Simultaneous Differential Pulse Voltammetric Determination of Sulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim on a Boron‐Doped Diamond Electrode

The performance of hydrogen‐ (HT) and oxygen‐terminated (OT) boron‐doped diamond (BDD) electrodes (electrochemically pretreated) on the simultaneous differential pulse voltammetric determination of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim in pharmaceutical products is presented. Under the optimum analytical experimental conditions, the HT‐BDD electrode presented two well‐defined oxidation peaks at 920 and 1100 mV vs. Ag/AgCl for sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim, respectively. On the other hand, when the OT‐BDD electrode was used, the sulfamethoxazole oxidation current peak was decreased twenty fold. The calculated LOD values for sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim using the HT‐BDD electrode were 3.65 μg L^?1 and 3.92 μg L^?1, respectively. The results obtained in the simultaneous determination of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim in three different commercial formulations were similar to those obtained using a standard HPLC method at 95% confidence level.     

H-point standard additions method for simultaneous determination of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim in pharmaceutical formulations and biological fluids with simultaneous addition of two analytes

The applicability of H-point standard additions method (HPSAM) to the resolving of overlapping spectra corresponding to the sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim is verified by UV-vis spectrophotometry. The results show that the H-point standard additions method with simultaneous addition of both analytes is suitable for the simultaneous determination of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim in aqueous media. The results of applying the H-point standard additions method showed that the two drugs could be determined simultaneously with the concentration ratios of sulfamethoxazole to trimethoprim varying from 1:18 to 16:1 in the mixed samples. Also, the limits of detections were 0.58 and 0.37 μmol L(-1) for sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim, respectively. In addition the means of the calculated RSD (%) were 1.63 and 2.01 for SMX and TMP, respectively in synthetic mixtures. The proposed method has been successfully applied to the simultaneous determination of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim in some synthetic, pharmaceutical formulation and biological fluid samples.     

Simultaneous determination of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim in human plasma by capillary zone electrophoresis

A capillary electrophoretic method for the simultaneous determination of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim in plasma was developed. Sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim extracted from human plasma with ethyl acetate were analyzed at 20 kV and 25 degrees C using 15 mm phosphate buffer (pH 6.2) as the electrolyte. The detection was by UV at 220 nm. The run time was 8.0 min and the limit of quantification was 10.00 microg/mL for sulfamethoxazole and 2.00 microg/mL for trimethoprim. The recovery was >99% for both compounds. This method enabled the detection of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim in plasma of patients after oral ingestion of their combined formulation. The present simple and rapid method is applicable to drug monitoring in immunocompromised patients who are taking the combined formulation of these compounds for the treatment or prophylaxis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.     

高效液相色谱-荧光检测法同时测定血清中的犬尿氨酸和犬尿喹啉酸

建立了在线衍生、双波长高效液相色谱-荧光检测器同时检测血清中犬尿氨酸(kynurenine, Kyn)和犬尿喹啉酸(kynurenic acid, KYNA)含量的方法。血清标本经5%高氯酸溶液去除蛋白质后,上清液直接进样分析测定。采用的色谱柱为Hypersil C8柱;流动相为0.25 mol/L醋酸锌-50 mmol/L醋酸溶液(含3%乙腈),流速为1.5 mL/min。在0～10 min时间段,在激发波长和发射波长分别为365 nm和480 nm时检测Kyn;10 min后,在激发波长和发射波长分别变换为344 nm和404 nm时检测KYNA。Kyn的保留时间约为8.1 min,线性范围为98～19600 nmol/L,最低检出浓度为50 nmol/L,平均回收率为94.88%,日内、日间测定值的相对标准偏差(RSD)均低于4%。KYNA的保留时间约为13.0 min,线性范围为2.62～1047 nmol/L,最低检出浓度为0.11 nmol/L,平均回收率为102.72%,日内、日间测定的RSD均低于4%。苯丙氨酸、酪氨酸、色氨酸和5-羟色胺等物质对目标物的检测无干扰。71例健康成人血清中,Kyn和KYNA含量分别为(1.40±0.34) μmol/L和(24.22±8.67) nmol/L。该方法简便、快速、灵敏、特异,适于临床和科研应用。     

毛细管区带电泳法测定甲氧苄胺嘧啶和磺胺甲基异噁唑的离解常数及其在复方新诺明中的含量

报道了利用 ３０ ｍｍｌ／Ｌ ＨＡｃ－ＮａＡｃ为缓冲液测定复方新诺明中甲氧苄胺嘧啶（ＴＭＰ）和磺胺甲基异噁唑（ＳＭＺ）的离解常数及含量的毛细管区带电泳（ＣＺＥ）方法。该方法具有简便、快速、准确等特点。测得ＴＭＰ和ＳＭＺ的ｐＫａ分别为６．６０和５．９０。其平均回收率分别为１０１．５％和９９．６％,最低检出限为０．４８ ｍｇ／Ｌ和０．０２８ ｍｇ／Ｌ,ＲＳＤ为１．２６％和１．１２％。     

Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticle‐Graphene Composites for Electroanalysis Applications using Chemical and Electrochemical Methods

An electrochemical device was developed for the simultaneous determination of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) and trimethoprim (TMP) using differential pulse voltammetry and glassy carbon (GC) electrodes modified with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and silver nanoparticle (AgNP) composites, synthesised using both chemical and electrochemical methods. The morphology and electrochemical behaviour of the GC electrodes modified with the rGO/AgNP (chemical method) and rGO‐AgNP (electrochemical method) composites were characterised by scanning electron microscopy and cyclic voltammetry. These techniques demonstrated that, in both methods, the graphene oxide was modified by the AgNPs, and the composite synthesised by the electrochemical method showed a better dispersion of the nanoparticles, resulting in an increase in the surface area compared to the rGO/AgNP composite. The GC/rGO‐AgNP electrode was evaluated and optimised for the simultaneous determination of SMX and TMP, achieving detection limits of 0.6 μmol L⁻¹ for the SMX and 0.4 μmol L⁻¹ for the TMP. The proposed GC/rGO‐AgNP electrochemical device was successfully applied to the simultaneous determination of SMX and TMP in wastewaters samples.     

Comparison of Micellar and Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography for Determination of Sulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim

A simple, sensitive, and precise micellar liquid chromatographic method for simultaneous analysis of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim, with ultraviolet detection at 245 nm, has been developed, validated, and used for determination of the compounds in commercial pharmaceutical products. The compounds were well separated on a Hypersil ODS reversed-phase column at 35°C by use of a mobile phase consisting of 0.1M sodium dodecyl sulfate in a 2:98 (V/V) mixture of 1-butanol and pH 3.0 phosphate buffer solution at a flow rate of 1.0 mL min^?1. A comparative study of the performance of reversed-phase liquid chromatography with aqueous-organic or micellar-organic mobile phases for separation of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim is reported. The study showed that micellar liquid chromatography (MLC) and reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RP HPLC) are of similar efficiency, sensitivity, and selectivity for determination of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim.     

Determination of nikethamide by micellar electrokinetic chromatography

A simple, fast, sensitive and reproducible micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC)–UV method for the determination of nikethamide (NKD) in human urine and pharmaceutical formulation has been developed and validated. The method exhibits high trueness, good precision, short analysis time and low reagent consumption. NKD is an organic compound belonging to the psychoactive stimulants used as an analeptic drugs. The proposed analytical procedure consists of few steps: dilution of urine or drug in distilled water, centrifugation for 2 min (12,000 g ), separation by MEKC and ultraviolet‐absorbance detection of NKD at 260 nm. The background electrolyte used was 0.035 mol/L pH 9 borate buffer with the addition of 0.05 mol/L sodium dodecyl sulfate and 6.5% ACN. Effective separation was achieved within 5.5 min under a voltage of 21 kV (~90 μA) using a standard fused‐silica capillary (effective length 51 cm, 75 μm i.d.). The determined limit of detection for NKD in urine was 1 μmol/L (0.18 μg/mL). The calibration curve obtained for NKD in urine showed linearity in the range 4–280 μmol/L (0.71–49.90 μg/mL), with R² 0.9998. The RSD of the points of the calibration curve varied from 5.4 to 9.5%. The analytical procedure was successfully applied to analysis of pharmaceutical formulation and spiked urine samples from healthy volunteers.     

Determination of Trace Vanadium by Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry at a Carbon Paste Electrode

A method for the voltammetric determination of vanadium using a carbon paste electrode (CPE) was described. The new procedure is based on the adsorptive accumulation of the V(V)‐alizarin red S(ARS) complex onto the surface of the CPE, followed by the electrochemical reduction of adsorbed species. The optimal experimental conditions include the use of 0.10 mol/L acetate buffer (pH 5.1), 1.0×10^?5 mol/L ARS, an accumulation potential of ?0.10 V (versus SCE), an accumulation time of 2 min, a scan rate of 200 mV/s and a second‐order derivative linear scan mode. The reduction peak for the complex appears at ?0.52 V. The peak current is proportional to the concentration of V(V) over the range of 0.10–15.0 μg/L, and the detection limit is 0.04 μg/L for a 2 min adsorption time. The relative standard deviations(n=8) for 2.0 and 0.50 μg/L V(V) are 3.1 and 4.7%, respectively. The proposed method was applied to the determination of vanadium in water samples.     

CTP synthetase activity assay by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry in the multiple reaction monitoring mode

Cytidine 5′‐triphosphate synthetase (CTPS) is known to be a central enzyme in the de novo synthesis of CTP. We have recently demonstrated that a deficiency in CTPS1 is associated with an impaired capacity of activated lymphocytes to proliferate leading to a combined immunodeficiency disease. In order to better document its role in immunomodulation, we developed a method for measuring CTPS activity in human lymphocytes. Using liquid chromatography‐mass spectrometry, we quantified CTPS activity by measuring CTP in cell lysates. A stable isotope analog of CTP served as internal standard. We characterized the kinetic parameters V_max and K_m of CTPS and verified that an inhibition of the enzyme activity was induced after 3‐deazauridine (3DAU) treatment, a known inhibitor of CTPS. We then determined CTPS activity in healthy volunteers, in a family whose child displayed a homozygous mutation in CTPS1 gene and in patients who had developed or not a chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) after lung transplantation. Linearity of the CTP determination was observed up to 451 μmol/L, with accuracy in the 15% tolerance range. Michaelis‐Menten kinetics for lysates of resting cells were K_m=280±310 μmol/L for UTP, V_max=83±20 pmol/min and, for lysates of activated PBMCs, K_m=230±280 μmol/L for UTP, V_max=379±90 pmol/min. Treatment by 3DAU and homozygous mutation in CTPS1 gene abolished the induction of CTPS activity associated with cell stimulation, and CTPS activity was significantly reduced in the patients who developed CLAD. We conclude that this test is suitable to reveal the involvement of CTPS alteration in immunodeficiency.     

磺胺类人工合成甜味剂的毛细管电泳/电导法分离检测

采用15 mmol/L Tris-10 mmol/L H3BO3-0.2 mmol/L EDTA为电泳运行液,0.2%四乙烯五胺为电渗流抑制剂,融硅石英毛细管(45 cm×50 μm),负高压分离(-15 kV),柱端接触式电导检测,建立了磺胺类人工合成甜味剂(糖精钠、安赛蜜、甜蜜素)的高效毛细管电泳/电导法分离检测方法.糖精钠、安赛蜜、甜蜜素的线性检测范围分别为0.8 ～120、1.1 ～120、1.5 ～120 μmol/L,检出限分别为0.3、0.4、0.6 μmol/L.详细讨论了电泳运行液的组成、浓度以及进样方式对灵敏度和分离度的影响.该法用于市售饮料中3种甜味剂的分离检测,结果满意.     

Fast determination of ethambutol in pharmaceutical formulations using capillary electrophoresis with capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection

A method for the determination of ethambutol (EMB), a first‐line drug against tuberculosis, based on CE with capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection is proposed. The separation of EMB and its main product of degradation were achieved in less than 3 min with a resolution of 2.0 using a BGE composed of 50 mmol/L histidine and 30 mmol/L MES, pH 6.30. By raising the pH to 8.03, the analysis time was reduced to 1.0 min, but with a significant loss of resolution (0.7). Using the best separation conditions, linearity of 0.9976 (R², five data points), sensitivity of 1.26×10^?4 V min μmol^?1 L, and LOD and quantification of 23.5 and 78.3 μmol/L, respectively, were obtained. Recoveries at four levels of concentration ranged from 95 to 102% and the concentration range studied ranged from 100 to 500 μmol/L. The results obtained for the determination of EMB in pharmaceutical formulations were compared with those obtained by using CE with photometric detection.     

流动注射化学发光法测定痕量NO_2~-的研究与应用

Based on the principle of the reaction of NO2-with I-and formation of I2 in HCl solution,and the chemiluminescence(CL) reaction between luminol and I2 in an alkaline medium.A fairly sensitive,simple and rapid flow-injection analysis-chemiluminescence method for the determina-tion of trace nitrite with the luminal-I——NO2-coupling luminescence system has been developed.Experiment conditions of flow-injection analysis are optimized.When satisfying the condition that Luminol as 4.0×10-4 mol/L,0.7 % KI,0.04 mol/...     

Simultaneous Determination of Lipophilic Vitamin Esters Using Square-wave Voltammetry at the Glassy Carbon Electrode

Simple and rapid voltammetric method for simultaneous determination of all-trans-retinyl acetate (RAc) or all-trans-retinyl palmitate (RPa) and α-tocopheryl acetate (α-TOAc) has been proposed. The respective method was based on the anodic oxidation of the compounds of interest by square-wave voltammetry in acetone with 0.1 mol L⁻¹ LiClO₄ at the glassy carbon electrode. The procedure was also beneficial with respect to simple dissolution of sample directly in the supporting electrolyte. The all-trans-retinyl acetate could be quantified in two linear ranges (3.1–140 μmol L⁻¹ and 140–400 μmol L⁻¹) and α-tocopheryl acetate in linear range 5.3–400 μmol L⁻¹ with detection limits of 0.9 μmol L⁻¹ RAc (or 0.8 μmol L⁻¹ RPa) and of 1.6 μmol L⁻¹ α-TOAc. Selected commercial cosmetic products were analysed achieving satisfactory recoveries.     

Determination of inorganic ions in mineral water by gradient elution moving boundary electrophoresis

A sensitive method was developed for the determination of the major inorganic ions in commercial mineral waters using gradient elution moving boundary electrophoresis with capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection. This application was the first to demonstrate the separation of cations and anions simultaneously using gradient elution moving boundary electrophoresis. Seven ionic analytes (calcium, chloride, magnesium, nitrate, potassium, sodium, and sulfate) were separated in less than 7 min with detection values in the low μmol/L to sub-μmol/L range. Calculated values of the major ions in three commercial mineral waters were compared to reported values with good correlation. In another application, phosphate and arsenate were separated in less than 2 min with limits of detection of 300 and 140 nmol/L, respectively. For all standard analyses, the RSD for migration times and peak areas were under 3%.     

在L-缬氨酸介质中应用聚二苯并-18-冠醚-6-分离铈（III)

 A column chromatographic method has been developed for the separation and determination of cerium(Ⅲ) using poly［dibenzo-18-crown-6］. The separation was carried out in L-valine medium. The adsorption of cerium(Ⅲ) was quantitative from 1×10-1 to 1×10-4 mol/L L-valine. Amongst the various eluents, 1.0-8.0 mol/L hydrochloric acid, 1.0-8.0 mol/L hydrobromic acid, 1.0-8.0 mol/L perchloric acid, 1.0-2.0 mol/L sulfuric acid and 4.0-5.0 mol/L acetic acid, were found to be the efficient eluents for cerium(Ⅲ). The capacity of poly［dibenzo-18-crown-6］ for cerium(Ⅲ) was （0.428±0.01） mmol/g. The method was applied to the separation of cerium(Ⅲ) from associated elements link uranium(Ⅵ) and thorium(Ⅳ). It was also applied for the determination of cerium(Ⅲ) in geological samples. The method is simple, rapid and selective with good reproducibility (approximately±2%).     

甲氧苄啶修饰玻碳电极安培法对过氧化氢的测定

在0.1 mol·L~(-1) KNO_3底液中,研究了甲氧苄啶在玻碳电极上的电化学性质,发现在0.140、0.177 V处出现1对可逆的氧化还原峰.进一步用电化学沉积的方法将甲氧苄啶修饰在玻碳电极上,考察了各种实验条件对修饰电极性能的影响,并通过电子扫描显微镜和电化学阻抗谱对修饰电极的表面性质进行了表征,所制得的修饰电极对过氧化氢的还原有很好的催化作用.在-0.3 V的工作电位下,用计时安培法对过氧化氢进行了测定,过氧化氢的浓度在1.96×10~(-5) ～1.10×10~(-3) mol·L~(-1)范围内与响应电流呈线性关系,检出限为4.0 μmol·L~(-1).该修饰电极制作简单、使用寿命长,实际试样的回收率为97% ～104%.     

3‐(2‐Bromoacetamido)‐N‐(9‐ethyl‐9H)‐carbazol fluorescent probe and its application for the determination of thiophenols in rubber products by HPLC with fluorescence detection and atmospheric chemical ionization mass spectrometry identification

A rapid, sensitive, and selective precolumn derivatization method for the simultaneous determination of eight thiophenols using 3‐(2‐bromoacetamido)‐N‐(9‐ethyl‐9H )‐carbazol as a labeling reagent by high‐performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection has been developed. The labeling reagent reacted with thiophenols at 50°C for 50 min in aqueous acetonitrile in the presence of borate buffer (0.10 mol/L, pH 11.2) to give high yields of thiophenol derivatives. The derivatives were identified by online postcolumn mass spectrometry. The collision‐induced dissociation spectra for thiophenol derivatives gave the corresponding specific fragment ions at m/z 251.3, 223.3, 210.9, 195.8, and 181.9. At the same time, derivatives exhibited intense fluorescence with an excitation maximum at λ_ex = 276 nm and an emission maximum at λ_em = 385 nm. Excellent linear responses were observed for all analytes over the range of 0.033–6.66 μmol/L with correlation coefficients of more than 0.9997. Detection limits were in the range of 0.94–5.77 μg/L with relative standard deviations of less than 4.54%. The feasibility of derivatization allowed the development of a rapid and highly sensitive method for the quantitative analysis of trace levels of thiophenols from some rubber products. The average recoveries (n = 3) were in the range of 87.21–101.12%.     

Efficient strategy for the selective determination of dopamine in human urine by molecularly imprinted solid‐phase extraction

An efficient molecularly imprinted solid‐phase extraction protocol was developed for the separation of dopamine (DA) from human urine. After successful validation of the analytical method using high‐performance liquid chromatography coupled with fluorescence detection, a new strategy for the selective determination of DA in the presence of norepinephrine and epinephrine in human urine was presented. In the proposed protocol, the LODs and quantification for DA were 166 ± 36 and 500 ± 110 nmol/L, respectively, and the total recoveries of DA in the range of 1–15 μmol/L varied between 98.3 and 101.1%. DA was detected in the real urine samples at the level of 47–167 μg/L (0.250–0.895 μmol/L). The superiority of the novel analytical strategy was shown by comparison with the results obtained for a commercially available imprinted sorbent.