Capillary electrophoretic determination of sanguinarine and chelerythrine in plant extracts and pharmaceutical preparations

Capillary electrophoresis was employed to determine the principal quaternary benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids, sanguinarine and chelerythrine, in two plant extracts and one oral hygiene product. Phosphate-Tris buffer of pH 2.5 was used as a background electrolyte, limits of detection were 3 micromol/l(-1) (sanguinarine) and 2.4 micromol,l(-1) (chelerythrine) using UV detection at 270 nm. The method, which correlated well with HPLC, is suitable for serial determination of sanguinarine and chelerythrine in plant products and pharmaceuticals.     

Capillary electrophoretic studies of acid-base properties of sanguinarine and chelerythrine alkaloids

Capillary zone electrophoresis with UV detection was used for determination of dissociation constants of alkaloids sanguinarine and chelerythrine. Despite the limited solubility of the uncharged forms of the alkaloids resulting in insufficient analytical signal at higher pH the reliable dissociation constants were obtained when acidified samples containing low amount of the alkaloid were injected into the capillary. The precipitation of the alkaloid in the capillary induced by injecting sample of low pH into the background electrolyte of higher pH does not affect the mobility of the alkaloid if its concentration injected exceeds the solubility only to a small extent. Dissociation constants (pK(R+)) of sanguinarine and chelerythrine calculated to 8.3 +/- 0.1 and 9.2 +/- 0.1, respectively, are relevant to Good buffers of ionic strength of 30 mM.     

Capillary zone electrophoretic studies of interactions of some quaternary isoquinoline alkaloids with DNA constituents and DNA

Capillary zone electrophoresis was applied for the investigation of interactions of some quaternary isoquinoline alkaloids, namely sanguinarine, chelerythrine, berberine, and jatrorrhizine, with DNA constituents and with DNA. None of these alkaloids attach covalently to nucleotides or to the whole DNA under physiological conditions. The interaction with DNA constituents is a noncovalent complexation based on weak intermolecular forces. Electrostatic attraction participates in the interaction but other types of intermolecular forces are involved as well. Cations were identified as the most probable interacting forms of the alkaloids. The interaction with compounds derived from purine was always stronger than those derived from pyrimidine. All alkaloids behaved analogously and similarly to ethidium bromide, the classic DNA intercalator. Stability constants K (in l.mol(-1)) for sanguinarine and chelerythrine in phosphate buffer of pH 7.4 (I(S) = 30 mM) ranged from tens to hundreds.     

亲和毛细管电泳法测定牛血清白蛋白和加替沙星的结合常数

利用亲和毛细管电泳法对牛血清白蛋白(BSA)与加替沙星(GT)间的结合反应及其相互作用做了初步探索,并应用淌度比(M)作为指标测定了两者的结合常数。以20 mmol/L pH 7.4的磷酸盐缓冲液作为运行缓冲液,分别以GT和BSA作为添加剂,另一组分为进样样品,内标为二甲基甲酰胺,于214 nm波长下检测。两种测定条件下得到的结合常数分别为4.4×104 L/mol和4.2×104 L/mol,与传统的荧光淬灭法测得的结果基本一致。该方法具有简单、高效的优点。     

药物间置换相互作用的毛细管电泳-迎头分析法研究

将18-甲基炔诺酮加到人血清白蛋白-酮洛芬平衡溶液中,室温孵育达平衡后应用毛细管电泳-迎头分析法研究了18-甲基炔诺酮和酮洛芬在人血清白蛋白分子上的置换相互作用。一大体积样品虹吸进样至未涂层毛细管(65 cm×50 μm i.d.,有效长度35 cm),进样时间80 s,毛细管两端高度差11 cm,工作电压10 kV,运行缓冲液为67 mmol/L磷酸盐缓冲液(pH 7.4),游离酮洛芬浓度由前沿峰的高度直接测定。当酮洛芬样品溶液中酮洛芬的总浓度分别为100 μmol/L和200 μmol/L时,随着18-甲基炔诺酮加入量的增加(18-甲基炔诺酮的浓度由0增至200 μmol/L),游离酮洛芬的浓度分别从22.4 增至26.4 μmol/L和从82.1增至106.2 μmol/L。由上面的结果可推论:高浓度的18-甲基炔诺酮可将酮洛芬从它的第二类结合位点上置换出来。     

Capillary electrophoresis with LED-induced native fluorescence detection for determination of isoquinoline alkaloids and their cytotoxicity in extracts of Chelidonium majus L

In this study, we introduced a simple and sensitive method of capillary electrophoresis with ultraviolet light-emitting diode-induced native fluorescence (UV-LEDIF) detection for the determination of isoquinoline alkaloids in extracts of Chelidonium majus L. Samples were extracted with acidic methanol and the extracts were directly analysed by CE. Simultaneous determination of protopine, chelidonine, coptisine, sanguinarine, allocryptopine, chelerythrine and stylopine was performed in 20mM phosphate buffer (pH 3.1). The baseline separation of these alkaloids was finished within 20 min. As these alkaloids have native fluorescence, they were directly detected using the commercially available UV light emitting diode without troublesome fluorescent derivatisation. Satisfactory LOD values were obtained for the studied compounds considering their appearance in natural extracts. Lower limits of detection were 0.05 μg/mL for protopine, 0.06 μg/mL for stylopine and allocryptopine, 0.07 μg/mL for chelidonine, 0.22 μg/mL for sanguinarine, 1.7 μg/mL for chelerythrine and 5.5 μg/mL for coptisine. The developed method was successfully applied to determine the contents of seven alkaloids in the aerial parts of Chelidonium majus L, which varied from 0.025 to 0.763% (w/w). Also, to demonstrate the potential of the proposed CE method, an estimation of the cytotoxic properties of selected Celandine alkaloids in a natural extract was carried out.     

人血清白蛋白与手性药物相互作用的毛细管电泳研究Ⅱ.药物对映体竞争结合参数的测定

 运用毛细管电泳（CE）技术,在对碱性药物Verapamil（VER）手性拆分的基础上对Verapamil与人血清白蛋白（HSA）平行体系进行了相互作用研究。通过定量HSA－VER体系中VER对映体的浓度,建立对映体对结合位点竞争的理论方程,获得了R和S型药物对映体与HSA的结合常数,其值分别为K（R）-VER=2．7×103×（±4．4×102）和K（S）-VER=8．5×102（±1.0×102）。实验证实,HSA具有手性选择性,与（R）－VER的结合强于与（S）-VER的结合,结合比随着HSA与（±）VER的浓度比而变化。     

Permselectivity of neurotransmitters at overoxidized polypyrrole-film-coated glassy carbon electrodes

The permselectivity of neurotransmitters such as dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine at overoxidized polypyrrole (OPPY)-film-coated glassy carbon electrodes has been investigated. The chemically-modified electrodes exhibit attractive permselectivity and antifouling properties of rejecting anionic species, e.g. ascorbate, etc. Compared with the response of neurotransmitters at modified electrodes overoxidized in phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.4), higher sensitivity and reversibility response can be obtained at modified electrodes overoxidized in sodium hydroxide solution. The effect of film thickness on the permselective response was tested. Rotating disk electrode experiments were used to determine the apparent diffusion coefficients of several electroactive solutes in the OPPY films. The influence of the hydrophobicity of the organic ions on the permeability within the polymer films was discussed. Dopamine and epinephrine were determined at the 1 x 10(-6)-1 x 10(-4) M level by means of voltammetry after an exposure period of 2 min in 0.1 M phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) with detection limits of 8 x 10(-7) M and 6 x 10(-7) M respectively.     

Simultaneous determination of 2-nitrophenol and 4-nitrophenol based on the multi-wall carbon nanotubes Nafion-modified electrode

In this work, multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNT) were conveniently dispersed into Nafion-ethanol solution, and the MWNT-Nafion-modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was described for the simultaneous determination of 2-nitrophenol and 4-nitrophenol. At pH 4.0 phosphate buffer, the reduction peak currents of 2-nitrophenol (at -0.8 V) and 4-nitrophenol (at -1.0 V) increase significantly at the MWNT-Nafion-modified GCE, in comparison with that at the Nafion-modified GCE and the bare GCE. The experimental parameters, such as solution pH of phosphate buffer, accumulation potential and time, and the amounts of MWNT-Nafion onto the GCE surface, were optimized. The reduction peak currents are linear with the concentration of 2-nitrophenol from 5 x 10(-8) to 1 x 10(-5) mol L(-1) and with that of 4-nitrophenol from 1 x 10(-7) to 1 x 10(-5) mol L(-1). The detection limits after 3-min accumulation are 1 x 10(-8) mol L(-1) for 2-nitrophenol and for 4 x 10(-8) mol L(-1) for 4-nitrophenol. This modified electrode was applied to direct determination of 2-nitrophenol and 4-nitrophenol in lake water samples.     

Poly (3-(3-pyridyl) acrylic acid) modified glassy carbon electrode for simultaneous determination of dopamine, ascorbic acid and uric acid

Trans-3-(3-pyridyl) acrylic acid (PAA) was deposited on glassy carbon electrode (GCE) by electropolymerization in pH 7.0 phosphate buffer solution (PBS). The poly (3-(3-pyridyl) acrylic acid) (PPAA) film modified glassy carbon electrode shows an excellent electrochemical response for dopamine (DA), ascorbic acid (AA) and uric acid (UA). The cyclic voltammetry oxidation peaks for DA and AA, DA and UA, AA and UA are separated by 150 mV, 130 mV and 280 mV, respectively. This permits the simultaneous determination of AA, DA and UA. The interference of AA with the determination of DA could be eliminated because of the electrostatic interaction between DA cations and the negatively charged PPAA film at pH 7.0. The anodic peak currents of DA, AA and UA increase linearly with concentration in the range of 1-40 micromol L(-1), 10-400 micromol L(-1) and 1.6-80 micromol L(-1), respectively, with a correlation coefficient (r) always higher than 0.998. The detection limit is 0.06 micromol L(-1), 0.8 micromol L(-1) and 1.1 micromol L(-1) for DA, AA and UA, respectively.     

Phototoxic and photochemical properties of sanguinarine.

Sanguinarine, a commercial drug exhibiting antimicrobial and antitumor properties, was studied with respect to its basic photochemical characteristics and also with regard to its phototoxicity to mosquito larvae (Aedes atropalpus). Sanguinarine proved to be clearly phototoxic to larvae, with an LD50 of 0.096 mg/mL with near UV exposure as compared with 23.3 mg/mL without. Flash photolysis experiments enabled the study of the triplet state of sanguinarine to be undertaken. Quenching by oxygen occurs with a rate constant of 6 x 10(9) M-1s-1 and time-resolved emission studies indicate that sanguinarine produces a significant amount of singlet oxygen (phi delta = 0.16) as does the isoquinoline alkaloid, berberine (phi delta = 0.25). These values represent the first direct quantitative measurements of photosensitization parameters of these compounds. Additionally, sanguinarine exhibits efficient electron donation properties, undergoing reaction with methyl viologen with a rate constant greater than 10(10) M-1s-1, but is a poor electron acceptor. Phototoxicity of sanguinarine can thus be explained in terms of its photosensitization properties.     

Application of a novel micro-injector in the determination of indole derivatives in the rat pineal gland by capillary electrophoresis with electrochemical detection

A novel micro-injector has been fabricated for capillary electrophoresis (CE). It was successfully used for the determination of some indole derivatives for example melatonin (MT), serotonin (5-HT), tryptophan (Trp), and 5-hydroxy-tryptophane (5-HTrp) in the rat pineal gland by capillary electrophoresis with electrochemical detection (CE-EC). CE was performed in 0.20 mol L(-1) phosphate buffer (pH 8.0). The compounds investigated can be well separated and detected within 15 min. The working electrode used was a 300-microm diameter carbon electrode positioned opposite the outlet of the capillary. The relationship between peak current and analyte concentration was highly linear in the range from 0.10 to 500 micromol L(-1); detection limits (S/N = 3) were 0.03-0.13 micromol L(-1). The proposed method has been successfully used to analyze real biological samples.     

Development of adenosine sensor: effect of physiological buffers on activity and sensitivity in adenosine determinations by fast scan voltammetry

A new fast scan voltammetry (FSV) method was tested in the determinations of adenosine in physiological buffers at pH 7.4. The buffers can be used in the determinations of adenosine in vivo and include 7 x 10(-2) M phosphate, Krebs-Henseleit (K-H) and Hanks' Balanced Salts (HBSS). A new method of fabrication of carbon fiber electrodes (CFEs) by polishing, followed by electrochemical pretreatment (ECP) was developed for the determination. After the ECP of CFE, CFE background current was stable in FSV determinations even though an increase in the background current was observed after the ECP in the buffers at pH 7.4. The sensitivity in FSV determinations of adenosine at the pretreated electrodes was tested in the physiological buffers at the potential scan rate of 500 V s(-1) at pH 7.4. Buffer composition and pH was the same during the ECP of CFE and in the FSV determinations. The sensitivity in the FSV determinations of adenosine at the new CFEs was high, compared to that previously reported at CFEs prepared by other methods, and showed a limited dependence on buffer composition. However, a small increase in buffer pH above 7.4 resulted in a decrease in sensitivity in the determinations of adenosine. The decrease in sensitivity was associated with an additional increase in CFE background current at pH > 7.4. At pH 7.4 best sensitivity and limit of detection was obtained in 7 x 10(-2) M phosphate buffer, where the background current was lowest. The sensitivity was half that in K-H and HBSS. Standard deviation of measurements was ca. 1%. The results demonstrate the feasibility of sensitive FSV determinations of adenosine in physiological buffers at pH 7.4 at CFEs.     

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.     

Capillary electrophoresis for determination of free and albumin-bound bilirubin and the investigation of drug interaction with bilirubin-bound albumin

Capillary electrophoresis (CE) is a promising technique for assessment of free bilirubin and its interaction with albumin, as it requires only a small sample volume and provides a rapid and efficient separation of free bilirubin from its albumin-bound complex in a one-phase system. In order to maintain the equilibrium without dissociation of bilirubin from the albumin/bilirubin complex as in real clinical conditions, the coupling of CE with frontal analysis (FA) was investigated. A very large sample plug was introduced hydrodynamically into the capillary (36 cm length, 50 microm inner diameter) at 15 psi x s to develop the frontal conditions during CE separation. The working conditions for CE/FA separation of bilirubin and albumin were optimized as follows: +20 kV; running buffer, 10 mmol/L phosphate and 1 mmol/L ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), pH 7.4. The working range for bilirubin was found to vary from 5 to 206 micromol/L; precision with relative standard deviation (RSD) <2.0% for n = 3 and detection limit (signal to noise, S/N = 2) was 2 micromol/L. The residual binding capacity of a simulated cord blood serum for bilirubin was 26 mg/100 mL at pH 7.4. Bilirubin was shown to be displaced from albumin when aspirin was added. The free bilirubin concentration was found to increase to clinical significant concentrations from 11.9 to 21.1% when increasing aspirin was added in the range of 5-50 mg/100 mL, respectively. Thus, the investigation of aspirin displacement of bilirubin from albumin is clinically important and the CE/ FA method is a suitable procedure for this purpose.     

Validated spectrophotometric methods for the estimation of moxifloxacin in bulk and pharmaceutical formulations

New, simple, cost effective, accurate and reproducible UV-spectrophotometric methods were developed and validated for the estimation of moxifloxacin in bulk and pharmaceutical formulations. Moxifloxacin was estimated at 296 nm in 0.1N hydrochloric acid (pH 1.2) and at 289 nm in phosphate buffer (pH 7.4). Beer's law was obeyed in the concentration range of 1-12 microg ml(-1) (r2=0.9999) in hydrochloric acid and 1-14 microg ml(-1) (r2=0.9998) in the phosphate buffer medium. The apparent molar absorptivity and Sandell's sensitivity coefficient were found to be 4.63 x 10(4) l mol(-1) cm(-1) and 9.5 ng cm(-2)/0.001 A in hydrochloric acid; and 4.08 x 10(4) l mol(-1) cm(-1) and 10.8 ng cm(-2)/0.001 A in phosphate buffer media, respectively indicating the high sensitivity of the proposed methods. These methods were tested and validated for various parameters according to ICH guidelines. The detection and quantitation limits were found to be 0.0402, 0.1217 microg ml(-1) in hydrochloric acid and 0.0384, 0.1163 microg ml(-1) in phosphate buffer medium, respectively. The proposed methods were successfully applied for the determination of moxifloxacin in pharmaceutical formulations (tablets, i.v. infusions, eye drops and polymeric nanoparticles). The results demonstrated that the procedure is accurate, precise and reproducible (relative standard deviation <2%), while being simple, cheap and less time consuming and hence can be suitably applied for the estimation of moxifloxacin in different dosage forms and dissolution studies.     

High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Electrospray Mass Spectrometry for Rapid and Sensitive Determination of Sanguinarine and Chelerythrine in Exogenously Contaminated Honey

A simple, rapid, and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method coupled with electrospray mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) has been used to determine sanguinarine and chelerythrine in exogenously contaminated honey. Sample extracts were separated on a C₈ reversed-phase HPLC column with acetonitrile–acetate buffer (40:60) as mobile phase. After ESI the abundance of protonated molecules was recorded by selected-ion recording (SIR) of m/z 332.5, 348.5, and 356.5 for sanguinarine, chelerythrine, and the internal standard, tetrahydropalmatine, respectively. The internal standard technique was used to construct calibration plots for quantitation of sanguinarine and chelerythrine; the linear ranges were 5.25–1050 and 3.75–750 ng mL^–1, respectively, with correlation coefficients of 0.9993 and 0.9989, respectively. The limits of detection for sanguinarine and chelerythrine were 1.60 and 1.11 ng mL^–1, respectively.     

两步柱色谱法分离纯化重组猪β2-肾上腺素能受体

β2-肾上腺素能受体是细胞表面受体的一种,它能通过偶联异源三聚体G蛋白将信号转导引入到细胞内部。本实验在成功克隆、表达β2-肾上腺素能受体的基础上,建立了一种两步柱色谱分离纯化目的蛋白质的方法。首先利用Ni2+螯合的高分辨纯化的预带电荷介质Sepharose High Performance与含有六聚组氨酸标签的蛋白质特异结合的性质,对目的蛋白质进行初步分离,接着运用快流速Q琼脂糖凝胶(Quaternary Sepharose Fast Flow)对其进行进一步的分离纯化。采用该方法得到的β2-肾上腺素能受体蛋白质经十二烷基硫酸钠-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDS-PAGE)和高效凝胶排阻色谱检测其纯度约为95%。结果表明该方法可以对重组猪β2-肾上腺素能受体进行有效的分离纯化。     

毛细管胶束电动色谱法分析PTH氨基酸

建立了用毛细管胶束电动色谱法（MEKC）分离19种PTH氨基酸的方法,并探讨了电压、pH值、温度、胶束浓度对氨基酸迁移时间的影响。方法具有速度快、灵敏度高、样品用量少的优点。     

Chromatographic characterization of molecularly imprinted microspheres for the separation and determination of trimethoprim in aqueous buffers

Molecularly imprinted microspheres (MIMs) against trimethoprim (TMP), prepared by aqueous microsuspension polymerization, bound strongly to TMP, by electrostatic and other non-covalent interactions. The effects of pH, kind and ionic strength (I) of buffer on capacity factors (k') have been discussed in detail. The capacity factors for TMP increased with increasing pH of both acetate and phosphate buffers. The effects of ionic strength on capacity factors were very substantial and the linear relationship between logk' and logI was described by the equation logk'=0.3162-0.4420logI with R=-0.9995. The results showed that pH 3.5 acetate buffer (0.05 mol L(-1)) containing 0.1 mol L(-1) sodium chloride and a 1:9 ratio of buffer to methanol were the optimum conditions for separation and determination of TMP. The calibration plot of peak area against concentration was linear with R=0.9979.