SPE/HPLC/UV studies on acrylamide in deep-fried flour-based indigenous Chinese foods

A fast and cost-effective method using HPLC/UV has been developed for determination of acrylamide in deep-fried flour-based leaven dough foods available in Hong Kong. The samples were purified by a simple solid-phase extraction method which combined Oasis HLB and Bond Elut-Accucat cartridges. The aqueous sample solution was centrifuged at 14,500 ×g and 0 °C for 15 min to successfully remove the fat in the samples. A gradient elution program and a mobile phase of 4.0% v/v acetonitrile in water allowed sufficient retention and well resolved acrylamide from the food matrices in the sample extracts. Acrylamide was detected at UV wavelengths of 210 and 225 nm. The amounts of acrylamide in eight food samples were 27-198 μg/kg when 1-g samples were analyzed. The recoveries of acrylamide were larger than 78.0% and the precisions were 2.1-10.9% (n = 3). Our proposed method is especially relevant for analyzing acrylamide in those oily food matrices.     

Interference study on the free calcium in the human peripheral lymphocyte by acrylamide

The role of acrylamide on the human peripheral lymphocytes was studied by laser scanning confocal microscopy technique and fluo-3. The calibration value of the apparent dissociation constant （Kd） of the fluo-3-Ca^2＋ complex was obtained as 4.83 × 10^-7 moi/L. Acrylamide （〈54 μg/mL） evoked a rise in free intracellular calcium concentration [Ca^2＋]i, in a dosedependent manner. Acrylamide induced the increase of [Ca^2＋]i was discussed in detail.     

β-硝基苯乙烯衍生物与丙烯酰胺及N-溴代丁二酰亚胺的区域专一性氨溴加成反应

以β-硝基苯乙烯衍生物为底物,丙烯酰胺和N-溴代丁二酰亚胺(NBS)为氮源和卤素源,建立了碳-碳双键上的选择性氨溴加成反应新体系.以二氯甲烷为溶剂,在没有惰性气体保护及乙醇钠促进下,β-硝基苯乙烯衍生物与丙烯酰胺和NBS于室温反应即可高收率地获得α-氨基-β,β-二溴加成产物,最高收率达83%;以甲醇为溶剂,在无水碳酸钠作用下,β-甲基-β-硝基苯乙烯衍生物也可高收率地获得相应的邻位氨溴加成产物,最高收率达97%.共考察了25种不同结构β-硝基苯乙烯衍生物的氨溴加成反应,结果表明,该反应具有广泛的适应性.采用核磁共振波谱及质谱表征了产物的结构,并提出了可能的反应机理.     

对甲氧基苯辛基二甲基烯丙基氯化铵与丙烯酰胺共聚动力学研究

采用定时取样研究了以过硫酸钾-亚硫酸氢钠为引发剂,对甲氧基苯辛基二甲基烯丙基氯化铵(ADMAAC)和丙烯酰胺(AM)在水溶液中的共聚反应动力学,测定了相应的聚合速率方程、聚合表观活化能;采用阴阳离子相互作用测定残余ADMAAC的含量,紫外分光光度法测定残余AM的含量,根据单体投料量和残余量差值,得到低转化率下共聚物的组成,按Kelem-Tudos法得到两单体竞聚率。实验结果表明:聚合反应温度在40℃下,聚合速率方程为:Rp=K[M]1.241[KPS]0.52[SHS]0.55;根据Arrhenius经验公式计算出对甲氧基苯辛基二甲基烯丙基氯化铵(ADMAAC)和丙烯酰胺(AM)共聚的表观活化能为73.85kJ/mol,高于AM水溶液均聚合的活化能Ea(70.32kJ/mol);两种单体的竞聚率为rADMAAC=0.197、rAM=4.503,为ADMAAC-AM共聚合反应控制确定了重要的动力学参数。两单体的竞聚率的积小于1,ADMAAC与AM共聚合行为类型是一种无恒比点的非理想共聚行为,共聚物组成曲线,在对角线下方。     

Grafting of Acrylamide On 1, 1, 2, 2-Tetra-Chloroethane Preswelled Polyethylene Terephthalate) Films Using Azobisisobutyronitrile Initiator

Abstract

Graft polymerization of acrylamide (AAm) on 1, 1, 2, 2 tetrachloro-ethane (TCE) preswelled poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) films were performed with chemical initiation method using asobisiso-butyronitrile (AIBN) initiator. Temperature was found to have a greater effect on the swelling then the swelling time. Variation of the graft yield with polymerization temperature, time, AIBN concentration, AAm concentration, AIBN and AAm inclusion times were investigated. The optimum temperature for grafting was found to be 70°CC. The graft yield was observed to increase with polymerization time, AAm concentration, initiator and monomer diffusion time up to a saturation graft yield and then leveled off. An increase in AIBN concentration first enhanced the percent grafting then showed a decrease. The addition of some salts (Ni²⁺, Cr³⁺, Co²⁺, Cu²⁺) on the rate of grafting was also investigated. From the temperature dependence of the initial rate of grafting, the overall activation energy was found to be 4. 1 kcal/mol and relevant rate equation have been derived. The effect of grafting on film propities, such as water absorption capacity, intrinsic viscosity were determined. Grafted films were characterized by FTIR spectros-copy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).     

Tryptophan exposure and accessibility in the chitooligosaccharide-specific phloem exudate lectin from pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima). A fluorescence study

The exposure and accessibility of the tryptophan residues in the chitooligosaccharide-specific pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) phloem exudate lectin (PPL) have been investigated by fluorescence spectroscopy. The emission λ_max of native PPL, seen at 338 nm was red-shifted to 348 nm upon denaturation by 6 M Gdn.HCl in the presence of 10 mM β-mercaptoethanol, indicating near complete exposure of the tryptophan residues to the aqueous medium, whereas a blue-shift to 335 nm was observed in the presence of saturating concentrations of chitotriose, suggesting that ligand binding leads to a decrease in the solvent exposure of the tryptophan residues. The extent of quenching was maximum with the neutral molecule, acrylamide whereas the ionic species, iodide and Cs⁺ led to significantly lower quenching, which could be attributed to the presence of charged amino acid residues in close proximity to some of the tryptophan residues. The Stern–Volmer plot for acrylamide was linear for native PPL and upon ligand binding, but became upward curving upon denaturation, indicating that the quenching occurs via a combination of static and dynamic mechanisms. In time-resolved fluorescence experiments, the decay curves could be best fit to biexponential patterns, for native protein, in the presence of ligand and upon denaturation. In each case both lifetimes systematically decreased with increasing acrylamide concentrations, indicating that quenching occurs predominantly via a dynamic process.     

Evaluation of sieving matrices used to separate alleles by cycling temperature capillary electrophoresis

Denaturing CE (DCE) is a powerful tool for analysis of DNA variation. The development of commercial multi-CE instruments allows large-scale studies of DNA variation (many samples and many fragments). However, the cost of consumables like capillary arrays and sieving matrix might limit the use of DCE in such studies. Thus, we have tested 72 different in-house formulated sieving matrices' ability to suppress EOF and separate PCR-amplified alleles with the DCE variant, cycling temperature CE (CTCE). The data herein demonstrate that alleles can be baseline-separated by use of PVP and poly(N,N-dimethyl acrylamide) polymers at various percentages and pH. Allele separation by CTCE is matrix-independent and consequently applicable to any capillary instrument used for DNA separation. Formulation of sieving matrix for CTCE was done by dissolving appropriate amount of polymer powder into the running buffers. Allele separation was observed at different pH (7.5-8.5), concentrations and molecular size of the polymer, without compromising the separation and reproducibility. Finally, the cost reduction of homemade matrices is more than 1000-fold as compared to commercial sieving matrices.     

Capillary electrophoresis for capture and concentrating of target nucleic acids by affinity gels modified to contain single-stranded nucleic acid probes

Selective capture and pre-concentration of target nucleic acids from relatively complicated samples may provide a method to facilitate introduction to a microfluidic-based detection system to improve detection limits. An acrylamide polymer gel modified with Acrydite^™ that contained 20mer oligonucleotide probe was prepared and loaded into a capillary column. The results indicated that the amount of probe DNA that was captured into the acrylamide was about 40% of the starting monomer, and different quantities of probe could therefore be coupled into the gel. The gel was passivated by pre-treatment with non-complementary DNA oligonucleotide to block non-selective adsorption sites, and the gel was determined to be stable for multiple cycles of use. The probe could hybridize with target sequences that were introduced by electrokinetic injection from a sample solution. The target could be freed from the polymer gel by use of a combination of heating, chaotropic salt and voltage conditions. Target capture efficiency was up to 90% when using samples that did not saturate probe sites in the columns, and recovery of target from the gel could be as high as 95%.     

Analysis of acrylamide in coffee and cocoa by isotope dilution liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

An accurate and precise method for the quantification of acrylamide using stable isotope dilution liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry was developed and used to measure acrylamide in coffee and cocoa samples. The sample preparation involved extraction of the analyte and its internal standard, ¹³C₃-acrylamide, into water and subsequent defatting of the aqueous extract with dichloromethane. An aliquot of the resulting aqueous extract was then azeotropically dried under reduced pressure and subsequently purified using an aminopropyl-bonded silica cartridge. The purified extracts were then chromatographed on a 5-μm 2.1×150 mm Hypercarb column, the effluent of which was monitored for the analyte and its internal standard using positive-ion APCI-selected reaction monitoring. The intra-laboratory reproducibility of the method, expressed as a relative coefficient of variation (%, n=5), was determined at four levels of concentration (12.3, 42.3, 139.3 and 464.8 μg kg⁻¹) and was found to vary between 0.6–2.5%. The accuracy of the method was assessed using a reference sample of coffee. The average result obtained using our method differed from the assigned value of the reference material by less than 1%. An analysis of a cocoa sample revealed that the method is capable of precisely estimating acrylamide in challenging matrices down to a level of at least 12.3 μg kg⁻¹.     

Direct Route to a New Class of Acrylamide Thioglycosides and Their Conversions to Pyrazole Derivatives

A new method for preparation of a new class of acrylamide thioglycosides via a one-pot reaction of potassium 2-cyanoethylene-1-thiolate salts with 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-α-D-gluco- and galactopyranosyl bromides has been studied. The E-configuration of these thioglycosides were proven by their transformations to the corresponding 5-aminopyrazoles.