Simultaneous sample preparation for high-performance liquid chromatographic determination of Vitamin A and β-carotene in emulsified nutritional supplements after solid-phase extraction

Determination of small amounts of the fat-soluble species Vitamin A (VA) (2.5 μg/g) and β-carotene (9 μg/g) from emulsified nutritional supplements containing 50 kinds of co-existing compounds and a fat content between 2000 and 8000 times higher was performed by solid-phase extraction (SPE) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection set at ex. 350 nm and em. 480 nm, and visible detection at 450 nm using an Inertsil ODS 80A (5 μm) analytical column. Mobile phases of methanol-ethanol (50:50) and acetonitrile-ethanol (70:30) were used for the both vitamins. A Bond Elut C₁₈ cartridge was chosen for SPE after comparison with eight other types of SPE cartridge. Retention time of VA and β-carotene was 7 and 8 min, respectively, giving a limit of detection of ca. 0.1 ng per injection at a signal-to-noise ratio 3:1. Recoveries of VA and β-carotene were over 90% by the standard addition method. Relative standard deviation of VA and β-carotene were ca. 2.9 (n=5) and 2.3% (n=5), respectively.     

纳米多孔双金属氧化物在镍钛合金纤维上的原位生长及其对多环芳烃的选择性固相微萃取

采用阳极氧化法在镍钛合金(NiTi)纤维上原位生长了双金属氧化物纳米孔(NiTiONPs)涂层,通过扫描电镜(SEM)和能谱(EDS)考察了电解质组成和电压对形貌的影响。将NiTiONPs涂层的NiTi纤维与高效液相色谱-紫外检测器联用,研究了4种典型芳香分析物的萃取性能。结果表明,富含TiO2的NiTiONPs涂层对多环芳烃(PAHs)具有良好的萃取效率,尤其对苯并[a]芘的萃取选择性优于市售聚二甲基硅氧烷纤维和聚丙烯酸酯纤维。在优化条件下,PAHs的线性范围为0.05~200μg/L,相关系数均大于0.999,检出限为0.012~0.134μg/L。对单支纤维日内和日间分析的相对标准偏差(RSDs)分别为4.0%~5.5%和6.0%~6.8%,使用分批组装的5支纤维分析的RSDs为6.4%~7.6%。实际水样分析的加标回收率为84.5%~111.5%。所制备NiTi纤维至少可重复使用250次以上,重现性好。     

Gas Chromatographic Method for Routine Determination of Oleanolic and Ursolic Acids in Medicinal Plants

Summary A rapid and simple gas chromatographic method has been established for routine analysis of free oleanolic and ursolic acids in dried samples of medicinal herbs. Soxhlet extraction of triterpenes was followed by solid-phase extraction (SPE). Amounts of the compounds were measured by gas chromatography after silylation of the purified samples. Experiments were performed to establish the optimum conditions (e.g. solvent, and mode and duration of extraction) for calibration curve linearity, sensitivity, reproducibility, and recovery. The conditions used for derivatization and gas chromatographic analysis resulted in an improvement on literature data. The method devised enables accurate routine measurement of many samples in quite a short time (e.g. for chemotaxonomical screening, or quality control of herbal drugs). The practical application of the method was illustrated on five Lamiaceae species.     

Solid-phase synthesis of N-labeled acylpentamines as reference compounds for the MS/MS investigation of spider toxins

A solid-phase route for synthesis of ¹⁵N-labeled acylpolyamines is described. Utilizing alkylation at benzylic N-atom as a key step, ¹⁵N-atoms are incorporated by stepwise construction of the polyamine framework on the solid support. The derivatives were used as reference compounds for the investigation of the MS/MS behavior of spider toxins.     

Quantification of free and total salicylic acid in plants by solid-phase extraction and isocratic high-performance anion-exchange chromatography

Salicylic acid (SA) is an important signaling compound in plants and is involved in various defense responses. Here we report a new method for quantification of free and total soluble SA in Arabidopsis thaliana with 5-fluorosalicylic acid (5-FSA) as internal standard. The SA was isolated from leaf extracts by solid-phase extraction with phenyl-phase cartridges and selectively eluted as the cationic iron(III)-complex. Recoveries of SA and 5-FSA were equal and exceeded 90%. Free SA was subsequently released from the iron(III)-complex by addition of 2,2-bipyridyl and high-performance anion-exchange chromatography was performed on an NH₂ column. The SA appeared as last peak with a retention time of 15 min, baseline-separated from other substances. On-line detection was performed fluorimetrically for both SA and 5-FSA at an excitation wavelength of 300 nm and an emission wavelength of 410 nm, because both substances give similar fluorescence spectra. The detection limit for SA was 5 ng g^–1 FW for a sample size of 100 mg. Thus the main advantages of the method are highly selective sample preparation, increased sensitivity, reduced analysis time compared with reversed-phase HPLC, and use of a novel internal standard detectable under the same conditions as SA. The techniques described are applicable to other plant materials.     

A new approach for the solid-phase synthesis of pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepines involving reductive cleavage

A methodology based on reductive cleavage followed by cyclization, for the solid-phase synthesis of pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepines employing DIBAL-H, is described.     

固相微萃取参数选择及其对有机锡分析的影响

固相微萃取是一种新型的、不断发展和完善的样品前处理方法，它与其它技术联用可对多种样品基体中挥发、半挥发性有机化合物进行测定。目前，该技术在毒性金属有机化合物中的应用很少。本文分析参数选择对固相微萃取的影响的同时，还对其在有机锡化合物分析中的应用作了综述。     

Combinatorial synthesis of amino acid- and peptide-carbohydrate conjugates on solid phase

Carbohydrates are useful polyfunctional scaffold molecules which allow the selective attachment of a number of different side chains. The combinatorial solid phase synthesis of diverse amino acid or peptide conjugates of a polyfunctional glucose scaffold based on a set of selectively removable and orthogonally stable protecting groups is described. The resulting carbohydrate-peptide hybrids constitute potential turn mimetics.