High Performance Liquid Chromatography of Proteins on a Hydroxyapatite Column

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High performance liquid chromatography on a spherical ceramic type hydroxyapatite has been applied successfully for the separation of various kinds of proteins. Twenty-one proteins of various origin, having an isoelectric point of 3.3–11.0 and a molecular weight of 11,000–190,000 daltons, were loaded on the column and eluted by linear gradient of sodium phosphate at pH 6.8. The chromatography showed good resolution and high recovery for the proteins. The analysis of the retention behavior, relation between capacity ratio and physicochemical properties of proteins, showed a tendency that the capacity ratio of protein increased with the pI value of the protein.     

Reverse Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography of Human Bence Jones Proteins

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A high performance liquid chromatography system is presented for analytical and preparative separations of human Bence Jones proteins. The method utilizes 5–7 um macroreticular polystylene resin with bonded hydroxymethyl functional groups, and the proteins are eluted with a linear gradient of an increasing concentration of acetonitorile(10–60%, V/V) in 0.1 % (V/V) trifluoroacetic acid, pH 2.1. By this elution condition, seven X type Bence Jones proteins with molecular weights of 23,600 (monomer)-47,000(dimers) daltons(216–434 amino acids) were eluted within 80 min with the yields of 78%–98%. The method allows a rapid and sharp elution of Bence Jones proteins.     

Size Exclusion Chromatography of Poly(vinylpyrrolidone)

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Poly(vinylpyrrolidone) and poly(ethylene oxide) separate by hydrodynamic volume on Toyo Soda TSK-PW columns in a mixed solvent mobile phase of 50:50 (v/v) MeOH/H₂O containing 0.1M LiNO₃. From this separation a single universal calibration curve based on hydrodynamic volume [η]M can be obtained. Accurate weight average molecular weights of PVP were obtained by both SEC/LALLS and universal calibration showing good agreement between the two methods. SEC/LALLS overestimates the number average molecular weight for broad distribution polymers due largely to the lack of sensitivity of the LALLS detector to the low molecular weight portion of the polymers, while the universal calibration method slightly underestimates the number average molecular weight as compared to osmometric values.     

Elution Behavior of Oligomers on a Polyvinyl Alcohol Gel Column with Chloroform,Methanol, and Their Mixtures

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Elution phenomena of size exclusion chromatography (SEC) plus superimposed adsorption effects for oligostyrenes, epoxy resins, methylated melamine-formaldehyde resin prepolymers, p-cresolformaldehyde resin prepolymers, and phenol-formaldehyde resin prepolymers were investigated. SEC and superimposed adsorption effects could be elucidated from a concept of solubility parameter. Minimum retention volumes of these oligomers were obtained with the mobile phases of chloroform/methanol, 80/20 or 60/40 (v/v), and separation was expected to be mostly performed by SEC. The solubility parameter of polyvinyl alcohol gels was estimated to be between 21 and 23 from the above results. Elution for normal phase chromatography was in the order of increasing molecular weight and that for reversed-phase chromatography was in the order of decreasing molecular weight. These are reversed phenomena to those for low-molecular weight compounds. Solubility of sample solutes to mobile phase must be considered. Methanol mobile phase-polyvinyl alcohol gel system might be exception.     

Accurate and Reproducible Determination of Molecular Weight Distribution of Sodium Heparin U.S.P. By HPLC

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Accurate molecular weight averages and molecular weight distributions have been determined for bulk Sodium Heparin, USP. The molecular weight averages were approximately 10,000 daltons (one dalton = one molecular weight unit) and ranged from 3,000 to 17,000 daltons in a given sample. The method uses high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) with 5–10 micron particle size controlled porous glass of different pore diameters (40 Å, 100 Å, and 250 Å) and simultaneous detection with a differential refractometer and ultraviolet detector (254 nm). The columns were calibrated with different molecular weight fractions of Sodium Heparin and baseline resolution obtained between 6.5K daltons differences in molecular weight. Analysis time was 25 minutes per sample and the method gave excellent reproducibility for calculated molecular weight averages in a repeated series of analysis. It was determined that the column doing most of the separation in the set was the one packed with 250 Å pore diameter size material.     

High Performance Anion-Exchange Chromatography of Proteins

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High performance anion-exchange chromatography using an aqueous solvent system is presented for the analysis and preparation of proteins. Ten purified proteins, having a molecular weight of 10,000 - 190,000 daltons and an isoelectric point of 3.9 - 8.5, were applied to a diethylaminoethyl (DEAE) polymer-based column and eluted within 60 min by a linear salt gradient of NaCl in 0.05 M Tris-HCl buffer at pH 7.5. The retention time of protein increases linearly with a decreasing order of the pI value of the protein in this system. By the application of this method, neuron-specific enolase and ceruloplasmin were purified from partially-purified preparations of these proteins respectively, and a series of isoforms of brain S100 protein were separated from each other. This column is capable of separating proteins in high speed, high resolution, large capacity, and in considerably high recovery of proteins without losing the biological activity.     

An efficient high‐speed countercurrent chromatography method for preparative separation of javanicin from Fusarium solani,a fungus isolated from the fruiting body of the mushroom Trametes trogii

To develop an efficient method for large preparation of javanicin from Fusarium solani, a rapid and simple method by high‐speed countercurrent chromatography was established based on average polarity (P′ values) and partition coefficients (K values) of crude samples. A suitable solvent system for high‐speed countercurrent chromatography was selected from many possible biphasic solvent systems. HSCCC was successfully applied to separate and purify javanicin, the main bioactive component of solid cultures of the fungus F. solani isolated from the fruiting body of Trametes trogii, with petroleum ether–ethyl acetate–methanol–water (4:3:2:1, v/v) as solvent system. A total amount of 40.6 mg of javanicin was obtained from 100 mg crude sample. The purity of javanicin was 92.2% with a recovery of 95.1%, as determined by high‐performance liquid chromatrography. The molecular structure was identified primarily by NMR and MS methods. The results indicated that high‐speed countercurrent chromatography could be a powerful technology for separating naphthoquinones from the solid cultures of the fungus F. solani. It is also of significance that the separation of javanicin from natural source was carried out for the first time utilizing high‐speed countercurrent chromatography.     

Development and Validation of a High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Ceftriaxone Sodium and Its Application to Drug Quality Control

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A reliable and sensitive RP-HPLC method was developed and validated for the quantitative estimation of ceftriaxone sodium (CFTZ) in pure drug and pharmaceutical dosage forms. The separation of ceftriaxone sodium was achieved on a Waters XTerra RP-18 (5 µm, 250 × 4.6 mm i.d.) column using photodiode array detector at 240 nm. The mobile phase consisted of 0.1 M triethylammoniumacetate–acetonitrile (60:40 v/v) mixture delivered at a flow rate of 1.0 ml/min. Accuracy, evaluated by means of the spike recovery method, was excellent, with percent recovery in the range 99.5–102% with precision in the range 0.3–1.2%.     

Liquid Chromatography‐Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometric Method for Determination of Gliclazide in Human Plasma

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A rapid, sensitive, and specific liquid chromatography‐electrospray ionization mass spectrometric (LC‐ESI‐MS) method has been developed for quantification of gliclazide in human plasma. The analyte and tolbutamide (internal standard, I.S.) were extracted from plasma samples with n‐hexane–dichloromethane (1:1, v/v) and analyzed on a C₁₈ column. The chromatographic separation was achieved within 4.0 min by using methanol–0.5% formic acid (80:20, v/v) as mobile phase and the flow rate was 1.0 mL/min. Ion signals m/z 324.0 and 271.0 for gliclazide and internal standard were measured in the positive mode, respectively. The method was linear within the range of 2.5–2000 ng/mL. The lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) was 2.5 ng/mL. The intra‐ and inter‐day precisions were lower than 2.8% in terms of relative standard deviation (RSD). The inter‐day relative error (RE) as determined from quality control samples (QCs) ranged from ?1.93% to 1.85%. This validated method was successfully applied for the evaluation of pharmacokinetic profiles of gliclazide modified‐release tablets in 20 healthy volunteers.     

Simultaneous Determination of Tinidazole and Furazolidone in Suspension by HPTLC and HPLC

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High performance thin layer chromatographic (HPTLC) and high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) methods were developed for the simultaneous determination of Tinidazole and Furazolidone in suspension.

In the HPTLC method the separation of Tinidazole and Furazolidone was carried out on silica gel 60F₂₅₄ HPTLC glass plate using chloroform:methanol:ammonia (9:1:0.1 v/v) as a mobile phase. Rf values obtained were 0.63 and 0.79 for Furazolidone and Tinidazole respectively. Densitometric evaluation was done at 335 nm. Linearity was obtained within the concentration range 10–50 μg/ml and 3.5–17.5 μg/ml for Tinidazole and Furazolidone respectively.

The second method is based on high performance liquid chromatography on a reversed phase column (μ Bondapak C₁₈) using a mobile phase comprised of water: acetonitrile: triethylamine (80:20:0.1 v/v) adjusted to pH = 3.0 with dil. phosphoric acid. Retention times were 5.24 and 7.82 min for Tinidazole and Furazolidone respectively at a flow rate of 1.5 ml/min. Detection was done at 335 nm. Linearity was obtained within the concentration range 30–180 μg/ml and 10.5–63 μg/ml for Tinidazole and Furazolidone resp.     

Living Carbocationic Polymerization of Isobutylene Using Blocked Dicumyl Chloride or Tricumyl Chloride/TiCI4Pyridine Initiating System

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Living polymerization of isobutylene was achieved using an initiation system based on either 1,3-di(1-chloro-l-methylethyl)-5-tert-butylbenzene (tert-butyl-dicumyl chloride) or 1,3,5-tris(l-chloro-l-methylethyl)benzene (tricumyl chloride) in conjunction with TiCl₄, and pyridine in hexanes/methyl chloride (60/40, v/v) cosolvents. TiCl₄/pyridine was found to yield narrow molecular weight distribution (MWD ≈ 1.1) and quantitative initiation efficiency (I_eff < 90%). The living nature of the polymerization system was demonstrated by the linearity of molecular weight vs conversion plots and first-order kinetic plots up to about 90% monomer conversion. If polymerization was allowed to proceed further, a departure from first-order kinetics and a broadening of the molecular weight distribution was observed to occur. The living polymerization was investigated as a function of temperature, reaction time, and the concentration of TiCl₄/pyridine. Polymerization rates were observed to increase with decreasing temperature and/or increasing concentration of TiCl₄/pyridine. Number-average molecular weights of the polyisobutylenes ranged from 5,000 to 100,000 under the conditions employed.     

Liquid Chromatography–Electrospray Ionization–Mass Spectrometric Method for the Determination of Hydrochlorothiazide in Human Plasma: Application to a Pharmacokinetic Study

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A rapid, convenient, and sensitive liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization–mass spectrometry method was developed and validated for the quantification of hydrochlorothiazide in human plasma. The samples were first spiked with the internal standard, and the analyte was then extracted with ethyl acetate. The chromatographic separation was achieved on a C₁₈ column by using water–acetonitrile (68:32, v/v) as mobile phase. The method was linear within the range of 2.5–200 ng/ml. The lower limit of quantification was 1.0 ng/ml. Finally, the validated method was successfully applied for the evaluation of the pharmacokinetic profiles of hydrochlorothiazide in healthy male Chinese volunteers.     

Separation of six xanthones from Swertia franchetiana by high‐speed countercurrent chromatography

In our present study, two groups of xanthones isomers (1‐hydroxy‐3,5,8‐trimethoxyxanthone and 1‐hydroxy‐3,7,8‐trimethoxyxanthone; 1,8‐dihydroxy‐3,7‐dimethoxyxanthone and 1,8‐dihydroxy‐3,5‐dimethanolxanthone) and other two xanthones (3‐methoxy‐1,5,8‐trihydroxyxanthone and 3,5‐dimethoxy‐1‐hydroxyxanthone) were separated from Swertia franchetiana . First, a solvent system composed of petroleum ether/methanol/water (2:1:0.6, v/v) was developed for the liquid–liquid extraction of these xanthones from the crude extract. Then, an efficient method was established for the one‐step separation of these six xanthones by high‐speed countercurrent chromatography using n‐hexane/ethyl acetate/methanol/ethanol/water (HEMEW; 6:4:4:2:4, v/v) as the solvent system. The results showed that liquid–liquid extraction could be well developed for efficient enrichment of target compounds. Additionally, high‐speed countercurrent chromatography could be a powerful technology for separation xanthones isomers. It was found ethanol could be a good methanol substitute when the HEMEW system could not provide good separation factors.     

A Simple and Rapid Method for the Separation of the (R)- and (S)-Enantiomers of the Tetrahydroisoquinoline Alkaloid Salsolinol by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

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A high-performance liquid chromatographic technique for the separation of the optical isomers of salsolinol is described. The simple and rapid method allows the direct resolution of the enantiomers without derivatization. A complete separation (baseline resolution) of (R)-(+)-salsolinol and (S)-(-)-salsolinol could be achieved on a Chiral=Si 100 ß-cyclodextrin column using water mixed with 10% methanol (v/v) and 0.05% trifluoroacetic acid (v/v) as mobile phase. Analyses carried out at a flow rate of 1.0 ml/min were accomplished in less than 12 minutes.     

Combined application of chromatographic techniques for the separation of phenolic compounds from Stenoloma chusanum Ching

High‐speed countercurrent chromatography combined with preparative high‐performance liquid chromatography was successfully used to separate seven phenolic compounds from Stenoloma chusanum Ching. A biphasic solvent system composed of hexane/ethyl acetate/methanol/water (1:2:1:2, v/v) was used for the first step high‐speed countercurrent chromatography separation in elution–extrusion mode. A mobile phase composed of acetonitrile (18%) and pure water (82%) was used for further preparative high‐performance liquid chromatography purification. In total, the combined separation yielded seven compounds, including 3,4‐dihydroxy benzoic acid, 3,4‐dihydroxy benzaldehyde, esculetin, caffeic acid, syringic acid, luteolin, and apigenin, at a purity of over 90%. Esculetin was separated from Stenoloma chusanum Ching for the first time. The results suggest that the proposed combination method is a useful strategy for separating compounds from complex samples.     

Capillary electrophoresis of intact basic proteins using noncovalently triple‐layer coated capillaries

The usefulness of a noncovalent, positively charged capillary coating for the efficient analysis of intact basic proteins with CE was studied. Capillaries were coated by subsequent flushing with solutions of 10% w/v Polybrene (PB), 3% w/v dextran sulfate (DS), and again 10% w/v PB. Coating characterization studies showed that stable coatings could be produced which exhibited a pH‐independent and highly reproducible EOF. The PB–DS–PB coating was evaluated with Tris phosphate BGEs of various pH using the four basic model proteins: α‐chymotrypsinogen A, ribonuclease A, cytochrome c, and lysozyme. Typical migration time RSDs for the proteins were less than 0.85%, and apparent plate numbers were above 125 000 using a capillary length of 40 cm. The high separation efficiency allowed detection of several minor impurities in the model proteins. Using a BGE of medium pH, the CE system with triple‐layer coating appeared to be useful for the repeatable profiling of recombinant humanized mouse monoclonal immunoglobulin G₁ showing a characteristic pattern of glycoforms. The CE system was also applied to the characterization of two llama antibodies, which were produced in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, revealing the presence of a side product in one of the antibodies. The high migration time stability allowed the reliable determination of antibody–antigen binding by monitoring migration time shifts. Finally, the feasibility of using the PB–DS–PB coated capillaries for CE with mass spectrometric detection was shown by the characterization of the impure llama antibody sample.     

Exclusive Use of High Pressure Liquid Chromatography for the Determination of the Complete Amino Acid Sequence of the 12K Fragment of Avian Sarcoma Virus Structural Protein p27

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Using exclusively high pressure liquid chromatography for the protein and peptide separation complete primary structure of the 12,000 molecular weight (12K) amino terminal (1–87 residues) fragment obtained by mild acid hydrolysis of p27 (Avian Sarcoma Virus structural protein) has been determined. The sequence was established by direct degradation of the native molecule and its (12K) peptides isolated by molecular exclusion and reverse phase HPLC.     

Simultaneous determination of eight adulterants in weight management supplements and herbs by HPLC–DAD and LC–MS/MS

An efficient HPLC–DAD method was developed for simultaneous determination of eight adulterants in weight management supplements and herbs. The eight adulterants were phenolphthalein, sibutramine, nuciferine, and five anthraquinone compounds including aloe-emodin, rhein, emodin, chrysophanol, and physcion. The analytes were ultrasonically extracted with 70% (v/v) methanol aqueous solution followed by centrifugation. The supernatant was subjected to HPLC analysis. A Phenomenex Luna C18 column was applied for chromatographic separation. The mobile phase was consisted of methanol and aqueous solution of 0.05% (v/v) phosphoric acid–0.025% (m/v) sodium dodecyl sulfonate. The flow rate of mobile phase was 0.8?ml?min^?1 with gradient elution. Clenbuterol and ibuprofen were used as internal standards. The retention times and the characteristic UV spectrograms were used for qualitative analysis. Quantifications were based on the internal standard curves. Good linearities (r?>?0.9996) for all analytes were obtained with the intra- and inter-day precision (n?=?6) ranging from 0.76 to 5.9% and 0.90 to 8.1%, respectively. The average recoveries from the spiked samples with different matrices varied from 73.4 to 114%. Validations were subsequently performed using LC–MS/MS. The proposed method successfully determined the target adulterants in eight commercial weight management supplements and five weight reducing herbs with satisfactory results.     

Improved High Performance Liquid Chromatography of Cyclic Polypeptide Antibiotics—Polymyxins B—and Its Application to Assays of Pharmaceutical Formulations

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An isocratic high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for the analysis of polymyxins B1 and B2 is described. The method uses a 25 cm Hypersil—ODS column, a mobile phase containing 22.5% acetonitrile (v/v) in an aqueous phase with tetramethylammonium chloride (TMAC), a flow rate of 1.09 ml/minute and a wavelength of 220 nm for detection. Complete resolution of B1 and B2, and their separation from all other components and/or impurities have been achieved in less than 23 minutes. The capability of the method for the determination of the polymyxin content in pharmaceutical preparations has also been demonstrated.     

Leaching of Triazine Pesticides in Loamy Soil and their Determination by Reversed Phase HPLC

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The separation and identification of triazine pesticides (ametryn, atrazine, cyanazine and simazine) was carried out on Nova Pak C₁₈ column (150 × 3.9mm). The mobile phase used was acetonitrile-water (65:35, v/v) adjusted to pH 4.5 with acetic acid. The flow rate of the mobile phase used was 1.0mL/min. The detection of the pesticides was carried out at 250 nm. The values of the separation factor (α) were in the range of 1.49–5.32 and the values of the resolution factors (R _s) were ranged from 1.18 to 2.99 for the separated pesticides. The developed HPLC method was used to determine the concentrations of the reported pesticides in the loamy soil samples. The recovery of the pesticides from soil samples was found to be about 50%. The relative standard deviation and limit of detection were in the range of 0.01–0.02 and 0.5–1.0 μg/mL respectively.