High performance liquid chromatographic analysis of patent blue V in cheese

Summary The HPLC method developed for the analysis of the dye Patent Blue V in extracts from cheese is sufficiently sensitive to detect and measure concentrations above 0.1 ppm with a standard deviation of 3 %. The extraction procedure described gives a recovery from cheese of about 80 %. The method has been applied to commercial samples of cheese and a concentration of the dye of about 0.12 ppm was measured in one case.     

High performance liquid chromatographic analysis of Patent Blue V in cheese

Summary The HPLC method developed for the analysis of the dye Patent Blue V in extracts from cheese is sufficiently sensitive to detect and measure concentrations above 0.1 ppm with a standard deviation of 3%. The extraction procedure described gives a recovery from cheese of about 80%. The method has been applied to commercial samples of cheese and a concentration of the dye of about 0.12 ppm was measured in one case.     

Normal-phase high performance liquid chromatographic separation and characterization of short- and long-chain triacylglycerols

Summary Short- and long-chain triacylglycerols (SLCT) are a family of lipids prepared by chemical or enzymatic interesterification of triacetin, tripropionin and/or tributyrin, and long-chain (C_16!18) hydrogenated vegetable oils. In this study, a normal-phase cyanopropyl high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method was developed for the separation and quantification of SLCT. The method is capable of separating SLCT mixtures, free fatty acids and the neutral lipid classes of saturated long-chain triacylglycerols, diacylglycerols and monoacylglycerols. To characterize the specific SLCT classes, a normal-phase HPLC procedure using a non-modified silica column was developed to separate the SLCT into individual isomers based on total carbon number and position of fatty acids on the glycerol backbone. Online coupling with a mass detector (LC/MS) allowed the identification of the individual triacylglycerol structures.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic method for separation and quantification of intact glucosinolates

Summary A simple, economical and efficient HPLC method has been developed for the separation and determination of the individual glucosinolates in rapessed and mustard. The method involves single-step extraction of glucosinolates with boiling water and separation of the individual glucosinolates on a Novapack RP-18 column (3.9 mm ×150mm) with 0.2 M ammonium sulphate as mobile phase. Peaks were monitored at 229 nm. All major glucosinolates could be eluted within 10 min. The method proved effective for routine analysis of glucosinolates.     

High performance liquid chromatographic separation of polar and non-polar chlorophyll pigments from algae using a wide pore polymeric octadecylsilica column

A method employing a wide pore polymeric reversed phase column has been developed for the separation of most of the chlorophylls and related compounds previously described as occurring in marine microalgae. The high selectivity toward molecular shape of this kind of stationary phase has enabled compounds of very similar structure, such as chlorophylls c₁, c₂ and Mg-divinylpheoporphyrin a₅ monomethyl ester, and chlorophyll a and the phytol-substituted chlorophyll c-like pigments, which commonly coelute on monomeric bonded phases, to be resolved in a single run. Some of these pigments, formerly thought to be a single compound, have, in fact, been demonstrated to be groups of two or more. The method has been successfully applied to both algal cultures and natural sea water samples. When visible light absorbance detection was used, the method proved suitable for separation of various carotenoids.     

Development of gas chromatographic method for determination of cholesterol oxides in meat products

Summary A method of extraction, purification and gas chromatographic analysis of five cholesterol oxidation products (COPs) (7β-hydroxycholesterol, 5α, 6α-epoxycholesterol, 25-hydroxycholesterol, 7-ketocholesterol and cholestane-3β, 5α, 6β-triol) has been developed. The method is aimed at the determination of COPs in meat and meat products, in particular dry sausages, where large differences in the content of cholesterol and its oxidation derivatives may occur. Linearity of response of trimethylsilyl ethers was defined. The minimum concentration tested was 2.5 μg g⁻¹ in the injected solution. The main feature of the present work is the addition of a purification step of unsaponifiables by SPE on silica cartridges. Extraction recoveries of COP standard mixtures, performed with or without the SPE step, are evaluated. The introduction of the clean-up step results in high purity samples without further losses in the entire process.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of urocanic acid isomers in cosmetic products

Summary A method has been developed for the determination of trans and cis urocanic acid in oil-in-water cosmetic emulsions. It involves an extraction of the sample in 1:3 methanol-aqueous NaOH (10⁻³ M), by ultrasonication, which leads to quantitative recoveries, and a reversed-phase HPLC isocratic elution for the analysis of the extract. Chromatography is performed on a C18 column using 0.1 M sodium perchlorate (pH 3.0)-acetonitrile 98:2 (v/v), as the mobile phase, and UV detection at 263 nm. The separation of the isomers is good. Linearity and precision of the method have been assessed.     

High-performance-liquid chromatographic separation of 1,3,5-trizine herbicides

Summary A number of 11 triazine herbicides and 7 of their corresponding metabolites were separated in a single HPLC run. The separation was achieved on a reversed-phase column using gradient elution with acetonitrile/buffer. Detection was by UV absorption at a wave-length of 220 nm.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic analysis of dinitrobenzene isomers

Summary An efficient, reproducible and rapid high-performance liquid chromatographic method, in normal phase mode, for the analysis of the three dinitrobenzene isomers is described. The method affords good linearity for each isomer in the range 10–160 g ml^–1. The total analysis time is only 10 minutes, and the method shows an accuracy of ±1.25% with a coefficient of variation from 0.30% to 2.85% for different levels of the dinitrobenzene isomers.     

Temperature-dependent separation of bryostatin 18 and 10 by high performance liquid chromatography

Summary The temperature-dependent separation of bryostatins by HPLC was examined on an octadecyl bonded stationary phase, using column temperatures between 0 and 40°C and mobile phase temperatures from 0 to 25°C. The retention time and resolution of bryostatins changed drastically and separation improved with decreasing temperature. A column temperature of less than 5°C and a mobile phase temperature of less than 15°C is recommended for a good resolution of bryostatins for routine work.     

High performance liquid chromatography with post-column photolysis of pesticides for generation of fluorophores

Summary Several classes of pesticides have been found to respond to a high performance liquid chromatography post-column reaction detector that employs UV photolysis with an optional reaction with o-phthalicdicarboxaldehyde-2-mercaptoethanol (OPA-MERC) reagent followed by fluorescence detection. Photolysis of most of the N-methylcarbamates, carbamoyl oximes, carbamothioic acids, dithiocarbamates, and phenylureas tested produced primary amines which reacted with OPA-MERC to form the respective derivatives. In some cases, substituted aromatic pesticides such as phenylcarbamates, phenylamides, and phenylureas photolyzed to chemical species which had native fluorescence. This technique was successfully applied to a method for pesticide analyses in groundwater and vegetation. For aldicarb sulfone, a pesticide that did not absorb UV light, use of acetone as a photosensitizer enhanced detection.     

Multidimensional gas and liquid chromatographic approaches to trace-level environmental analysis

Summary Multidimensional approaches are becoming increasingly popular for the trace-level determination of microcontaminants in environmental samples. Hyphenated procedures with which sample treatment-plus-separation is combined on-line with a spectroscopic detector such as a (tandem) mass spectrometer, are especially useful because of their high identification power. Socalled comprehensive techniques, which possess an extremely high separation efficiency, are a promising new addition to the list. Presented at the 21^st ISC held in Stuttgart, Germany, 15^th–20^th September, 1996     

Isocratic separation of erythromycin, related substances and degradation products by liquid chromatography on XTerra RP18

Summary A simple, sensitive, selective and robust isocratic LC method is described for the analysis of erythromycin on XTerra RP₁₈. The main component, erythromycin A, is separated from all known related substances and degradation products. Several unknown impurities are also separated. Acetonitrile-0.2 MK₂HPO₄pH7.0-water, (35∶5∶60, v/v) was used as a mobile phase at 1.0 mL min⁻¹. UV detection was at 215 nm. The robustness of the method was evaluated by a full-factorial experimental design.     

Liquid chromatographic separation of fluoroquinolone antibacterials used as veterinary drugs

Summary A liquid chromatographic method has been developed to separate a series of quinolones which are widely used as veterinary drugs: danofloxacin, difloxacin, enrofloxacin (and its metabolite ciprofloxacin), marbofloxacin, norfloxacin and sarafloxacin. Separation was performed by using an end-capped high-purity silica-based C₈ column and a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile-aqueous oxalic acid buffer solution. In order to establish the optimal conditions for an isocratic separation, a three-factor Doehlert experimental design was applied. Gradient elution was applied which reduced analysis time. Figures of merit of the method proposed, with fluorimetric detection, were evaluated.     

Semi-preparative high-performance liquid chromatographic separation of trimedlure isomers

Summary Semi-preparative high-performance liquid chromatographic procedures on 5 m silica were developed for the isolation of gram quantities of eight trimedlure isomers (trans: A, B₁, B₂, and C;cis: V, W, X, and Y) for comparative biological evaluation and NMR studies. Isolations were made from an eight-component 21cis: trans-trimedlure mixture, a four-componentcis-trimedlure mixture, trimedlure-B₂:X and trimedlure-C:W epimerization merization mixtures, a trimedlure-B₁:Y:B₂ mixture, and a trimedlure-A concentrate.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic analysis of azlocillin in serum

Summary A rapid and sensitive high performance liquid chromatographic method is described for the determination of azlocillin in serum. This method involves a short manual protein precipitation of the sample followed by an injection into a PR 18 column for separation and quantitation. The mobile phase was a 22% (V/V) solution acetonitrile in phosphate buffer pH 4.8 at a flow rate of 2,5 ml/min. The spectrophotometer detector was set at 220 nm with a sensitivity of 0.08 AUFS.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic assay of bacterial collagenase

Summary The activity of bacterial collagenase Clostridiopeptidase A was estimated using a labelled synthetic peptide, 4-phenylazobenzyloxycarbonyl-L-Pro-L-Leu-Gly-L-Pro-D-Arg, as substrate. The N-protected dipeptide obtained after enzymatic hydrolysis of Leu-Gly peptide bond was quantified by reversed-phase, high-performance liquid chromatography using 4-phenylazobenzyloxycarbonyl-L-Pro-L-Phe as internal standard. The time dependence of the appearance of the hydrolysis product and the dependence of rates of hydrolysis on collagenase concentration were linear. Kinetic parameters for collagenase were determined to test the suitability of the described procedure.     

Improved high performance liquid chromatographic determination of amanitins with electrochemical detection

Summary The determination of amanitins, the main toxins of the poisonous fungus Amanita Phalloides, through an improved HPLC method with electrochemical detection is presented. It uses an improved reverse phase separation on a wide pore butyl column and amperometric detection in oxidizing mode at + 0.6 V. Compared to the previously reported methods employing narrow pore C18 packings and UV detectors, the described method gives a much lower detection limit (40, 80 and 70 pg ca. for alpha-, beta- and gamma-amanitin, respectively), and a better chromatographic efficiency. Coupled with a sample preparation procedure using disposable cartridges packed with C18 and underivatized silica (recovery of alpha-amanitin =65 %, RSD 4.1 at 20 ng/ml), the method permits the quantitative determination of alphaamanitin in serum at low concentrations (10–20 ng/ml). A tentative immuno-extraction of urine samples, by means of a solid phase antiserum, bound to nylon nets, allowing the detection of few nanograms of toxin per milliliter is also briefly described.     

HPLC测定一次性塑料用品中邻苯二甲酸酯类增塑剂

本文用高压、液体色谱柱Liehmspher C-18(250mm×4.6mmID,5μm),以乙腈-水为流动相,流速为1.0mL/min,线性梯度乙腈从70%到100%,采用质谱检测器对邻苯二甲酸酯进行定性鉴定.邻苯二甲酸二甲脂(DMP)、邻苯二甲酸二乙酯(DEP)、邻苯二甲酸二丁酯(DBP)和邻苯二甲酸二甲酸辛酯(DOP)浓度分别为1.1～89mg/L,0.9～74mg/L,0.9～71mg/L和0.9～68mg/L时线性关系良好,平均回收率分别为83%,89%,86%,87%(n=5).建立了准确度和灵敏度高,方便快捷有效的一次性塑料用品中邻苯二甲酸酯类增塑剂的高效液相色谱定量分析方法.     

High performance liquid chromatography assay for alanine amino transferase

Summary An improved method of alanine-amino transferase determination is proposed. The reaction is carried out with alanine and 2-oxoglutarate as substrates and analysis is by HPLC on a reversed-phase chromatographic system using a C₁₈ column and tetrabutylammonium phosphate in phosphate buffer (pH 7.0)-acetonitrile as mobile phase. The enzyme activity was determined by directly following the formation of pyruvic acid without employing any secondary reaction, which is necessary in the spectrophotometric method. The detection limit of pyruvic acid is 10 pmole l^–1 and the standard deviation for the enzymatic activity of standard solutions is 5.4%. Furthermore under the chromatographic conditions selected it is possible to detect the presence of some intermediate species.Work supported by National Research Council of Italy. Presented in part at the First International Symposium on Applications of HPLC in Enzyme Chemistry, Verona, September 1990.