Simple Free Amino Acid Separation by Reversed-Phase Ion-Pair Liquid Chromatography Using Column Switching Technique

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Reversed-phase ion-pair liquid chromatography with copper (II) ions (RP-IPC-Cu) was applied to develop a high speed separation of free amino acids. Dynamic gradient elution in RP-IPC-Cu could not achieve this purpose due to base line shift, therefore a column switching technique was used with a combination of different alkyl-bonded silica gel columns under isocratic elution. The flexibility of eluent components makes it easy to realize a rapid separation of a mixture of targeted amino acids.     

Determination of fatty acids by high-performance liquid chromatography and fluorescence detection using precolumn derivatization with 9-fluorenylmethyl chloroformate

A new high-performance liquid chromatographic method is described for the determination of fatty acids in seed oils. The method was based on precolumn derivatization with 9-fluorenylmethyl chloroformate as a labeling agent and fluorescence detection. Fatty acids were extracted from the samples and subjected to derivatization with the reagent at 60°C for 10?min. The chromatographic separation of 14 fatty acids (C10–C22) was achieved on a combined loading compression octadecyl sulfate (CLC-ODS) column with a run time of 30?min. Three-step gradient elution of a mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile and water was used, and the signal was monitored at excitation and emission wavelengths of 265 and 315?nm, respectively. The method indicated favorable sensitivity and reproducibility for fatty acids’ derivatives. The detection limits, at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3, were 0.01–0.05?µg/ml and relative standard deviations (RSDs) were less than 0.27%. Excellent linear responses were observed with coefficients of 0.9995. This method was applied to quantify fatty acids in white, brown, and black sesame seeds’ oil.     

Isocratic Separation of Fatty Acid Derivatives by Reversed Phase Liquid Chromatography. Influence of the Solvent on Selectivity and Rules for Elution Order

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The p-bromophenacyl esters of 16 fatty acids (C₁₂-C₂₂) have been separated by isocratic chromatography on a Radial Pak A cartridge (Reverse phase C₁₈ material). The separation factors α were measured using two solvent mixtures of comparable strength and the superiority of methanol-water to acetonitrile-water becomes evident.

Five precise rules are established, which indicates the retention of every fatty acid. They explain the chromatographic process i.e. elution order, resolution and selectivity.     

Enhancement of Ultraviolet Detectability of Fatty Acids for Purposes of Liquid Chromatographic-Mass Spectrometric Analyses

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A technique for benzyl derivatization of fatty acids which results in enhanced ultraviolet absorption with a concomittant increase in sensitivity in liquid chromatographic (LC) separations has been developed. Benzylation prior to liquid chromatographic separation also provides a uniform enhancement of response for fatty acids which permits direct relative quantization without acquisition of additional calibration data. After removal of excess solvent from eluted compounds mass spectra were determined using a direct probe which confirmed the benzyl ester structures. A discussion of spectral data and the advantages of using mass spectrometry as an ancillary tool to liquid chromatography is also discussed.     

An improved derivatization method for sensitive determination of fatty acids by high-performance liquid chromatography using 9-(2-hydroxylethyl)-carbazole as derivatization reagent with fluorescence detection

Summary Tagging techniques with reagents used for fluorescent detection for short and long-chain fatty acids using high-performance liquid chromatography are evaluated in terms of the tagging reactions, handing, flexibility, stability of the reagents. Emphasis is given to the applications of the tagging techniques to relatively high molecular mass fatty acids. The fatty acids or carboxylic compounds were derivatized to their corresponding esters with 9-(2-hydroxy ethyl)-carbazole (HEC) in acetonitrile at 60°C with N, N′-carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) as a coupling agent in the presence of 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP). A mixture of esters of C₁−C₂₀ fatty acids was completely separated with 45 min using gradient elution on a reversed-phase C₁₈ column. The maximum fluorescence emission for the derivatized fatty acids is at 365 nm (λ_ex 293 nm). Studies on derivatization conditions indicated that fatty acids react rapidly and smoothly with HEC in the presence of CDI and DMAP in acetonitrile to give the corresponding sensitively fluorescent derivatives. The application of this method to the analysis of long chain fatty acids in plasma is also investigated. The LC separation shows good selectivity and reproducibility for fatty acids derivatives. The relative standard deviations (n=6) for each fatty acid derivative are <5.0%. The detection limits are at 38–57 fmol levels for C₁₄−C₂₀ fatty acids and lower levels for <C₁₄ fatty acids.     

花生油中游离脂肪酸的HPLC-FLD分析

采用柱前衍生-高效液相色谱荧光检测法(HPLC-FLD)分析了花生油中的游离脂肪酸.用荧光衍生试剂2-(11 H-苯[a]咔唑)乙基对甲苯磺酸酯(BCETS)作为柱前衍生化试剂对11种脂肪酸标准品(9种不饱和脂肪酸和棕榈酸、硬脂酸)进行衍生,经梯度洗脱实现了11种游离脂肪酸BCETS衍生物的完全分离,使用外标法定量,建...     

Separation of T-MAZ ethoxylated sorbitan fatty acid esters by reverse phase chromatography

Summary The method for determination of T-MAZ ethoxylated sorbitan fatty acid esters is described. This work demonstrates that with a less retentive C₈ alkyl bonded phase packing, reverse phase chromatography can be used to analyze nonionic polymer mixtures with a molecular weight range of 900 to 1500. Using a gradient elution, a complete separation of T-MAZ oligomers was achieved, comparable to that obtained by Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC). Isocratic elution is used to quantify T-MAZ and the detection limit is 321 ppm, which is acceptable for polymers with high molecular weights and no UV-absorbing chromophores. This work also shows the comparison of the separations of T-MAZ using gel permeation chromatography and reverse phase chromatography.     

Determination of Fatty Acids in Saliva of Smokers and Nonsmokers by HPLC with Fluorescence Detection Using a Hydrazine-Based Difluoro-boraindacene Reagent

1,3,5,7-Tetramethyl-8-daminozide-difluoroboradiaza-s-indacence (TMBODIPY-H), a pre-column fluorescent derivatization reagent, was applied to the analysis of fatty acid by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. Using this reagent, 12 fatty acids from propionic acid (C3) to stearic acid (C18) can be derivatized at room temperature in the presence of 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide within 2 h. The baseline separation of these derivatives can be achieved within 46 min by gradient elution. The detection limits of these fatty acids are in the range of 0.1–1 nM and the linear ranges of most of them are 0.5–100 nM. This was the first application of hydrazine-based difluoro-boraindacene reagent for the analysis of fatty acids, and the proposed method has been successfully used for the determination of saliva samples of smokers and nonsmokers with recoveries of 88–110 %.     

Application of Iso-Selective Gradient Elution for the Separation of Selected Phthalates

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In this paper, the overlapping resolution mapping scheme was applied to the gradient HPLC separation of selected phthalates. The procedure employs a minimum of seven experiments for the determination of the optimum mobile phase gradient for the desired separation. In the present work, solvent systems for iso-selective multisolvent gradient elution were used. The overlapping resolution mapping procedure was found to be a rapid and systematic approach for optimizing HPLC separations.     

Pr?chromatographische in situ-Derivatisierung von Fetts?uren im Picomol-Bereich

Summary A simple and rapid derivatization method for C24-C6 fatty acids on HPTLC RP-18 phases is described. The prechromatographic reaction with monodansylpiperazine and monodansylcadaverine takes place at the start. Linear calibration curves are obtained after chromatography (e.g. dansyl palmityl piperazide: r=0.9998), which can be employed for quantitative analysis in the lower nanogram range (determination limit <10 ng). All 10 fatty acids can be separated excellently (R usually 1.5). Stepwise and gradient developments are employed (AMD system).This is the first time that in situ derivatization techniques have been employed for fatty acids leading to fluorescent products in the picomole range and a gradient method has been described which also leads to precise separations on RP phases.

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Herrn Prof. Dr. W. Fresenius zu seinem 75. Geburtstag in Dankbarkeit gewidmet     

Improved High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Method for the Quantification of 3-Methylhistidine in Serum and Urine

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We optimized an high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for the determination of 3-methylhistidine (3-MeHis) in biological fluids. After pre-column derivatization with OPA, analytical separation was achieved on a reversed-phase C18 column by a simple gradient between sodium propionate buffer and acetonitrile. the method is accurate, reproducible and sensitive, and allows the determination of urinary 3-MeHis levels in about 55 min. Other additional 16 amino acids may be easily quantified while the 3-MeHis peak is well resolved from an unknown urinary compound potentially interfering.     

Amino Acid Profiling of Protein Hydrolysates Using Liquid Chromatography and Fluorescence Detection

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A liquid chromatography procedure is described for separating the amino acids in protein hydrolysates. The proteins are hydrolyzed with hydrochloric acid and an aliquot of the hydrolysate is derivatized with dansyl chloride reagent. The derivatization procedure takes only 2 minutes using a reaction temperature of 100°C. The dansylated amino acids are chromatographed using a reversed-phase C₈ column and a multi-step, nonlinear gradient elution solvent program which is readily achieved using a microprocessor-controlled liquid chromatograph. Chromatography is complete in approximately 40 min. The procedure is useful for characterizing proteins and may also be used to analyse intact dansylated polypeptides. Chromatograms showing the amino acid profile of chymotrypsin, albumin and histone are given.     

Determination of Amino Acid Enantiomers in Pharmaceuticals by Reversed-Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

Precolumn derivatization with the reagent o-phthalic aldehyde/N-acetyl-L-cysteine (OPA/NAC) was used for the determination of amino acid enantiomers by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The influence of the composition and pH of the eluent on the separation of the resulting derivatives was studied with the example of four amino acids. It was found that the highest selectivity and efficiency of the separation of OPA/NAC derivatives of amino acids is attained with the use of the eluent methanol–0.01 M Na₂HPO₄ (pH 6.0). The optimum composition of the mobile phase and conditions of the gradient elution were selected for the separation of a mixture of 20 amino acid derivatives. A procedure was developed for the determination of amino acid enantiomers in parenteral nutrition preparations. The procedure was used for the determination of D-isomers of arginine, alanine, methionine, phenylalanine, and leucine in the preparation Polyamine.     

Reversed Phase Thin Layer Chromatography of Amino Acids

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The use of reversed phase layers for the thin layer chromatography of amino acids is described. Only when a modifier was added to the mobile phase was clear separation of the amino acids achieved. Ion paring with trifluoroacetic acid overcame problems with streaking and poor separation on C₂ or C₁₈ reversed phase layers. All amino acids could not be separated with a single mobile phase. Thus, three different combination of acetonitrile-0.4% trifluoroacetic acid were used to separate eighteen amino acids with derivatization. No derivative was required.     

Separation of Hydroxylated Metabolites of Fatty Acids (C10-C18) on a μPorasil Silica Column Using an Isocratic HPLC System

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A simple, versatile, and rapid normal-phase isocratic HLPC system is described for the analysis of the major (omega and omega-1) metabolites of C₁₀-C₁₈ chain length fatty acids formed upon incubation with rat liver microsomes and NADPH. Quantitation was achieved by radiometric detection. Chromatographic separation was performed by elution of the fatty acids and their omega and omega-1 metabolites from a 10μ silica column (μPorasil) with hexane:2-propanol:acetic acid (96.5:2.5:1.0). Retention times for these metabolites ranged from 10 to 13 minutes for stearic acid and from 16 to 21 minutes for capric acid. Recovery of the fatty acids and their metabolites from the column was greater than 95 percent. Relative quantitative conversion of the fatty acid substrates to omega and omega-1 metabolites was in the following order: myristic acid > capric acid=lauric acid=palmitic acid ? stearic acid. The omega products were formed preferentially over the omega-1 products of all the fatty acids except lauric acid. The method proved suitable for routine determination of NADPH-dependent fatty acid hydroxylase activities in rat liver microsomes.     

Determination of Fatty Acids by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Electrochemical Detection Using A Ferrocene Derivatization Reagent

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New derivatization method using ferrocene reagents has been developed for the determination of fatty acids by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. Condensation of fatty acids with 3-bromoacetyl-1, 1'-dimethyl-ferrocene was effected in the presence of 18-crown-6 and potassium fluoride. The resulting esters showed the satisfactory sensitivity at +0.60 V vs. an Ag/AgCl reference electrode with a detection limit of 0.5 pmole. Also the high selectivity was obtained by using a twin electrode electrochemical detector. The proposed derivatization method was found applicable to the determination of fatty acids in human serum.     

A Novel Labeling Reagent of 2-(12-Benzo[b]acridin-5-(12H)-yl)-acetohydrazide for Determination of Saturated and Unsaturated Fatty Acids in Traditional Chinese Herbs by HPLC-APCI-MS

A new fluorescence labeling reagent 2-(12-benzo[b]acridin-5(12H)-yl)-acetohydrazide (BAAH) has been designed for fatty acids labeling. Eleven fatty acids containing seven saturated and four unsaturated fatty acids were used to evaluate the analytical potential of this reagent. The labeling reaction of BAAH with fatty acids was completed at 85 °C for 60 min using 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC·HCl) as the condensing agent. Separation of the derivatized fatty acids was carried out on a reversed-phase Thermo Hypersil Gold C18 column (4.6 mm × 250 mm, 5 μm) in combination with a gradient elution with a good baseline resolution. The fluorescence excitation and emission wavelengths were set at λ_ex 280 and λ_em 510 nm, respectively. The identification was carried out by the online APCI-MS in positive-ion detection mode. Linear correlation coefficients for all fatty acid derivatives were of >0.9994. Detection limits, at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3:1, were 3.89–12.5 nmol L⁻¹ for the labeled fatty acids. The developed method was successfully applied to the accurate determination of fatty acids in five traditional Chinese herbs with satisfactory results.

     

Reversed-Phase Ion-Pairing Liquid Chromatographic Separation and Fluorimetric Detection of Polyamines

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A rapid and specific reversed-phase ion-pairing high performance liquid chromatographic procedure for putrescine, spermidine and spermine is reported. The ion-pairing reagent, heptanesulfonate, was employed and o-phthalaldehyde and 2-mercaptoethanol were used for on-line post-column derivatization and subsequent fluorescence detection. Experiments were carried out to determine the effects of several variables such as pH, concentration of the aqueous buffer, counter-ion concentration, and the percentage of organic modifier in the moving phase. The minimum detection limits for the polyamines ranged from 120 pmoles for spermine to 12 pmoles for putrescine. The method includes a gradient program which provides complete separation from amino acids and specificity for the three polyamines. The procedure was applied successfully to urine and serum samples.     

Simulataneous determination of carboxylic acids and carbonyl compounds in estuaries by HPLC

Summary A method for the determination of 22 low relative molecular mass oxocarboxylic acids and carbonyl compounds in estuarine and marine samples is described. After derivatization of 5 ml samples with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine separation is performed on a RP-18 column by gradient elution and with UV-detection. The detection limit ranges from 17 ngl⁻¹ (glycolaldehyde) to 500 ngl⁻¹ (cyclohexanone). The method was established for routine analysis of samples taken in an estuarine ecosystem but can be used for other aqueous systems as well.     

Chromatographic Separations of Oligovinylpyridines. II. HPLC Separations of Radically and Anionically Oligomerized 2- and 4-Vinylpyridines

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HPLC-separations of oligomers obtained by radical and anionic oligomerization of 2- and 4-vinylpyridine by means of gradient elution are reported. The eluent systems used were pentane/methanol and nitrous oxide/methanol. Elution is shown to occur more rapidly with 2-vinylpyridine oligomers. Using nitrous oxide/methanol, separation with respect to degree of oligomerization was enhanced compared to pentane/methanol. Differences in the elution behavior of 2- and 4-vinylpyridine oligomers are ascribed to differences in interactions of the respective oligomer molecules with the stationary and the mobile phase, caused by the different position of the nitrogen atom in these two oligomer types.