with detection limit of 0.25 μg/mL and correlation coefficient (R²) of 0.9994. The extraction of colchicine from spiked Lanzhou lily sample was performed and obtaining good result with an average recovery rate of 102.4 and 98.8% at 5 and 50 μg/mL, respectively. Comparing with the previous methods, IL‐SDME‐CE is really a convenient, economical, and environmentally benign way for determining colchicine.     

Determination of Trace Methyl Tert‐Butyl Ether in Water Samples Using Dispersive Liquid‐Liquid Microextraction Coupled with GC‐FID

A rapid and sensitive analytical method has been developed for trace analysis of methyl tert‐butyl ether (MTBE) in water samples using dispersive liquid‐liquid microextraction and gas chromatography with flame ionization detection. Factors relevant to the microextraction efficiency, such as the kind of extraction solvent, the disperser solvent and their volumes, the effect of salt, sample solution temperature and the extraction time were investigated and optimized. Under the optimal conditions the linear dynamic range of MTBE was from 0.2 to 25.0 μg L^?1 with a correlation coefficient of 0.9981 and a detection limit of 0.1 μg L^?1. The relative standard deviation (RSD%) was less than 5.1% (n = 3) and the recovery values were in the range of 97.8 ± 0.9%. Finally, the proposed method was successfully applied for the analysis of MTBE in aqueous samples.     

Temperature‐controlled ionic liquid dispersive liquid‐phase microextraction for the sensitive determination of triclosan and triclocarban in environmental water samples prior to HPLC‐ESI‐MS/MS

A novel dispersive liquid‐phase microextraction method without dispersive solvents has been developed for the enrichment and sensitive determination of triclosan and triclocarban in environmental water samples prior to HPLC‐ESI‐MS/MS. This method used only green solvent 1‐hexyl‐3‐methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate as extraction solvent and overcame the demerits of the use of toxic solvents and the instability of the suspending drop in single drop liquid‐phase microextraction. Important factors that may influence the enrichment efficiencies, such as volume of ionic liquid, pH of solutions, extraction time, centrifuging time and temperature, were systematically investigated and optimized. Under optimum conditions, linearity of the method was observed in the range of 0.1–20 μg/L for triclocarban and 0.5–100 μg/L for triclosan, respectively, with adequate correlation coefficients (R>0.9990). The proposed method has been found to have excellent detection sensitivity with LODs of 0.04 and 0.3 μg/L, and precisions of 4.7 and 6.0% (RSDs, n=5) for triclocarban and triclosan, respectively. This method has been successfully applied to analyze real water samples and satisfactory results were achieved.     

An Adsorption Procedure for Determining the Level of Organophosphorus Pesticide Residues in Pond Water

Abstract

A procedure for the accumulation of phosphorus-containing degradation products of organophosphorus pesticides from water by elution of ion-associates of dialkylphosphorus anions with tetraphenylarsonium cation adsorbed onto an activated carbon micro-column is described.

Using a 50cm³ sample volume at a concentration of 1 μcm^?3 the average accumulation recoveries (%±S.D.) were 81±11 and 91±8 for diethyl and dimethyl phosphorodithioates, 69±10 and 66±10 for the corresponding phosphorothioates and 33±13 and 13±6 for the analogous phosphates. A decrease in these values was caused by the presence of common inorganic anions and at lower concentrations of the analysed species. At a detection limit of 20 ng cm^?3 the recovery was 20–30%. Despite of low accumulation recoveries the minimum detectable concentration of these anions was decreased below 0.1 ng cm^?3 by handling 1 dm³ sample volumes.

The procedure was applied for the analysis of dialkyl phosphorothioates and dialkyl phosphorodithioates in the water from, three ponds located in an apple orchard before and after seasonal application of organophosphorus pesticides.     

Ozone treatment for mercury determination in white wines

A method was developed for the generation of mercury vapour by means of cold-vapour flow-injection atomic absorption spectrometry (FI-CV-AAS) from white wine samples after ozonation as sample pre-treatment. Two different reactors designs for sample ozonation were developed and investigated. The limit of detection and the limit of quantification were, respectively, 0.5 and 1.7 μg l⁻¹, and the relative standard deviation (n=10) was 2% for a concentration of 50 μg l⁻¹ and 7% for a concentration of 5 μg l⁻¹. The pre-treatment with ozone has allowed to reduce drastically the amount of chemical reagents (e.g. carrier agent and reducing agent) used in the FI-CV-AAS system. The mercury content of wine samples was also determined by FI-CV-AAS after pre-concentration in the presence of HNO₃ and H₂O₂. In general, there was no significant difference among data obtained from both methodologies, but pre-treatment with ozone is much faster.     

Evaluation of different sample introduction approaches for the determination of boron in unalloyed steels by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

An extended study of different sampling introduction approaches using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is presented for the determination of boron in steel samples. The following systems for sample introduction were applied: direct sample solution nebulization by continuous nebulization (CN) using a cross-flow nebulizer and with flow injection (FI), applied to 0.1% (m/v) and 0.5% (m/v) sample solutions, respectively; FI after iron matrix extraction, using acetylacetone–chloroform, and isotopic dilution (ID) analysis as the calibration method; FI with on-line electrolytic matrix separation; and spark ablation (SA) and laser ablation (LA) as solid sampling techniques. External calibration with matrix-matching samples was used with CN, SA, and LA, and only acid solutions (without matrix matching) with FI methods. When FI was directly applied to a sample solution, the detection limit was of 0.15 μg g⁻¹, improving by a factor of 4 that was obtained from the CN measurements. Isotopic dilution analysis, after matrix removal by solvent extraction, made it possible to analyse boron with a detection limit of 0.02 μg g⁻¹ and, with the on-line electrolytic process, the detection limit was of 0.05 μg g⁻¹. The precision for concentrations above 10 times the detection limit was better than 2% for CN, as well as for FI methods. Spark and laser ablation sampling systems, avoiding digestion and sample preparation procedures, provided detection limits at the μg g⁻¹ levels, with RSD values better than 6% in both cases. Certified Reference Materials with B contents in the range 0.5–118 μg g⁻¹ were used for validation, finding a good agreement between certified and calculated values.     

Electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry determination of molybdenum in whole blood

A method for the determination of molybdenum in whole blood by atomic absorption spectrometry with electrothermal atomization was developed and evaluated. Erbium (25 μg) was chosen from several potential chemical modifiers (Sm, Lu, Ho, Eu and Pd+Mg) as the most appropriate for the sensitive and reliable determination of molybdenum in such sample. The process used was direct dilution of the sample in a ratio 1:2 with a 0.1% (v/v) Triton X-100 solution. The injection of 20 μl of a solution of 15% (w/v) hydrogen peroxide and running the temperature program after 5 firings greatly reduced the effect of build-up of carbonaceous residues within the atomizer. The limit of detection and working ranges, respectively, were 0.6 and 2.0–100.0 μg l⁻¹, and the characteristic mass was 7.2 pg. The relative standard deviation varied from 0.8 to 1.5% for within and between batch determinations, respectively. The determination of molybdenum in Seronorm™ Trace Elements in Whole Blood with known added amounts of the analyte was performed to asses the accuracy. The optimized procedure has been applied to the determination of molybdenum in whole blood specimens of 20 subjects taken before and 10–12 h after receiving an over-supply of 1 mg of molybdenum. The molybdenum concentrations (±S.D.) were 10.9±0.4 μg Mo l⁻¹ (range 9.9–11.6 μg Mo l⁻¹) and 15.4±0.4 μg Mo l⁻¹ (range 13.1–16.9 μg Mo l⁻¹) for the individuals before and after the administration of molybdenum.     

Determination of Oxolinic Acid Residues in Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata) Muscle Tissue and Plasma by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

A high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of oxolinic acid (OA) residues in muscle tissue and plasma of the cultured fish gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.), is described. OA was extracted with ethyl acetate and after centrifugation the combined extracts were evaporated. To the remaining residue 1 mL of the mobile phase was added and the extract was partitioned with n-pentane which then was rejected by aspiration. OA was chromatographed on a Zorbax^®SB-C₁₈ column at 50^oC and detected by fluorescence detection at λ_ex 327 nm and λ_em 369 nm. The mobile phase was a mixture of 0.1% trifluoroacetic acid (v/v) pH 2.0 and acetonitrile-methanol 3:2 (v/v) in a combination of 50:50 (v/v) and a flow rate of 1.0 mL min^?1, delivered isocratically. Method mean recovery (R%) achieved was 73.7 ± 4.4% (mean ± SD) for blank fortified samples (n=4) range at 50, 100 and 200 μg kg^?1 with a RSD=3.3%. The limit of detection (LOD) was 2.0 μg kg^?1 oxolinic acid in muscle tissue and plasma and the limit of quantification (LOQ) was 5.0 μg kg^?1. The method is fast and suitable to be used with safety and accuracy for the control of OA residues in cultured seabreams and a trained analyst could carry out ready for chromatography more than 50 samples per working day.     

Quantitative determination of 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine as a biomarker of oxidative stress in thalassemic patients using HPLC with an electrochemical detector

A simple and robust HPLC method with electrochemical detection was developed for the quantitative determination of 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), a DNA damage product excreted in urine. Sample cleanup was carried out using solid-phase extraction (SPE) prior to chromatographic separation. 8-OHdG was well separated on an Eclipse XDB®-C18 column (150 × 4.6 mm i.d., 5 μm) with an Eclipse XDB®-C18 guard column (12 × 4.6 mm i.d., 5 μm). Two mobile phases containing methanol and 10 mM sodium formate (pH 4.5) at a ratio of 10: 90 and 50: 50 v/v, respectively, were used. The retention time of 8-OHdG was 9.8 ± 0.5 min. The recovery of 8-OHdG was found to be 97.2 ± 3.3% (n = 6). Intraday and interday precisions of the method were 4.0 ± 2.9% (n = 6) and 6.6 ± 1.7% (n = 6), respectively. The detection limit was 5 ng/mL. Preliminary investigation showed that the mean value of 8-OHdG, normalized with the amount of creatinine in the sample, from the thalassemic group was significantly higher than that from healthy subjects (211 ± 214 ng/mg creatinine vs. 31.4 ± 32.2 ng/mg creatinine, respectively), indicating oxidative stress.     

Lead Sensor Using Gold Nanostructured Screen‐Printed Carbon Electrodes as Transducers

Gold nanostructured screen‐printed carbon electrodes are demonstrated to be suitable transducers for the determination of lead using square‐wave voltammetry. Reproducible gold nanostructures have been obtained by direct electrochemical deposition. A calibration plot from 2.5 to 250 μg/L was obtained in acidic solutions of Pb(II) with a reproducibility of 4% (n=10). The detection limit was 0.09 μg/L of lead. The method is then applied to perform a blood lead analysis by adjusting square‐wave parameters in capillary or venous blood with a minimum sample pretreatment and excellent accuracy and reproducibility.     

Spectrofluorimetric Determination of Itraconazole in Dosage Forms and Spiked Human Plasma

A highly sensitive fluorimetric method was developed for the determination of itraconazole in pharmaceutical preparations and biological fluids. The proposed method is based on measuring the native fluorescence intensity of itraconazole in methanol at 380 nm after excitation at 260 nm. The fluorescence intensity‐concentration plot was rectilinear over the range 0.2 to 2.0 μg/mL with a lower detection limit of 0.05 μg/mL (6.52 × 10^?11 M). The method was further applied to the determination of itraconazole in capsules and spiked human plasma, the mean % recoveries (n = 4) was 100.37 ± 0.86 and 95.47 ± 2.93, respectively. The mean % recoveries were in agreement with those obtained from a reference method.     

Determination of N‐nitrosamines by automated dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction integrated with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry

An automated dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction integrated with gas chromatography and mass spectrometric procedure was developed for the determination of three N‐nitrosamines (N‐nitroso‐di‐n‐propylamine, N‐nitrosopiperidine, and N‐nitroso di‐n‐butylamine) in water samples. Response surface methodology was employed to optimize relevant extraction parameters including extraction time, dispersive solvent volume, water sample pH, sodium chloride concentration, and agitation (stirring) speed. The optimal dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction conditions were 28 min of extraction time, 33 μL of methanol as dispersive solvent, 722 rotations per minute of agitation speed, 23% w/v sodium chloride concentration, and pH of 10.5. Under these conditions, good linearity for the analytes in the range from 0.1 to 100 μg/L with coefficients of determination (r²) from 0.988 to 0.998 were obtained. The limits of detection based on a signal‐to‐noise ratio of 3 were between 5.7 and 124 ng/L with corresponding relative standard deviations from 3.4 to 5.9% (n = 4). The relative recoveries of N‐nitroso‐di‐n‐propylamine, N‐nitrosopiperidine, and N‐nitroso di‐n‐butylamine from spiked groundwater and tap water samples at concentrations of 2 μg/L of each analyte (mean ± standard deviation, n = 3) were (93.9 ± 8.7), (90.6 ± 10.7), and (103.7 ± 8.0)%, respectively. The method was applied to determine the N‐nitrosamines in water samples of different complexities, such as tap water, and groundwater, before and after treatment, in a local water treatment plant.     

Voltammetric sensing of triclosan in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide using a cathodically pretreated boron-doped diamond electrode

ABSTRACT

In the present study, a simple, cheap and sensitive electrochemical method based on a cathodically pretreated boron-doped diamond (CPT-BDD) electrode is described for the detection of triclosan with the cationic surfactant (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTAB) media. The oxidation of triclosan was irreversible and exhibited an adsorption controlled process. The sensitivity of the adsorptive stripping voltammetric measurements was significantly improved with addition of CTAB. Using square-wave stripping mode, a linear response was obtained for triclosan determination in Britton-Robinson buffer solution at pH 9.0 containing 2.5 × 10^?4 M CTAB at around + 0.67 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) (after 30 s accumulation at open-circuit condition). The method could be used in the range of 0.01–1.0 μg mL^?1 (3.5 × 10^?8–3.5 × 10^?6 M), with a detection limit of 0.0023 μg mL^?1 (7.9 × 10^?9 M). The feasibility of the proposed method for the determination of triclosan in water samples was checked in spiked tap water.     

Triglyceride Assay by Amperometric Microbial Biosensor: Sample Hydrolysis and Kinetic Approach

ABSTRACT

A triglyceride assay based on triglyceride hydrolysis and glycerol detection was developed. Non-specific lipase isolated from Candida rugosa and intact Gluconobacter oxydans cells, containing membrane-bound glycerol dehydrogenase, were used to develop a biosensor. Two approaches were investigated: analysis of pre-hydrolysed samples and a kinetic approach. The sensor prepared from G. oxydans cells exhibited sensitive and fast response to glycerol: detection limit 20 μM (S/N=3), linear range up to 2 mM and response time 84 s (90% of steady-state). The triglyceride assay of pre-hydrolysed samples was based on a 20 min hydrolysis and determination of released glycerol by the biosensor. A calibration curve linear up to 12 mM was obtained for triolein samples. The kinetic approach was based on simultaneous glyceride hydrolysis and glycerol detection. Analysis time of 10 min, linear range up to 30 mM, and estimated detection limit of 50 μM were achieved using the kinetic approach. The kinetic triglyceride assay is not influenced by free glycerol present in a sample. Storage stability, expressed as a half life (50% of the initial response), was 7 days when trehalose was used as a stabiliser.     

The determination of chlorinated long-chain paraffins in water,sediment and biological samples

Methods are described for the routine determination of traces of industrial chloro-n-paraffins having 13–30 carbon atoms and chlorine contents of 42–45% (frw/w), in environmental samples of water, sediments and biota. The procedures are based on thin-layer chromatography detection and measurement. All samples are cleaned up by liquid—solid adsorption chromatography and thin-layer chromatography but those rich in lipids require preliminary solvent extraction. The methods distinguish between chloro-n-paraffins based on long carbon chains (C₂₀–C₃₀) and those based on shorter chains (C₁₃–C₁₇). The methods cover the ranges 500 ng l^?1 to 8 μg l^?1 for water (i.e. from about the solubility limit upwards) and 50 μg kg^?1 to 16 mg kg^?1 for sediments and biota. The precision of the methods ranges from ± 50% relative at the lowest concentrations to ± 12% relative at the highest. Recoveries are about 90% for water, 80% for sediments and between 80 and 90% for biota according to sample type.     

Hydrophilic solid‐phase extraction of melamine with ampholine‐modified hybrid organic–inorganic silica material

In this work, an ampholine‐functionalized hybrid organic–inorganic silica sorbent was successfully used to extract melamine from a milk formula sample by a hydrophilic interaction solid‐phase extraction protocol. Primary factors affecting the extraction efficiency of the material such as extraction solvent, elution solvent, sample loading volume, and elution volume have been thoroughly optimized. Under the optimized hydrophilic solid‐phase extraction conditions, the recoveries of melamine spiked in milk formula samples ranged from 86.2 to 101.8% with relative standard deviations of 4.1–9.4% (n = 3). The limit of detection (S/N = 3) was 0.32 μg/g. The adsorption capacity toward melamine was 30 μg of melamine per grams of sorbent. Due to its simplicity, rapidity and cost effectiveness, the newly developed hydrophilic solid‐phase extraction method should provide a promising tool for daily monitoring of doped melamine in milk formula.     

微波辅助萃取/气相色谱法测定抗菌纺织品中的三氯生

以二氯甲烷为萃取溶剂,采用微波辅助萃取技术萃取抗菌纺织品中的三氯生,建立了一种气相色谱-电子捕获检测器(GC-ECD)方法对纺织品中的三氯生进行了测定。 对于阳性样品,采用GC/MS技术进行确认。 该方法简单快速、灵敏度高,检出限为1 μg/kg(S/N=3),回收率为90%~106%,RSD均小于6%。 采用该方法对市售的抗菌纺织品进行测定,结果显示,部分市售抗菌纺织品中含有高浓度的三氯生。     

Anodic Stripping Voltammetric Determination of Lead in Tap Water at an Ordered Mesoporous Carbon/Nafion Composite film Electrode

A sensitive mercury‐free lead (Pb²⁺) sensor has been proposed based on an ordered mesoporous carbon and Nafion composite film (OMC/Nafion) coated glassy carbon electrode. The analysis of Pb²⁺ using anodic stripping voltammetry (ASV) includes two steps. Pb²⁺ ions are firstly reduced and deposited on the electrode surface in a Pb²⁺ solution (10 mL) during a preconcentration step biased at ?1.0 V, followed by a measurement step by differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) within the potential range of ?0.8 to ?0.3 V (scan rate: 20 mV/s, frequency: 20 Hz, amplitude: 50 mV, pulse width: 50 ms). Linear calibration curve was found to be from 20 nM to 2 μM for Pb²⁺ with a sensitivity of 17.4±1.38 μA/μM after a 5‐min of preconcentration. The detection limit was estimated to be around 4.60±0.12 nM at the signal to noise ratio of 3. Reproducibility (RSD%) was found to be 3.0% for a single sensor with eight measurements and 4.3% for five sensors prepared with identical procedures. The practical application of the proposed lead sensor was verified by determination of trace level of Pb²⁺ in tap water sample.