The evaluation of “reversed phase” high-performance liquid chromatography packing materials

Summary For the evaluation of reversed phase packing materials a mixture of acetylacetone, I-nitronaphthalene and naphthalene is proposed. This will reveal the usual optimum kinetic chromatographic parameters (the naphthalene peak), the degree of activity or endcapping status of the column (the ratio of the I-nitronaphthalene and naphthalene retention times) and trace metal activity (the shape and intensity of the acetylacetone peak).     

Simultaneous determination of difloxacin and its primary metabolite sarafloxacin in rabbit plasma

Summary An HPLC method with fluorescence detection is presented for the analysis of difloxacin (DIF) and sarafloxacin (SAR) in rabbit plasma using norfloxacin (NOR) as internal standard (Figure 1). Plasma sample preparations were carried out by adding phosphate buffer (pH 7.4, 0.1 M), followed by extraction with trichloromethane. Fluoroquinolones were separated on a reversed-phase column using an aqueous phosphate solution-acetonitrile (82:18) mobile phase. The concentrations of NOR, SAR and DIF eluting off the column, with retention times of 2.16, 5.60 and 6.20, respectively, were monitored by fluorescence detection atλ _ex 338 andλ _em 425 nm. The quantitation limit was 12 ng mL⁻¹ for SAR and DIF. Standard curves were linearly related to concentration in the range from 1 to 1500 ng mL⁻¹. Recovery was determined as 76% and 70% for SAR and DIF, respectively. Inter-and intraassay coefficients of variation were less than 6% for all compounds.     

On the chromatography mechanism of reversed-phase liquid chromatography

Summary An equation is derived which can describe how the retention of solutes is influenced by the composition of the mobile phase in reversed-phase liquid chromatography, the retention of solutes in alkyl bonded stationary phase regarded as the complexation between solute molecule and the active sites on the surface of the stationary phase. When the stationary phase is not fully saturated by the organic modifier, the activity of the active sites, the activity coefficient of the adsorbed solute as well as the activity coefficient of the solute in the mobile phase depend on the composition of the mobile phase. However, when the stationary phase is fully saturated, the composition of the mobile phase mainly influences the activity coefficient of the solute in the mobile phase. In addition, the selectivity of retention is discussed in terms of the derived equation.     

Adsorption isotherms of organic modifiers and the determination of the dead volume in RPLC

Summary In RPLC the dead volume can be defined as the difference between the maximum column hold-up volume and the volume of the adsorbed phase. The composition of the adsorbed phase depends on the composition of the mobile phase and therefore, the dead volume also varies with it. In this work, the alkyl bonded phase acetonitrile (ACN)-water mobile phase system is investigated. In the system, deuterated water (D₂O) and deuterated acetonitrile (D-ACN) are retained due to the isotopic dilution effect. By means of D₂O and D-ACN, the absolute adsorption isotherm of the organic modifier ACN is measured. Based on the isotherm, the chromatographic behaviour of ACN, D-ACN and D₂O, the variation of the dead volume with the composition of the mobile phase, and the approach to determine the maximum column hold-up volumn are explained. In addition, the various approaches to determine the dead volume are compared and the recommendations are given for the case of common unbuffered binary systems (MeOH/H₂O, THF/H₂O and ACN/H₂O).     

Void volume determination and experimental probes in reversed phase chromatography

Summary In reversed-phase liquid chromatography with n-alkyl bonded silica, the dead volume (V₀) of the column is theoretically indeterminate owing to adsorption of organic modifier on n-alkyl chains and of water on silanol groups. With binary mobile phases, retention volumes of the mobile phase components and of their deuterated species are relaeed to the adsorption isotherms and V₀ by equations which can be solved with some assumptions on the adsorbed layer composition. Methanol-water and acetonitrile-water systems are studied. As the experimental excess isotherm shows a linear part in the concentration range 50–80% in organic modifier, the hypothesis of an adsorbed layer of constant composition in this range is possible. When increasing the water content of the mobile phase, adsorption of water occurs up to saturation of silanol groups. Then the assumption of a constant water content for a mobile phase having more than 50% of water is applied. With the hypothesis of a constant adsorbed content of organic modifier when the eluent has more than 80% of organic modifier, V₀ and the absolute isotherms are calculated over the entire range of mobile phase composition. Experimental retention behavior of the mobile phase components are totally explained by these V₀ determinations. The retention times of commonly used V₀ markers are compared with V₀ values. It is shown that, when buffering the eluent, no visible effect on the distribution equilibrium is observed, so that injection of concentrated potassium nitrate is a convenient method to measure V₀. With a few solutes with are UV detectable it is possible to measure V₀ whatever the mobile phase composition in methanol-water and acetonitrile-water systems.     

A novel silica-based column packing for reversed-phase HPLC of basic compounds

Summary A novel bonded phase for reversed-phase HPLC was synthesized in two steps. Octylamine was first reacted with β-(3,4-epoxycyclohexyl)ethyltrimethoxysilane (β-ECTS) and then the intermediate product was coupled onto porous silica. The prepared packing was characterized by elemental analysis, solid-state¹³C NMR and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR). Chromatographic evaluations were carried out by using a mixture of organic compounds including acidic, basic and neutral analytes and methanol-water as binary mobile phase. The results showed that the stationary phase has excellent chromatographic properties and is resistant to hydrolysis between pH=2≈8. It can be used efficiently for the separation of basic compounds.     

Separation of hordein proteins from european barley by high-performance liquid chromatography: Its application to the identification of barley cultivars

Summary High-performance liquid chromatography using either reversed phase or anion-exchange techniques was used for the fractionation of hordein proteins extracted from European barley. A reversed phase method is presented which utilises an Ultrapore column packed with a wide pore (30 nm) C-3 alkylbonded silica support. Using this method up to 20 components may be separated in 54 min. Elution profiles were found to be reproducible. A further method using rapid anion-exchange chromatography indicated that up to 13 components may be separated, a number which is comparable to that found with electrophoresis. The separation of proteins extracted from different barley cultivars indicated that on the basis of elution profiles high-performance liquid chromatography using either reversed phase or anion-exchange offers considerable potential as a method for barley cultivar identification.     

Use of molecular connectivity indices to predict LC retention of dansylamides in six different eluent systems

Summary Molecular connectivity indices (x) through the sixth order were calculated and compared with measured reversed-phase liquid chromatographic retention data of sixteen dansyl derivatives of amines (dansylamides). Retention measurements were performed in the capacity factor, k′, range 1–30 with organic solvent-water eluents using acetone, acetonitrile, ethanol, methanol, 1-propanol and 2-propanol. Mainly valence level indices were selected to describe retention. Indices of different order were selected in the different eluents, suggesting that there are differences in the retention mechanism in these eluents. Retention can be predicted with great accuracy by the molecular connectivity indices, as the high correlations between the calculated and observed retention indicate. Presented at the 15th International Symposium on Chromatography, Nürnberg, October 1984     

High-speed assay of amino acids using reversed-phase liquid chromatography

A procedure is described by which 20 commonly occurring amino acids may be separated by reversed-phase liquid chromatography at room temperature in a total time, including derivatisation with o-phthalaldehyde/2-mercaptoethanol reagent, of approximately 15 minutes. Further, an increase in column temperature enables increased resolution of certain amino acids to be obtained with small but acceptable losses in fluorescence intensity. The only major drawback to the method is that the derivatisation reagent does not react with proline or hydroxyproline.     

Simultaneous determination of enrofloxacin and its primary metabolite, ciprofloxacin, in chicken tissues

Summary An HPLC method with fluorescence detection is presented for the analysis of enrofloxcin (ENR) and ciprofloxacin (CIP) in chicken tissue using sarafloxacin (SAR) as internal standard. Tissue sample preparations were carried out by adding a phosphate buffer (pH 7.4, 0.1 M), followed by extraction with trichloromethane. Fluoroquinolones were separated on a reversed-phase column with a mobile phase of aqueous phosphate buffer-acetonitrile (80:20). The concentrations of CIP, ENR and SAR eluted off the column, with retention times of 2.28, 3.30 and 4.40, respectively, were monitored by fluorescence detection atλ _ex 338 andλ _em 425 nm. The detection limit was 32 ng g⁻¹ for CIP and 10 ng g⁻¹ for ENR. The standard curves were linearly related to concentration in the range of 1 to 2000 ng g⁻¹. Recovery was determinated as 91.3% and 78.3% for ENR and CIP, respectively. The measurement of the tissue levels of ENR and CIP in the chicken after oral administration confirmed the utility of the proposed analytical methodology.     

高效液相色谱法测定谷物中的柄曲菌素

建立了用反相高效液相色谱(RP-HPLC)法测定谷物中柄曲菌素(Sterigmato-cystin,ST)的含量.采用酸化乙腈震荡提取,C18固相萃取小柱净化,HPLC分离测定.样品中被测物与干扰物能得到良好的分离.柄曲菌素在10～1 000μg/kg范围内与其峰面积呈良好的线性关系(r2≥0.9999),回收率为88.4%～99.9%,相对标准偏差小于2.8%.检出限(S/N=3)为0.2 ng,定量限(S/N=10)为0.5 ng.该法简便、快速、准确,可用于谷物中柄曲菌素的检测.     

反相高效液相色谱法测定化妆品中的24种防腐剂

建立了同时检测化妆品中24种防腐剂含量的反相高效液相色谱法(RP-HPLC).采用Kromasil C18 (4.6 mm×250 mm,5 μm)色谱柱,以磷酸盐缓冲溶液(pH=4.26)为流动相,梯度洗脱.样品经甲醇超声提取,然后采用RP-HPLC-二极管阵列检测法测定,对样品前处理和色谱条件进行研究和优化.方法的相对标准偏差为1.3%～3.3%;回收率为90.6%～97.8%;各种防腐剂的线性相关系数≥0.9997,具有较高的准确度和精密度,可用于化妆品中24种防腐剂含量的分析.     

Automated microbore LC with peak compression for the assay of GR138950 and its active metabolite in human serum

Summary Microbore LC with peak compression sample injection can facilitate improved methods in LC. The advantages of this approach were clearly illustrated in the automated, microbore LC-peak compression assay of GR138950, a novel non-peptide angiotensin II antagonist selective for the AT₁ receptor and its active metabolite in human serum. An existing analytical method had insufficient sensitivity to fully monitor the pharmacokinetic profile of GR138950 and its active metabolite (GR205838) when low doses were administrated. Consequently a robust assay with a lower limit of quantification was required. This was achieved by developing an alternative and fully automated solid phase extraction procedure with on-line peak compression sample injection onto a microbore (2.1 mm i.d.) column by means of a Zymate robot. This method produced cleaner extracts, improved precision, and lower limit of quantitation (1 ng mL⁻¹) than had been achieved with the previous method which had used conventional LC. Presented at the 21^st ISC held in Stuttgart, Germany, 15^th–20^th September, 1996.     

反相高效液相色谱法快速测定长春花中4种生物碱

采用反相高效液相色谱法同时分离测定4种长春花吲哚类生物碱。以水：二乙胺=986：14，用磷酸调节pH=7．2(溶液A)，甲醇：乙腈=4：1(溶液B)，380mL A和620mL B混合作为流动相，流速2mL／min，进样量10μL，220nm下检测，以恒流洗脱方式在25min内分离了长春碱等4种成分。同时还研究了流动相组成、pH值等对分离效果的影响。对实际样品分析，取得了较好结果。     

Solid phase extraction and direct HPLC separation of bilirubin and its conjugates in plasma

Summary A semi-automatic reversed-phase HPLC system is described for the direct determination of conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin in human plasma. An Advanced Automated Sample Processor (AASP) is used for sample preparation, and for controlling sample injection and elution. The method is highly sensitive, requiring only 10–50 μl of plasma per assay.     

Capillary liquid chromatography as a tool for separation of hydrophobic basic drugs. Relation between tests for column characterization and real analysis

Two capillary columns for reversed phase (RP) capillary liquid chromatography (CLC), viz. Nucleosil 100‐5 C18 and LiChrosorb RP‐select B, were characterized by the Walters test, i.e. the chromatographic test proposed for RP stationary phases. Hydrophobicity indices were determined not only in acetonitrile/water mobile phase, as proposed in the test, but they were also measured in buffered systems. This approach was used to quantify the influence of mobile phase composition on the modification of the surface of the stationary phases. In the next step, small basic compounds differing in their hydrophobicity and basicity were selected and their retention on the stationary phases in mobile phases of the same composition as used for column testing was examined. Furthermore, the retention of newly synthesized drugs, chemotherapeutics derived from thioacridine and pyridoquinoline, differing in their structures, basicity, and hydrophobicity, was also studied. The composition of the mobile phases had to be shifted to higher contents of organic modifiers – acetonitrile or methanol – in order to elute these hydrophobic compounds from the columns. The question we wanted to answer was: How is the method for testing of reversed phases related to retention, separation efficiency, and peak symmetry of various analytes?     

反相离子对高效液相色谱法测定动物血浆中的恩诺沙星及其代谢物

建立了用反相离子对ＨＰＬＣ测定动物血浆中恩诺沙星（ＥＲＦＸ）及其代谢产物环丙沙星（ＣＰＦＸ）浓度的方法。血浆中药物用二氯甲烷萃取,选用ＯＤＳ柱,甲醇－四丁基氢氧化铵溶液为流动相,吡哌酸（ＰＰＡ）作内标,检测波长２７２ｎｍ。方法简便、快速、灵敏、准确,适用于ＥＲＦＸ及其代谢物ＣＰＦＸ血药浓度的测定和药代动力学研究。并首次测定了黄牛血浆中的ＥＲＦＸ和ＣＰＦＸ。     

RP-LC Determination of Rutin in Amaranthus spinosus Linn. Whole Plant Powder

A simple, reproducible and efficient reverse phase high performance liquid chromatographic method has been developed for the determination of rutin in whole plant powder of Amaranthus spinosus Linn. The analysis was done with Waters Cosmosil C₁₈ column (150 × 4.6 mm i.d., 5 μm particle size) as stationary phase at a wavelength of 361 nm for detection and determination. The proposed HPLC method was validated for linearity, accuracy, precision and limit of quantitation.     

A model for polybutadiene coatings on porous silica

Summary Non-wetting viscous liquids such as oligobutadiene prefer active sites such as pores during the process of physisorption. Thus, polybutadiene (PBD) coatings on porous silica do not result in a homogeneous polymer film but in an inhomogeneous loading where the bulk polymer is mainly sited in the pores of the silica. An increasing polymer loading leads to increasingly filled pores instead of a thicker polymer film. We cannot exclude the possibility that most of the surface is covered at least with a thin polymer film since the chromatographic behaviour is relatively good for polypeptides, which are highly susceptible to the silanol groups of silica.