Flow-injection determination of amine contaminants in cyclamate samples based on temperature for controlling selectivity

This paper describes a flow-injection (FI) method for the simultaneous determination of aniline and cyclohexylamine impurities in cyclamate products. The method consists of the derivatization of amines with 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulfonate under selective and non-selective conditions. Here, the selectivity is achieved by working at 20 degree C, at which only aniline reacts, whilst higher temperatures (80 degree C) lead to a non-selective reaction of the two analytes. The FI manifold is composed of two flow cells for the spectrophotometric detection of derivatives at 480 nm. Experimental conditions have been optimized by factorial design and multicriteria making approach. Quantification is accomplished by differential analysis of the analyte contributions in the double peaks generated when the sample reaches cell 1 and cell 2. Results obtained with the proposed method are in satisfactory agreement with those provided by the standard method for the analysis of cyclamate samples.     

高效液相色谱-串联质谱法测定食品中6种人工合成甜味剂

建立了食品中6种人工合成甜味剂(甜蜜素、糖精钠、安赛蜜、阿斯巴甜、阿力甜、纽甜)的高效液相色谱-串联质谱检测方法。样品经甲醇-水溶液(1:1, v/v)提取,以C18柱为分离柱,0.1%(v/v)甲酸-5 mmol/L甲酸铵溶液/乙腈为流动相,经高效液相色谱分离,采用电喷雾串联四极杆质谱进行检测。结果表明,6种人工合成甜味剂在20～500 μg/L范围内定量离子对的响应峰面积和样品质量浓度之间有良好的线性关系(相关系数＞0.998)。在3个添加水平下,样品平均回收率为81.3%～106.0%,相对标准偏差小于11%。该方法简单、灵敏、准确,可用于食品中6种人工合成甜味剂的同时检测。     

Determination of histamine in wines with an on-line pre-column flow derivatization system coupled to high performance liquid chromatography

A new rapid and sensitive high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for determining histamine in red wine samples, based on continuous flow derivatization with 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulfonate (NQS), is proposed. In this system, samples are derivatized on-line in a three-channel flow manifold for reagent, buffer and sample. The reaction takes place in a PTFE coil heated at 80 degrees C and with a residence time of 2.9 min. The reaction mixture is injected directly into the chromatographic system, where the histamine derivative is separated from other aminated compounds present in the wine matrix in less than ten minutes. The HPLC procedure involves a C18 column, a binary gradient of 2% acetic acid-methanol as a mobile phase, and UV detection at 305 nm. Analytical parameters of the method are evaluated using red wine samples. The linear range is up to 66.7 mg L(-1) (r = 0.9999), the precision (RSD) is 3%, the detection limit is 0.22 mg L(-1), and the average histamine recovery is 101.5% +/- 6.7%. Commercial red wines from different Spanish regions are analyzed with the proposed method.     

固相萃取-高效液相色谱-蒸发光散射检测法同时检测食品中5种人工合成甜味剂

建立了高效液相色谱-蒸发光散射检测仪(HPLC-ELSD)同时检测食品中安赛蜜、糖精钠、甜蜜素、三氯蔗糖和阿斯巴甜5种甜味剂的方法。甜味剂经0.1%(v/v)甲酸缓冲液提取后,利用C18固相萃取小柱净化浓缩,以3 μm C18柱为分离柱,0.1%(v/v)甲酸(氨水调节pH=3.5)-甲醇(61:39, v/v)为流动相,经高效液相色谱法分离,蒸发光散射检测器进行检测。结果表明,5种甜味剂在30～1000 mg/L的范围内,具有良好的线性关系(相关系数大于0.997);在3个添加水平下,样品的平均回收率为85.6%～109.0%,相对标准偏差小于4.0%;方法检出限(LOD,信噪比(S/N)=3)分别为安赛蜜2.5 mg/L、糖精钠3 mg/L、甜蜜素10 mg/L、三氯蔗糖2.5 mg/L及阿斯巴甜5 mg/L。该方法简单、灵敏、操作成本低,可用于不同形态食品中多种甜味剂的同时检测。     

液相色谱-串联质谱法快速测定水及鱼肉中的苯胺

为快速准确测定水及鱼肉中的苯胺,采用乙腈提取、高效液相色谱-串联质谱测定,建立了水及鱼肉中苯胺的快速测定方法。水样与乙腈以4：1的体积比混合,1.00 g鱼肉中加入2.00 mL乙腈,涡旋提取1 min,水样和鱼肉样品的提取液离心5 min后取上清液测定。以C₁₈柱为分离柱,乙腈-0.5%（v/v）甲酸水溶液（85：15,v/v）为流动相,目标物质在3 min内分离。在0.5~500 μg/L范围内,苯胺峰面积与内标峰面积之比与质量浓度的线性关系良好（R²>0.999）。基质加标试验结果表明,苯胺在水中的回收率分别为93.7%（加标水平为40 ng）和86.7% （加标水平为400 ng）,苯胺在鱼肉中的回收率分别为96.8%、 92.6%和81.8%（加标水平分别为5、50和500 ng）,相对标准偏差在1.5%~9.2%之间。水样和鱼肉样品中苯胺的检出限分别为0.50 μg/L和1.00 μg/kg,定量限分别为1.00 μg/L和2.00 μg/kg。应用该方法测定了从受苯胺污染的水库中采集的13份水样和12份鱼肉样品,结果表明,水和鱼肉中苯胺的最大含量分别为1943.6 μg/L和60.8 μg/kg。本方法快速、准确,适用于水和鱼肉中苯胺的快速测定。     

Determination of cyclamate in low-calorie foods by high-performance liquid chromatography with indirect visible photometry

A rapid and simple method using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography combined with indirect visible photometry at 433 nm was developed to determine cyclamate in some food samples. Cyclamate was not detected in these chosen samples as its use is banned in Hong Kong. Cyclamate can easily be detected in spiked samples using a mobile phase consisting of 30 mumol dm-3 Methyl Red and 0.02 mol dm-3 phosphate buffer (pH 7.0)-methanol in a volume ratio of 3:2. The column temperature was set at 23 degrees C. The detection limit was 0.14 mmol dm-3 and the relative standard deviation of the peak area response was 0.58% for a solution containing 5.0 mmol dm-3 of cyclamate (n = 8). This method was successfully applied to the analysis of eight spiked food samples and the cyclamate recoveries for these samples ranged from 93 to 99%.     

Flow-Injection Differential Spectrophotometric pH Selectivity System for the Determination of Cyclamate Contaminants

A flow-injection system with differential spectrophotometric detection is proposed for the simultaneous determination of aniline and cyclohexylamine based on their reaction with 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulfonate (NQS). The pH is chosen to achieve selectivity since only aniline reacts at acidic pH whereas the two amines are derivatized in basic medium. The flow manifold comprises two reactors and two detection cells for developing and monitoring the reaction under selective and general (non-selective) conditions. A double beam spectrophotometer is used for differential detection, with two flow cells placed in the sample and reference holders. Figures of merit such as sensitivity, linear range, detection limit and precision are established. The evaluation of accuracy using a series of synthetic mixtures indicates overall prediction errors of 3% and 5% for aniline and cyclohexylamine, respectively. The method is applied to the determination of amine impurities in commercial sweeteners. Good concordance between the proposed and the standard chromatographic methods is found.     

Rapid determination of cyclamate in foods by solid-phase extraction and capillary electrophoresis

A method for the determination of cyclamate in food was developed using solid-phase extraction (SPE) and capillary electrophoresis (CE) with indirect ultraviolet (UV) detection. A 5-10 g sample in 0.1 mol/L hydrochloric acid was homogenized and made up to a volume of 50 mL with 0.1 mol/L hydrochloric acid. After the sample was centrifuged, 25 mL of supernatant was loaded into an Oasis HLB SPE cartridge. The cartridge was washed with 2 mL of demineralized water followed by 2 mL of 50% aqueous methanol, and cyclamate was eluted with 4.5 mL of 50% aqueous methanol. The eluate was added to a solution of sodium propionate (internal standard) for CE analysis. The cyclamate in the eluate was electrophoresed on a fused-silica capillary using 1 mmol/L hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide and 10 mmol/L potassium sorbate as a running buffer. Detection and reference wavelengths of cyclamate determined with a UV detector were 300 and 254 nm, respectively. The calibration curves for cyclamate showed good linearity in the range of 2-1000 microg/mL and the limits of detection in beverage, fruit in syrup, jam, pickles and confectionary are sample dependent and ranged from 5-10 microg/g. The recovery of cyclamate added at a level of 200 microg/g to various kinds of foods was 93.3-108.3% and the relative standard deviation was less than 4.9% (n=3). A number of commercial samples were analyzed using the proposed method. Cyclamate was detected in one waume, two pickles, and two sunflower seeds. The quantitative values determined with CE correlated to those from high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) (the detected values of cyclamate in a sunflower seed measured by CE and HPLC were 3.40 g/kg and 3.51 g/kg, respectively). This analytical method for cyclamate using CE is especially suitable for use in the field.     

Study of the sensitization of tetradecyl benzyl dimethyl ammonium chloride for the color development reaction between lysine and sodium 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulfonate and the determination of lysine in pharmaceutical and biological samples

A rapid, simple and sensitive method for the determination of lysine (Lys) using sodium 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulfonate (NQS) and tetradecyl benzyl dimethyl ammonium chloride (Zeph) is presented in this paper. The method is based on the russety product formed from Lys, NQS and Zeph in a buffer solution of pH 9.60, and the stoichiometric ratio of the product is 1:2:2. Beer's law is obeyed in a range of 0.09-18 microg ml(-1) of Lys at the maximum absorption of 474 nm (epsilon(474) is 8.1 x 10(5)l mol(-1)cm(-1)). The equation of linear regression is A=0.40427+0.06112C, with a linearly correlation coefficient of 0.9972. The limit of detection is 0.07 microg ml(-1), R.S.D. 0.8%, and average recovery rate in a range of 98.9-100.1%. This paper further optimizes the determination of Lys compared with the previous methods, and the reaction mechanism is studied intensively. The proposed method has been successfully applied to the determination of Lys in pharmaceutical and biological samples. The common components as nutritional additives in pharmaceuticals and other compounds in biological samples nearly do not interfere with the proposed method.     

液相色谱-串联质谱法测定水中14种苯胺类化合物

通过优化色谱和质谱条件,建立了直接进样-液相色谱-串联四极杆质谱法同时快速检测水中14种苯胺类化合物的分析方法。水样经0.45 μm聚醚砜(PES)滤膜过滤后,采用Shim-pack FC-ODS柱(75 mm×4.6 mm, 3 μm)进行分离,以甲醇-0.1%(v/v)甲酸(35:65, v/v)梯度洗脱,流速0.3 mL/min,柱温35 ℃,串联四极杆质谱的多反应监测模式进行检测。在优化的分析条件下,14种苯胺类化合物可在12 min内分析完毕,而且线性关系良好(r>0.999),方法检出限在0.03~4.19 μg/L之间。对加标3个质量浓度(0.5、5.0、20.0 μg/L)的地表水样品平行测定6次,14种苯胺类化合物的相对标准偏差在0.4%~9.4%范围内。该方法抗干扰能力强、分析速度快、灵敏度高,已应用于实际样品的分析,样品加标回收率在68.0%~130%之间。     

高效液相色谱-线性离子阱串联质谱技术用于白酒中甜蜜素测定的确证分析

建立了白酒中甜蜜素的高效液相色谱-线性离子阱串联质谱测定方法。该方法可同时准确定性和定量。样品无需前处理,过膜后直接进样,由C18色谱柱分离,采用多反应监测(MRM)和触发增强子离子扫描模式检测,采集到的MRM数据用于定量测定,同时得到的高质量子离子谱图用于谱图库检索的方法进行定性确证分析。本文采用外标法定量,方法的线性范围为1.320～132.0 μg/L（r=0.9991）;检出限(信噪比为3)为0.1 μg/L;添加水平分别为2.640、26.40、100.0 μg/L的3个样品的加标回收率为96.38%～107.2%,相对标准偏差均小于9%;阳性样品的谱图匹配度均高于92%。该方法简便、准确、高效,适用于白酒中甜蜜素的测定及阳性样品的确证分析。     

Sample preparation and determination of ginkgo terpene trilactones in selected beverage, snack, and dietary supplement products by liquid chromatography with evaporative light-scattering detection

Ginkgo biloba leaf extract has been widely used in dietary supplements and more recently in some foods and beverages. Sample preparation procedures for determination of ginkgo terpene trilactones (including bilobalide and ginkgolides A, B, C, and J) in various sample matrixes were developed in this study. Ginkgo leaves and capsules were extracted with 5% KH2PO4 aqueous solution under sonication. Tea bags were extracted with boiling water, whereas drink samples were taken directly from the bottles. After filtration and the addition of NaCl to approximately 30% (w/v), the terpene trilactones in aqueous solutions were quantitatively extracted with ethyl acetate-tetrahydrofuran (4 + 1, v/v). Puff samples (a cereal-based fried snack item) were first defatted by using hexane or by using supercritical fluid extraction and then extracting under sonication with methanol-acetic acid (99 + 1, v/v). After evaporation of the organic phase, the terpene trilactones were redissolved in methanol and determined on a C18 reversed-phase column by liquid chromatography (LC) with evaporative light-scattering detection. The method of standard additions and gas chromatography with flame ionization detection were used for method validation. For most samples, the relative standard deviation was <10%. The identities of target compounds in ginkgo leaves and drink samples were confirmed by LC/electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry.     

Simultaneous determination of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2, M1 and M2 in peanuts and their derivative products by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

A reliable ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) method for simultaneous determination of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2, M1 and M2 in peanuts and their derivative products was developed. The sample was extracted by 84% of acetonitrile aqueous solution and the extract was purified by a reliable solid phase extraction-based clean-up method. Then, the analytes were separated on Acquity UPLC HSS T3 column (100 mm × 2.1 mm, 1.8 μm particle size), and eluted with a mobile phase consisting of (A) water containing 0.1% formic acid and (B) acetonitrile/methanol (50/50, v/v). The separated compounds were detected with a Waters Micromass Quattro Ultima Pt tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer operating in positive electro-spray ionization using multiple reaction monitoring mode. The established method was extensively validated by determining the linearity (R² ≥ 0.9990), average recovery (74.7-86.8%) and precision (relative standard deviation ≤ 10.9%). It was shown to be a suitable method for simultaneous determination of the six aflatoxins in peanuts and their derivative products. Finally, a total of 73 samples randomly collected from different areas in Zhejiang province were screened for aflatoxins with the proposed method. The results showed that 31 samples of peanut butter, 14 samples of fresh peanut and 5 samples of musty peanut were contaminated with aflatoxins. Meanwhile, this was the first report on aflatoxins M1 and M2, which were found in unprocessed peanuts and their derivative products.     

A new derivatization procedure for the determination of cephalexin with 1,2-naphthoquinone 4-sulphonate in pharmaceutical and urine samples using solid-phase extraction cartridges and UV–visible detection

The present report shows how to derivatize cephalexin with 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulphonate (NQS) into solid-phase extraction cartridges (C₁₈) using UV–visible detection. Optimum conditions for this new procedure are: hydrogen carbonate/carbonate buffer pH=10.5, 5 min reaction time at 25°C and NQS concentration of 7.1×10⁻³ mol l⁻¹. The accuracy and the precision of the method were tested. The procedure was used to measure cephalexin in pharmaceutical and urine samples. The results obtained were contrasted with those reported by UV-spectrophotometric and HPLC methods for pharmaceutical samples and with HPLC method for urine samples. The H-point standard additions method was used to measure cephalexin in pharmaceutical samples, and the generalized H-point standard additions method was used to measure cephalexin in urine samples.     

高效液相色谱-三重四极杆质谱法测定克氏原螯虾中二甲戊灵残留

建立了高效液相色谱-三重四极杆质谱（HPLC-MS/MS）测定克氏原螯虾中二甲戊灵残留的分析方法。用含0.1%（v/v）乙酸的乙酸乙酯溶液提取克氏原螯虾中的二甲戊灵,于35℃旋蒸至干,经含0.1%（v/v）乙酸的甲醇-水（8∶2,v/v）溶解残渣后,用酸性氧化铝柱、石墨化炭黑（GCB）进行净化。采用Symmetry C18色谱柱（100 mm×2.1 mm,3.5 μm）进行分离,用加热大气压电喷雾电离（HESI）源、正离子模式进行扫描,在多反应监测模式（MRM）下检测。结果表明,二甲戊灵在1.0~20.0 μg/L范围内线性良好,相关系数为0.9960,检出限为0.2 μg/kg;二甲戊灵的加标回收率为63.3%~104.7%,精密度为6.9%~14.5%（n=7）。该方法简单、快速、灵敏度高,能够满足克氏原螯虾中二甲戊灵药物残留检测的需求。     

Rapid trace analysis of alachlor in water and vegetable samples

The use of a rapid and specific (cross-reactivity<4%) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the determination of alachlor residues in water and vegetable samples is addressed. The analytical method consists of a fast extraction procedure followed by an optimised ELISA. The detection limit was 0.44 microg l(-1), with a linear range from 0.89 to 143.2 microg l(-1). For alachlor extraction from water samples, different solid-phase cartridges (C, Ph, C8 and C2) were assayed using MeOH as eluent. Extracts were diluted (1:4) with distilled water before ELISA. This procedure gave recoveries close to 100% with RSDs<14%. For vegetable samples, alachlor was extracted directly with MeOH and the extracts diluted 1:40 (v/v) with saline buffer prior to ELISA. The results obtained by the proposed procedure correlate well with the reference method (multiresidue extraction-GC-MS) for vegetable samples (r>0.85).     

A novel spectrophotometric method for the determination of aminophylline in pharmaceutical samples in the presence of methanol

A rapid, simple and sensitive method for the determination of aminophylline (Ami) using sodium 1, 2-naphthoquine-4-sulfonate (NQS) and methanol is established in this paper. It is based on the fact that a russety product can be formed by the reaction between aminophylline (Ami) and sodium 1, 2-naphthoquine-4-sulfonate (NQS) in pH 13.00 buffer solution. When methanol is added to the solution, the sensitivity of the color development reaction between Ami and NQS is improved, and the color of the system of NQS-Ami becomes a salmon pink. Beer's law is obeyed in a range of 4.97-69.5 microg ml(-1) of Ami at the maximum absorption of 453 nm (epsilon=4.87 x 10(3) l mol(-1) cm(-1)). The linear regression equation of the calibration curve is A=0.14458+0.00832C (microg ml(-1)), with a linear regression correlation coefficient of 0.9944. The detection limit is 0.7 microg ml(-1) (3sigma/k), R.S.D. is 1.1% and the recovery rate is in range of 92.5-105%. Furthermore, this method has been successfully applied to the determination of Ami in pharmaceutical samples.     

Determination of amino acids in overlapped capillary electrophoresis peaks by means of partial least-squares regression

Amino acid derivatives of 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulfonate (NQS) can be separated by capillary electrophoresis at 30 kV in a fused-silica capillary by using a 40 mM sodium tetraborate-isopropanol (3:1, v/v) solution as background electrolyte. This procedure was suitable for the most common amino acids. However, the peaks of three amino acids (phenylalanine, isoleucine and tyrosine) were only partially resolved and peaks of histidine and leucine derivatives overlapped completely. Partial least-squares regression (PLS) may overcome the lack of selectivity for these amino acids. Spectroelectropherograms of the corresponding amino acid derivative peaks were monitored with a diode-array spectrophotometer in the range 225 to 540 nm. Both spectra and electropherograms can be used as multivariate data for further analysis. In general, the best predictions were obtained using the time domain.     

Determination of methamphetamine in urine samples with sodium 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulphonate

Optimal conditions have been studied for the determination of methamphetamine in urine samples by an extractive-spectrophotometric method with sodium 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulphonate (NQS) as reagent. These conditions are: NaHCO₃ pH 10, NQS 6.3 × 10^–3 mol/l and heating for 5 min at 45°C. The accuracy and precision of the method were tested. The detection limits were 0.2 mg/l in the standard and 0.9 mg/l when 5 ml of urine sample were taken. The standard deviation of blank urine was evaluated from 12 different samples. The relative errors found in the determination of methamphetamine in urine were lower than 10% if the methamphetamine-amphetamine ratio was higher than 4.     

Determination of cymoxanil in drinking water and soil using high-performance liquid chromatography

We describe a method for determination of cymoxanil, 1-2-cyano-2-methoxy(iminoacetyl)-3-ethylurea, in drinking water and in soil, using reversed-phase HPLC with UV detection at 240 nm and a mobile phase of acetonitrile-water (30:70, v/v). Fortified water samples (1.0 L) were extracted with solid-phase extraction on Strata X. Soil samples (20 g) were extracted with acetone and the extracts were transferred onto Strata C18E. The recoveries of cymoxanil from water and soil samples were over 85% for each fortification level. The RDS were within the range 1.7-4.1% for water and 0.9-1.2% for soil samples. After optimization of the extraction and separation conditions, the method was validated.