Determination of bisphenol A in human breast milk by HPLC with column-switching and fluorescence detection

A highly sensitive HPLC method was developed for the determination of xenoestrogenic compound, bisphenol A (BPA) in human breast milk samples. After a two-step liquid-liquid extraction, BPA was derivatized with fluorescent labeling reagent, 4-(4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)benzoyl chloride (DIB-Cl). The excess fluorescent reagent could be removed effectively using a column-switching system. The separation of DIB-BPA from endogenous materials in milk was carried out on two C(18) columns and fluorescence intensity was monitored at 475 nm with the excitation of 350 nm. A good linearity (r = 0.994) was observed of BPA in the concentration range of 0.2-5.0 ng mL(-1) in breast milk, and the detection limit was 0.11 ng mL(-1) at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3. Intra- and inter-day precision (RSD, %) were less than 8.7 and 10.4, respectively. Twenty-three breast milk samples of healthy lactating women were analyzed for the BPA concentration; the mean value was 0.61 +/- 0.20 ng mL(-1), with no correlation to the lipid content of milk samples.     

Determination of 3-n-butylphthalide in rabbit plasma by HPLC with fluorescence detection and its application in pharmacokinetic study

A rapid, sensitive and specific reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic method was developed for the determination of 3-n-butylphthalide, a drug currently being developed for treatment of stroke, in rabbit plasma. Fluorescence detection at an excitation wavelength of 280 nm and an emission wavelength of 304 nm was used for quantification of 3-n-butylphthalide. Ibuprofen was used as internal standard. Plasma samples were extracted with diethyl ether under acidic conditions. After evaporation of the organic phase, the extract was dissolved in mobile phase and injected into the chromatograph with C(18) column and a mobile phase of 0.05 mol/L sodium acetate buffer (pH 4.5)-acetonitrile (400:600). The peak area ratio vs concentration in plasma was linear over the range of 0.0212-4.24 microg/mL (correlation coefficient r = 0.9984) and the limit of quantification was 0.0212 microg/mL. Mean recovery was determined as 101.0% by analysis of plasma standard samples containing 0.0424, 0.424, 2.12 and 4.24 microg/mL of 3-n-butylphthalide. The intra-day relative standard deviations (RSDs) ranged from 3.6 to 8.9% and inter-day RSDs were within 8.0%. Pharmacokinetics of a single intravenous dose of 3-n-butylphthalide to the rabbits was presented to illustrate the applicability of this method. 3-n-Butylphthalide exhibited linear pharmacokinetics after intravenous administration to rabbits over the dose range 1-10 mg/kg.     

An isocratic HPLC method for the quantitation of eicosanoids in human platelets

We describe here a modified protocol for the simultaneous quantification of specific eicosanoids formed during stimulation of human platelets in vitro with adenosine diphosphate. The eicosanoids thromboxane B(2) (TXB(2)), arachidonic acid (AA), 12-R-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (12-R-HETE), 12-S-hydroxyheptadecatrienoic acid (12-S-HHTrE) and the internal standard prostaglandin B(1) (PGB(1)) were extracted from human platelets by liquid-liquid extraction using ethyl acetate. This was followed by derivatization and fluorescent detection prior to analysis by reversed phase liquid chromatography. The high-performance liquid chromatographic method consisted of ODS reversed-phase column (3 microm) and a mobile phase of acetonitrile-water (85:15). TXB(2) and AA plasma calibration curves were linear between 6.25 and 125 ng mL(-1) (r(2) > 0.997), whereas for 12-R-HETE and 12-S-HHTrE the curves were linear between 5.0 and 40 ng mL(-1) (r(2) > 0.998). All calibration curve standards had <15% CV (coefficient of variation) and between-run precision, and the percentage relative deviation for replicate (n = 6) quality controls was less than 5.5%. The method was adapted to allow the screening of drugs that may affect either one or both of the lipoxygenase and cyclo-oxygenase pathways.     

A sensitive and selective determination method of histamine by HPLC with intramolecular excimer-forming derivatization and fluorescence detection

A highly sensitive, selective and simple method is described for the determination of histamine by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection. The method is based on an intramolecular excimer-forming fluorescence derivatization of histamine with 4-(1-pyrene)butyric acid N-hydroxysuccinimide ester (PSE), followed by reversed-phase HPLC. Histamine, having two amino moieties in a molecule, was converted to the dipyrene-labeled derivative by reaction with PSE. The derivative afforded intramolecular excimer fluorescence (450-540 nm), which can clearly be discriminated from the monomer fluorescence (370-420 nm) emitted from PSE. Typically, a 10 micro L sample solution was mixed with 100 micro L of derivatization reagent solution, which was a mixture of 0.5 mm PSE in acetonitrile and 0.5 mm potassium carbonate in water (8:2, v/v). The derivatization was carried out at 100 degrees C for 90 min. The PSE derivative of histamine could be separated by reversed-phase ODS column with isocratic elution using acetonitrile:water (82:18, v/v) containing 0.03% triethylamine. The detection limit (singnal-to-noise ratio = 3) of histamine was 0.5 fmol for a 30 micro L injection. The method was successfully applied to the determination of histamine in human urine, and had enough selectivity and sensitivity for urinary histamine quantification.     

Determination of enrofloxacin and its primary metabolite, ciprofloxacin, in pig tissues. Application to residue studies

A simple and sensitive HPLC method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of enrofloxacin (ENR) and ciprofloxacin (CIP) in pig tissue using difloxacin (DIF) as internal standard. Tissue 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 and eluted with aqueous buffer solution-acetonitrile (80:20, v/v). The concentrations of CIP, ENR and DIF eluted from the column, with retention times of 2.20, 2.73 and 4.38 min, respectively, were monitored by fluorescence detection at lambda(ex) 276 and lambda(em) 442 nm. The detection and quantitation limit were 8 and 25 ng/g, respectively, for both compounds. Standard curves were linearly related to concentration in the range 25-400 ng/g. The consequences of the introduction of minor reasonable variations (ruggedness studies) have also been analysed. Finally, the measurement of the tissue levels of ENR and CIP in the pig tissues after oral administration confirmed the utility of the proposed method.     

罗丹明B显色检测Fenton反应产生的羟自由基

提出Fe2 H2O2 罗丹明B分析新体系并用于羟自由基的检测。方法用Fenton反应产生羟自由基,加入显色剂罗丹明B,羟自由基使罗丹明B的颜色发生变化,通过紫外 可见分光光度计测其ΔA值的变化,可间接测定羟自由基产生的量。通过测定条件的研究,探讨了最佳实验条件。该方法稳定,可作为一种简便的筛选抗氧化剂的方法。     

HPLC quantification of metoprolol with solid-phase extraction for the drug monitoring of pediatric patients

Although the analytical literature seems abundant for the determination of metoprolol in human plasma, a method using standard equipment providing a sensitive and simple high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for limited blood volume, e.g. where 1 mL of blood in a 1 kg infant equals 70 mL of adult blood volume, has rarely been addressed. Therefore, in 500 microL of plasma, metoprolol was extracted using an internal standard and solid-phase extraction columns. Chromatographic analysis was performed on a Spherisorb C(6) column (5 microm particle size) at ambient temperature and fluorimetric detection with an excitation wavelength of 225 nm, and emission wavelength of 310 nm. The mobile phase [30% acetonitrile and 70% 0.25 m potassium acetate buffer (pH 4)] was pumped with 1 mL/min. Metoprolol recovery was determined at 73.0 +/- 20.5%, and the limit of quantitation was 2.4 ng/mL. Precision values of intra- and inter-assay were below 15.5% and those for accuracy were between 90 and 110%. This method was developed for monitoring and determination of pharmacokinetic parameters of metoprolol in pediatric patients and therefore metoprolol plasma concentrations in a 2-year-old child with ventricular tachycardia are reported. .     

Quantitative determination of DRF-1042 in human plasma by HPLC: validation and application in clinical pharmacokinetics

A simple and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method has been developed and validated for the determination of DRF-1042, a novel orally active camptothecin (CPT) analog, in human plasma. The sample preparation was a simple deproteinization with acidified methanol yielding almost 100% recovery of DRF-1042. An isocratic reverse-phase HPLC separation was developed on a Supelcosil-LC318 column (250 x 4.6 mm, 5 microm) with mobile phase consisting of 1% v/v triethylamine acetate, pH 5.5 and acetonitrile (80:20, v/v) at a fl ow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The eluate was monitored with a fluorescence detector set at excitation and emission wavelengths of 370 and 430 nm, respectively. The standard curves were linear (r(2) > 0.999) in the concentration ranges 5.0-2004 ng/mL. The lower limit of quantification (LLQ) of the assay was 5 ng/mL. The mean measured quality control (QC) concentrations (range 5 ng/mL to 40 microg/mL) deviated from the nominal concentrations in the range of -10.5-0.08 and -14.5-7.97%, inter- and intra-day, respectively. The inter- and intra-day precisions in the measurement of QC samples at four tested concentrations, were in the range 0.64-5.89% relative standard deviation (RSD) and 0.33-14.7% RSD, respectively. The method was found to be suitable for measurement of plasma concentrations above the calibration curve after serial dilutions. Stability of DRF-1042 was confirmed in a battery of studies, viz., on bench-top, in the auto-sampler, in the stock solutions, after four quick freeze-thaw cycles, up to one month at -20 degree C in human plasma and up to 2 months in the ex vivo samples. The method is simple, sensitive and reliable and has been successfully implemented to investigate the clinical pharmacokinetics of DRF-1042 in cancer patients in a phase I clinical trial.     

A fully automated amino acid analyzer using NBD-F as a fluorescent derivatization reagent

A fully automated amino acid analyzer using NBD-F (4- fluoro-7-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole) as a fluorescent derivatization reagent was developed. The whole analytical process was fully automated from derivatization, injection to HPLC separation and quantitation. The derivatization reaction conditions were re-evaluated and optimized. Amino acids were derivatized by NBD-F for 40 min at room temperature in the borate buffer (pH 9.5). The derivatives were separated within 100 min and fluorometrically detected at 540 nm with excitation at 470 nm. The detection limits for amino acids were in the range of 2.8-20 fmol. The calibration curves were linear over the range of 20 fmol to 20 pmol on column with the correlation coefficients of 0.999. The coefficients of variation were less than 5% at 3 pmol injection for all amino acids. Amino acids in rat plasma were determined by the proposed HPLC method.     

Simultaneous determination of YM-64227, a phosphodiesterase type 4 inhibitor, and its five metabolites in dog plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection

We developed and validated a reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic method with fluorescence detection for the simultaneous determination of YM-64227 [4-cyclohexyl-1-ethyl-7-methylpyrido(2,3-d)pyrimidin-2-(1H)-one], a novel and selective phosphodiesterase type 4 inhibitor, and its fi ve hydroxylated metabolites in dog plasma. The plasma samples were extracted with tert-butyl methyl ether under alkali conditions. The analytes were well separated on a phenyl ethyl column (5 microm, 250 x 4.6 mm i.d.), opreating at 40 degrees C and using an acetonitrile-acetic acid gradient at a fl ow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The fluorescence signal was monitored at an excitation and emission wavelength of 330 and 400 nm, respectively. No interfering peak was observed at the retention time of YM-64227, its metabolites or the internal standard. The validated quantitation range of the method was 0.4-200 ng/mL for all analytes using 0.5 mL of the plasma sample. The recovery of analytes in the extraction process was more than 65.5%. The intra- and inter-assay precision was less than 5.1 and 12.6%, respectively, and the intra- and inter-assay accuracy ranged from -8.1 to 11.8% and -8.0 to 9.9%, respectively. Using this assay, the plasma concentration of YM-64227 and metabolites can be determined after the oral administration of YM-64227 to beagle dogs.     

锰离子参与的类Fenton反应的HPLC和ESR波谱研究

利用自旋捕捉-ESR技术及芳环羟基化反应-高效液相色谱(HPLC)法两种方法研究了Mn^2＋参与的类Fenton反应. 两种方法均检测到Mn^2＋与H₂O₂反应产生•OH. 建立了HPLC-荧光检测器对•OH的高灵敏快速检测方法. 检测了超氧化物歧化酶以及几种Mn^2＋配体对产生•OH的影响. 结果显示, Mn^2＋与H₂O₂反应可以发生类Fenton反应, 产生•OH. 这一现象可能是Mn^2＋引起生物体内氧化损伤的重要原因.     

褪色光度法测定Fenton反应产生的羟自由基及其应用

建立检测Fenton反应产生羟自由基的新方法。Fenton反应产生的羟自由基与苋菜红反应，颜色发生变化，用分光光度计测定其△A510值的变化，可间接测定羟自由基的生成量。通过对测定条件的研究，确定了体系最佳实验条件。抗氧化药物甘露醇、硫脲与羟自由基清除率具有明显的量效关系。测定了阿魏酸、芦丁等几种中药活性成分清除羟自由基的功能，此法可用于羟自由基清除剂的筛选及抗羟自由基机理研究。     

Rapid and sensitive determination of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine by micellar electrokinetic chromatography with on-line regenerating covalent coating

A rapid, sensitive and reproducible micellar electrokinetic chromatographic method using hexamethyldisilazane as on-line regenerating covalent coating was developed for the quantification of ephedrine (E) and pseudoephedrine (PE). E and PE were derivatized with 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazol for laser-induced fluorescence detection. The on-line regenerating covalent coating formed a combinative double coating with the subsequently produced dynamic SDS coating. The total coating can be easily removed and conveniently regenerated on-line. The simple coating procedure was described. By a series of optimization, a running buffer of 20 mm Na(2)B(4)O(7) + 16 mm SDS was applied for the separation of the derivatives. Linear relationships for E and PE were obtained in the range of 0.044-6.60 microg mL(-1) (correlation coefficients: 0.9975 for E, 0.9981 for PE), and the detection limits for E and PE were 1.71 and 0.67 ng mL(-1), respectively. The separation speed, the reproducibility and the sensitivity were much improved over those of other capillary electrophoresis methods more recently reported. The method was applied to the analysis of the two alkaloids in traditional herbal preparations with recoveries in the range 92.8-104.8%.     

HPLC investigation of free and bound propofol in human plasma and cerebrospinal fluid

The paper compares the total propofol concentration in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) with the free drug concentration in plasma measured in 35 humans scheduled for elective neurosurgical procedures during propofol anaesthesia. The concentrations of total and free propofol in the blood and CSF samples were measured by means of HPLC using liquid-liquid extraction and ultrafiltration in the sample preparation procedure. The arterial blood and CSF samples (collected from intraventricular drainage) were taken at the same time. According to the obtained results, the usually expected equality between free drug concentration in plasma and its total concentration in CSF is not valid for propofol: the unbound propofol concentration in plasma is not equal to its total concentration in CSF (p < 0.05). This difference suggests a substantial contribution of active transport in propofol transfer from blood into CSF. Moreover, the paper shows the presence of bound propofol in CSF, which is a novel finding.     

煤酸浆态床异构化制对苯二甲酸

在分别使用有机高沸点分散剂联苯和联三苯的条件下,以苯甲酸锌为催化剂,进行了煤氧化产物煤酸(水溶酸WSA)钾浆态床异构化制对苯二甲酸(TPA)的研究。主要考察了反应温度、催化剂用量、分散剂用量、二氧化碳初压和反应时间对TPA产率的影响。结果表明,在催化剂存在下煤酸可以转化成TPA。单独煤酸钾异构化时,以联苯为分散剂时较佳反应条件为温度420℃、压力3MPa、催化剂苯甲酸锌用量3%、分散剂用量60%、反应时间1h、TPA收率24.1%。以联三苯为分散剂时较佳反应条件为温度380℃、压力1MPa、催化剂苯甲酸锌用量3%、分散剂用量60%、TPA收率25.2%。煤酸钾与苯甲酸(BA)钾混合异构化时,以联苯为分散剂TPA产率可达60%,以联三苯为分散剂TPA产率可达62%。采用气相色谱对反应产物进行了定性和定量分析。     

Liquid chromatographic determination of nine N-methylcarbamates in drinking water

A multi-residue method for the simultaneous extraction from drinking water using solid-phase extraction on LiChrolut EN [poly(styrene-divinylbenzene), PSDVB] and determination of nine N-methylcarbamate pesticides (NMCs) (aldicarb, its metabolites i.e. aldicarb sulfone and aldicarb sulfoxide and carbaryl, carbofuran, dioxacarb, ethiofencarb, methomyl and propoxur) using reversed-phase liquid chromatography was studied. A 1000-fold pre-concentration was achieved and the method was used for determination of the nine pesticides in water, with limits of detection in the range 3-15 ng L(-1). For all compounds the recoveries determined at the 0.1 and 1 microg L(-1) level generally ranged from 85 to 104% with relative standard deviations (RSD) of 1.4-8.8%.     

Analysis of antioxidant compounds in sweet orange peel by HPLC-diode array detection-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

HPLC-diode array detection-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry was used to determine qualitatively and quantitatively the flavonoid content of several fractions and residues of extracts of Greek navel sweet orange peel (Citrus sinensis) from the region of southern Greece (Leonidi-Tripoli). The main groups of flavonoids found according to HPLC retention times, spectral data and literature references were polymethoxylated flavones, C-glycosylated flavones, O-glycosylated flavones, O-glycosylated flavanones, flavonols and phenolic acids and their derivatives. The ethyl acetate fraction which has been shown in previous work to possess the best radical scavenging activity among the others was found to contain C-glycosylated flavones, polymethoxylated flavones, O-glycosylated flavones, O-glycosylated flavanones, two phenolic acid derivatives and two unknown compounds, all in low concentrations. The group of C-glycosylated flavones was reported for the first time in the peel of Navel sweet orange. The C-glycosylated flavones found according to their spectral characteristics and literature were 6-C-beta-glucosyldiosmin, 6,8-di-C-glucopyranosylapigenin, 6,8-di-C-beta-glucosyldiosmin and two unknown. The results suggest that the ethyl acetate fraction of navel Citrus sinensis peel consists of significant antioxidant compounds and can be used as a food additive of natural origin or a pharmaceutical supplement using as a source of peel the byproducts of the orange juice industry.     

Reactivity of haloethanes with hydroxyl radicals: Effects of basis set and correlation energy on reaction energetics

Ab initio calculations on fluoroethane reactions with the hydroxyl radical have been carried out at different levels of theory. The convergence of reaction barriers and reaction enthalpies has been systematically investigated with respect to the size and quality of the basis set and the treatment of correlation energy. The G2 and MP2 barrier heights and reaction enthalpies show the best agreement with the experimental data. The split valence basis sets of triple-zeta quality supplemented by diffuse and polarization functions are necessary to reproduce experimental values for barrier heights and reaction enthalpies at the MP2 level of theory. The full counterpoise correction was used to calculate the basis set superposition error for several standard basis sets, including polarization and diffuse functions. The smallest counterpoise corrections are associated with basis sets that contain polarization and diffuse functions, the diffuse functions being the most effective in reducing BSSE. However, in our case, the uncorrected barrier heights are in better agreement with experimental results than the counterpoise-corrected data. Thus, at the MP2 level of theory, which seems to be dictated for larger electronic systems of chemical interest, the optimal approach is to increase the basis set to the maximum size affordable and to use results without counterpoise corrections for the calculation of reaction barriers. A viable alternative is the use of G2 theory because its results for the barrier heights and reaction enthalpies are in excellent agreement with the experimental data. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Comput Chem 18: 1190–1199     

Ab initio study of reactions of hydroxyl radicals with chloro‐ and fluoro‐substituted methanes

Ab initio calculations at the unrestricted Hartree–Fock (UHF) level have been performed to investigate the hydrogen abstraction reactions of ^? OH radicals with methane and nine halogen‐substituted methanes (F, Cl). Geometry optimization and vibrational frequency calculations have been performed on all reactants, adducts, products, and transition states at the UHF/6‐31G* level. Single‐point energy calculations at the MP2/6‐31++G* level using the UHF/6‐31G* optimized geometries have also been carried out on all species. Pre‐ and postreaction adducts have been detected on the UHF/6‐31G* potential energy surfaces of the studied reactions. Energy barriers, ΔE^?, reaction energies, ΔE_r, reaction enthalpies, ΔH_r, and activation energies, E_a, have been determined for all reactions and corrected for zero‐point energy effects. Both E_a and ΔH_r come into reasonable agreement with the experiment when correlation energy is taken into account and when more polarized and diffuse basis sets are used. The E_a values, estimated at the PMP2/6‐31++G* level, are found to be in good agreement with the experimental ones and correctly reproduce the experimentally observed trends in fluorine and chlorine substitution effects. A linear correlation between E_a and ΔH_r is obtained, suggesting the presence of an Evans–Polanyi type of relationship. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem 84: 426–440, 2001     

Theoretical and experimental interpretations of phenol oxidation by the hydroxyl radical

Phenol oxidation by OH radicals produced by the Fenton reaction was studied and the oxidation process was monitored by the UV–visible, ¹³C NMR and LC techniques. The results show that benzoquinone is formed. In the NMR and LC experiments, since the peaks corresponding to isomers ortho and para- benzoquinones are unresolved, DFT was used to determine the branching ratios of the isomers formation that coincides with their ΔG values (ortho > para > meta): 72% for ortho, 23% for para and 5.0% for meta. Furthermore, the energy profile of the OH attack at ortho is quite similar to that at the para position while the meta position attack is less favored by 2.0 kcal/mol.