Sensitive Method for Enantioseparation of Rivastigmine with Highly Sulfated Cyclodextrin as Chiral Selector by Capillary Electrophoresis

A sensitive method for enantioseparation of a basic drug rivastigmine and determination of its optical impurityby capillary electrophoresis with highly sulfated β-cyclodextrin(HS-β-CD)as the chiral selector is described.Ingeneral,enantioseparation of basic chiral compounds is carried out in acidic condition(pH 2.5)to prevent analytesfrom adsorption on the capillary wall.However,in the case of rivastigmine,the detection sensitivity was too limitedto determine the optical impurity of S-rivastigmine lower than 1% when buffer pH was 2.5.It was found that thedetection sensitivity was improved 1.6 times just by raising the buffer pH value from 2.5 to 5.8.The poor columnefficiency due to the adsorption of the analytes on the capillary wall was resolved by using dynamical coating of thecapillary wall with the linear polyacrylamide solution.The experirnental parameters such as the concentration ofHS-β-CD,buffer pH and buffer ionic strength were optimized,respectively.The method was validated in terms ofrepeatability,linearity,limit of detection(LOD)and limit of quantitation(LOQ).Using the present method,the op-tical purity of nonracemic rivastigmine with the enantiomeric excess(ee)value of 99.14% was determined.     

Capillary Electrophoresis for the Simultaneous Determination of Metals by Using Ethylenediamine Tetraacetic Acid as Complexing Agent and Vancomycin as Complex Selector

A new separation system of capillary electrophoresis for the simultaneous determination of metals by using ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid （EDTA） as complexing agent and employing vancomycin as complex selector was described. The Z-shape cell capillary electrophoresis was used to enhance the sensitivity for the determination of the complexes of Cu（Ⅱ）, Ni（Ⅱ）, Co（Ⅱ） and Fe（Ⅲ） with EDTA. The partial filling method （co-current mode） was used in order to increase the selectivity of the electrophoretic method, meanwhile vancomycin was not present at the detector path during the detection of metal-EDTA complexes. The vancomycin concentration, phosphate concentration and pH of the buffer strongly influenced mobility, resolution and selectivity of the studied analytes. Under the optimal condition, the relative standard deviations （n=5） of the migration time and the peak area were less than 3.14% and 7.35%, respectively. Application of the Z-shape cell capillary electrophoresis method with UV detection and vancomycin loading led to the reliable determination of these metal ions in tap water and the recoveries were 97%-101%. The detection limits based on a signal to noise ratio of 3 ： 1 were found in the range of 2-10 μg·L^-1.     

浊点萃取光度法测定水样中亚硝酸根

A new method for the determination of trace nitrite by spectrophotometric after cloud point extraction was proposed.The effects of experimental conditions such as acidity,concentration of chromogenic reagent and surfactant,equilibration temperature and time on cloud point extraction were discussed.Under the optimum conditions,a good linear relationship was obtained in the range of 4.0～200 μg/L of the nitrite(r=0.9998),the detection limits of 0.43 μg/L.The recoveries fell in the range from 97.7% to 102.4% an...     

Separation of Basic Drugs Using Pressurized Capillary Electrochromatography

A novel pressurized capillary electrochromatography(PCEC) was developed to separate baxic drugs on strong cation exchange(SCX) column.The separation result by using PCEC was better than that by using micro-HPLC.The effects of electrical field and pressure on plate height and resolution were investigated.Influences of organic modifier,ionic strength and pH value of buffer on retention behavior were evaluated,and the separation mechanism was also discussed.     

Mean Activity Coefficients of KCI in the KCI-K2B4O7-H2O Ternary System at 308.15 K by EMF Method

The mean activity coefficients of KCI in a KCI-K2B407-H20 ternary system were experimentally determined at 308.15 K by the electromotive force measurement（EMF） via a battery cell without a liquid junction： K-ISEIKCI（m1）, K2B4O7（m2）ICI-ISE（ISE=ion selective electrode） in a total ionic strength of from 0.01 mol/kg to 1.00 mol/kg at different ionic strength fractions of KzB407 with yB=0, 0.200, 0.400, 0.600 and 0.800. K-ISE and CI-ISE presented a good Nernst effect, which implies that this method could be used to measure the activity coefficients of an electrolyte in the above system. The Harned rule was fitted to the experimental data, the Harned coefficients and the Pitzer single-salt ion parameters of KC1 were evaluated, and the relationship diagrams between the mean activity coefficient of KC1 and the ionic strength fraction（yB） were drawn. The mean activity coefficients of KCI（γ±KCI） decreased monotonically with the increase of I. The experimental results obeyed the Harned rule well.     

Capillary Electrochromatography on Methacrylate Based Monolithic Columns: Evaluation of Column Performance and Separation of Polyphenols

Fused-silica capillary columns (100 μm I.D.) englobing a porous monolithic stationary phase were prepared by in situ copolymerization of 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate and 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid (AMPS) in the presence of a porogenic mixture containing 1-propanol, 1,4 butanediol and water. The influence of the monomers ratio and the porogen solvent composition as well as the content of AMPS in the polymerization mixture on column total porosity and efficiency was investigated to attain minimum HETP values for the reversed-phase capillary electrochromatography separation of bioflavonoids. For the most promising column, the van Deemter plots, in both μ-HPLC and CEC, were also evaluated. In CEC the reduced plate height was found almost constant (1.6–2.0) within the range of linear mobile phase velocity between 0.2–2.0 mm s⁻¹. The chemical and mechanical stabilities of the monolithic column over a wide range of buffer pH (2-10) and time were satisfactory. Furthermore, the effects of mobile phase parameters, such as buffer concentration and organic modifier content, on the electroosmotic flow were studied systematically. CEC separations of standard mixtures of polyphenols, including flavonols, flavanones and flavanones-7-O-glycosides, were accomplished in less than 8 min. The CEC separation of the major flavanone glycoside constituents in the extract from a freshly squeezed grapefruit juice was also reported.     

Study on Sythesis of Crosslinked Chitosan Prolymer and Its Use in the Removal of Urea

A novel bead from of ploymer of high sorption capacity for urea were obtained by the reaction of glutaric dialdehyde with chitosan dispersed in acetic acid solution.The sorption capacity reached-82.0mg/g sorbent at 37℃ and pH7.4 The concentration of urea in the buffer solution was 1300 mg/l.The sorption of urea was related to the degree of crosslinking of the sorbent,concentration ofurea,ionic strength and temperature.     

Electrokinetic characterization of hybrid NOA 81-glass microchips: Application to protein microchip electrophoresis with indirect fluorescence detection

A low-cost and straightforward hybrid NOA (Norland optical adhesive) 81-glass microchip electrophoresis device was designed and developed for protein separation using indirect fluorescence detection. This new microchip was first characterized in terms of surface charge density via electroosmotic mobility measurement and stability over time. A systematic determination of the electroosmotic mobility (μ_eo) over a wide pH range (2–10) and at various ionic strengths (20–50 mM) was developed for the first time via the neutral marker approach in an original simple frontal methodology. The evolution of μ_eo was proved consistent with the silanol and thiol functions arising from the glass and the NOA materials, respectively. The repeatability and reproducibility of the measurements on different microchips (RSD < 14%) and within 15 days (less than 5% decrease) were successfully demonstrated. The microchip was then applied for the efficient electrophoretic separation of proteins in a zonal mode coupled with indirect fluorescence detection, which is, to our knowledge, the first proof of concept of capillary zone electrophoresis in this hybrid microsystem.     

Effect of alkali metals and metal-ammonia complexes on electroosmosis,effective field strength,and resolution in the separation of diuretics by CZE

The counter ion in CZE separation systems affects resolution, effective field strength and electroosmosis. Alkali metals (lithium, sodium, potassium, and cesium), the ammonium ion, and several complexes of metals with ammonia ([Ag(NH₃)₂]⁺, [Cu(NH₃)₄]²⁺, [Zn(NH₃)₄]²⁺, [Cd(NH₃)₄]²⁺, [Ni(NH₃)₆]²⁺, and [Co(NH₃)₆]²⁺) have been studied for their effect on the separation of diuretics. With the alkali metals the electroosmotic flow velocity decreased and the effective field strength and resolution increased as the hydrated radius of the alkali metal decreased. All the metal-ammonia complexes except that with silver greatly reduced the electroosmotic flow velocity (V_eo) and had only a slight effect on the effective field strength (E_eff). Because these complexes had a negligible effect on the ionic strength of the buffer, they enabled high separating power to be maintained during the separation, and hence the use of more energy in the separation system. This yielded better resolution of the compounds, but the analysis time was then compromised. A simultaneous reduction in capillary length and V_eo while maintaining the high voltage enabled increased resolution without an increase in analysis time. The ability to control V_eo by adding small concentrations (< 100 μM ) of metal complexes to the buffer solution makes it possible to adjust the analysis time and capillary length independently while employing high separation power.     

Evanescent‐wave particle velocimetry measurements of zeta‐potentials in fused‐silica microchannels

The wall ζ‐potential ζ_w, the potential at the shear plane of the electric double layer, depends on the properties of the BGE solution such as the valence and type of electrolyte, the pH and the ionic strength. Most of the methods estimate ζ_w from measurements of the EOF velocity magnitude u_eo, usually spatially averaged over the entire capillary. In these initial studies, evanescent‐wave particle velocimetry was used to measure u_eo in steady EOF for a variety of monovalent aqueous solutions to evaluate the effect of small amounts of divalent cations, as well as the pH and ionic strength of BGE solutions. In brief, the magnitude of the EOF velocity of NaCl‐NaOH and borate buffer‐NaOH solutions was estimated from the measured velocities of radius α = 104 nm fluorescent polystyrene particles in 33 μm fused‐silica microchannels. The particle ζ‐potentials were measured separately using laser‐Doppler micro‐electrophoresis; ζ_w was then determined from u_eo. The results suggest that evanescent‐wave particle velocimetry can be used to estimate ζ_w for a variety of BGE solutions, and that it can be used in the future to estimate local wall ζ‐potential, and hence spatial variations in ζ_w.     

毛细管电泳分离I^—和IO3^—中的电渗流的控制与调节

毛细管电泳分离是基于带电粒子在电场下的电动现象，当电场加到带电粒子所处的介质上时，存在电泳和电渗两种电动现象，其中电泳与带电粒子的大小、电荷和形状有关，而电渗与毛细管的表面及电泳介质的组成有关．由于电渗流能显著地影响分析时间和分离效率，因此，控制电渗流在毛细管电泳分离中是一个重要的环节［‘·‘j．此外，调节PH值、离子强度和缓冲液的粘度也是常用的控制电渗流的方法［’j．Ewing［‘与1入一个附加电场来控制电渗流．在缓冲液中加入足够浓度的阳离子表面活性剂将改变电渗流的方向．与通常的电渗流相比，人们对反向…     

Electrophoretic separations of neuromediators on microfluidic devices

In the present work, on-chip capillary electrophoresis for the separation of neuromediators is demonstrated. The influence of separation buffer (composition, pH, SDS additive), on-chip electrokinetic sample stacking, and surface pretreatment of the PDMS-PDMS and hybrid PDMS-glass devices on the electrokinetic characteristics of microfluidics (ν_eo, μ_eo, ζ) and separation performance of on-chip capillary electrophoresis of neuromediators have been investigated. It is demonstrated that for the effective separation of neuropeptides on elastomer-based microfluidic devices, on-chip sample stacking is necessary. Field-amplified sample stacking for electroosmotic flow supported on-chip separations of neuromediators and without special design of the sample injection scheme has been demonstrated. Electrophoretic separations of fluorescently labeled analytes have been achieved within tens of seconds at injection volumes of about 110 pL, with plate numbers varying from <1000 to ∼22,000. These results demonstrate that on-chip separation methods with hybrid PDMS-glass devices are perspective for the analysis of (neuro)peptides in small volumes.     

Roles of Organic Modifiers in Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary Chromatography

In the present work, four organic modifiers, viz. urea, dioxane, methanol, and tetrahydrofuran, were comparatively and systematically studied in terms of their effects on electrokinetic migration behavior and the retention mechanism of homologous solutes in MECC. The results showed that the electroosmotic mobility, μ_eo, and the electrophoretic mobility of a micelle, μ_ep,mc, decrease linearly with increasing organic modifier concentration. The ability of organic modifiers to lower μ_eo is greater than their ability to lower μ_ep,mc. The negative values of the slopes of these linear relationships, D_eo and D_ep,mc, increase along the series the order urea < methanol < dioxane < tetrahydrofuran. The logarithm of the capacity factor (ln k′) of uncharged homologous solute, which is mainly determined by the hydrophobic interaction, decreases linearly with increasing organic modifier concentration, due not only to the decrease in the partition coefficient but also to the decrease in the phase ratio. A linear relationship was observed between the slope of the plot of ln k′ vs. organic modifier concentration and the carbon number of homologous compound. The slope of such a relationship can characterize the hydrophobicity of the organic modifier. The hydrophobicity of such organic modifiers is also found to increase along the series urea < methanol < dioxane < tetrahydrofuran.     

Rapid determination of p<Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis><Subscript>a</Subscript> values of 20 amino acids by CZE with UV and capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detections

A rapid and universal capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) method was developed to determine the dissociation constants (pK _a) of the 20 standard proteogenic amino acids. Since some amino acids are poorly detected by UV, capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection (C⁴D) was used as an additional detection mode. The C⁴D coupling proved to be very successful on a conventional CE-UV instrument, neither inducing supplementary analyses nor instrument modification. In order to reduce the analysis time for pK _a determination, two strategies were applied: (i) a short-end injection to reduce the effective length, and (ii) a dynamic coating procedure to generate a large electroosmotic flow (EOF), even at pH values as low as 1.5. As a result, the analysis time per amino acid was less than 2 h, using 22 optimized buffers covering a pH range from 1.5 to 12.0 at a constant ionic strength of 50 mM. pK _a values were calculated using an appropriate mathematical model describing the relationship between effective mobility and pH. The obtained pK _a values were in accordance with the literature. Figure a UV (1) and C⁴D (2) detectors placed on-line on the CE capillary. b Curve of effective mobility as a function of pH for histidine     

Prediction of the separation of phenols by capillary zone electrophoresis

The effect of pH and ionic strength on the migration of neutral acids in capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) has been studied for several phenols. The mobilities of the phenols and the efficiency of the capillary have been related to the studied factors. The mobility can be related to the pH of the running buffer through the mobility of the phenolate ion, and the conditional acidity pK value of the phenol at the working ionic strength. This allows prediction of the migration of the phenol, solely from its pK_a^′ value (literature pK_a corrected for the ionic strength of the solution) and mobility of the anion, which can be easily calculated from the mobility at a basic pH value and the pK_a^′ value. Combination of the predicted mobility with the efficiency allows estimation of the resolution of the consecutive peaks obtained for a mixture of phenols. This method has been tested for two groups of phenols of environmental interest.     

Fluorescence Quenching Study on the Interaction of Some Schiff Base Complexes with Bovine Serum Albumin

The interaction of Schiff base ligand A and its three metal complexes [A‐Fe(II), A‐Cu(II), and A‐Zn(II)] with bovine serum albumin (BSA) was investigated using a tryptophan fluorescence quenching method. The Schiff base ligand A and its three metal complexes all showed quenching of BSA fluorescence in a Tris‐HCl buffer. Quenching constants were determined for quenching BSA by the Schiff base ligand A and its metal complexes in a Tris‐HCl buffer (pH=7.4) at different temperatures. The experimental results show that the dynamic quenching constant (K_SV) was increased with increasing temperature, whereas the association constant (K) was decreased with the increase of temperature. The thermodynamic parameters ΔH, ΔG and ΔS at different temperatures were calculated. The ionic strength of the Tris‐HCl buffer had a great influence on the wavelength of maximum emission of BSA. Under low ionic strength, the emission spectra of BSA influenced by A‐Zn(II) had a small blue shift. Compared to A‐Zn(II), the emission spectra of BSA in the presence of the Schiff base ligand A and A‐Cu(II) had no significant λ_em shift. At high ionic strength, the emission spectra of BSA upon addition of the Schiff base A, A‐Fe(II), and A‐Zn(II) all had a red shift, but the emission spectra of BSA had λ_em shift neither at low ionic strength, nor at high ionic strength in the presence of A‐Cu(II). Furthermore, the temperature did not affect the λ_em shift of BSA emission spectra.     

Separation of α‐lactalbumin grafted‐ and non‐grafted maghemite core/silica shell nanoparticles by capillary zone electrophoresis

The use of nanoparticles (NPs) in immunodiagnostics is a challenging task for many reasons, including the need for miniaturization. In view of the development of an assay dedicated to an original, miniaturized and fully automated immunodiagnostics which aims to mimic in vivo interactions, magnetic zwitterionic bifunctional amino/polyethyleneoxide maghemite core/silica shell NPs functionalized with allergenic α‐lactalbumin were characterized by CE. Proper analytical performances were obtained through semi‐permanent capillary coating with didodecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB) or permanent capillary wall modification by hydroxypropylcellulose. The influence of experimental conditions (e.g. buffer component nature, pH, ionic strength, and electric field strength) on sample stability, electrophoretic mobility, and dispersion was investigated using either DDAB‐ or hydroxypropylcellulose‐coated capillaries. Adsorption to the capillary wall and aggregation phenomena were evaluated according to the CE conditions. The proper choice of experimental conditions, i.e. separation under −10 kV in a 25 mM ionic strength MES/NaOH (pH 6.0) with a DDAB‐coated capillary, allowed the separation of the grafted and the non‐grafted NPs.