Separation/preconcentration and determination of vanadium with dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction based on solidification of floating organic drop (DLLME-SFO) and electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

A novel dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction based on solidification of floating organic drop (DLLME-SFO) for separation/preconcentration of ultra trace amount of vanadium and its determination with the electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) was developed. The DLLME-SFO behavior of vanadium (V) using N-benzoyl-N-phenylhydroxylamine (BPHA) as complexing agent was systematically investigated. The factors influencing the complex formation and extraction by DLLME-SFO method were optimized. Under the optimized conditions: 100 μL, 200 μL and 25 mL of extraction solvent (1-undecanol), disperser solvent (acetone) and sample volume, respectively, an enrichment factor of 184, a detection limit (based on 3S_b/m) of 7 ng L⁻¹ and a relative standard deviation of 4.6% (at 500 ng L⁻¹) were obtained. The calibration graph using the preconcentration system for vanadium was linear from 20 to 1000 ng L⁻¹ with a correlation coefficient of 0.9996. The method was successfully applied for the determination of vanadium in water and parsley.     

Open tubular capillary electrochromatography: A useful microreactor for collagen I glycation and interaction studies with low-density lipoprotein particles

Diabetes, a multifunctional disease and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the industrialized countries, strongly associates with the development and progression of atherosclerosis. One of the consequences of high level of glucose in the blood circulation is glycation of long-lived proteins, such as collagen I, the most abundant component of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in the arterial wall. Glycation is a long-lasting process that involves the reaction between a carbonyl group of the sugar and an amino group of the protein, usually a lysine residue. This reaction generates an Amadori product that may evolve in advanced glycation end products (AGEs). AGEs, as reactive molecules, can provoke cross-linking of collagen I fibrils. Since binding of low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) to the ECM of the inner layer of the arterial wall, the intima, has been implicated to be involved in the onset of the development of an atherosclerotic plaque, collagen modifications, which can affect the affinity of native and oxidized LDL for collagen I, can promote the entrapment of LDLs in the intima and accelerate the progression of atherosclerosis.In this study, open tubular capillary electrochromatography is proposed as a new microreactor to study in situ glycation of collagen I. The kinetics of glycation was first investigated in a fused silica collagen I-coated capillary. Dimethyl sulphoxide, injected as an electroosmotic flow marker, gave information about the charge of coating. Native and oxidized LDL, and selected peptide fragments from apolipoprotein B-100, the protein covering LDL particles, were injected as marker compounds to clarify the interactions between LDLs and the glycated collagen I coating. The method proposed is simple and inexpensive, since only small amounts of collagen and LDL are required. Atomic force microscopy images complemented our studies, highlighting the difference between unmodified and glycated collagen I surfaces.     

Preparation of chlorogenic acid surface-imprinted magnetic nanoparticles and their usage in separation of Traditional Chinese Medicine

The chlorogenic acid (CGA) surface-imprinted magnetic polymer nanoparticles have been prepared via water-in-oil-in-water multiple emulsions suspension polymerization. This kind of molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles (MIPs) had the core-shell structure with the size of about 50 nm. Magnetic susceptibility was given by the successful encapsulation of Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles with a high encapsulation efficiency of 19.3 wt%. MIPs showed an excellent recognition and selection properties for the imprinted molecule CGA. The recognition capacity of MIPs was near three times than that of non-imprinted polymer nanoparticles (NIPs). Compared with the competitive molecule caffeic acid (CFA), the selectivity of MIPs for CGA was 6.06 times as high as that of NIPs. MIPs could be reused and regenerated, and their rebinding amount in the fifth use was up to 78.85% of that in the first use. The MIPs prepared were successfully applied to the separation of CGA from the extract of Traditional Chinese Medicine Honeysuckle.     

Magnetic and thermodynamic properties of NdT2Ge2 (T=Pd, Ag) compounds

Physical properties of NdPd₂Ge₂ and NdAg₂Ge₂, crystallizing with the tetragonal ThCr₂Si₂-type crystal structure, were investigated by means of magnetic, calorimetric, electrical transport as well as by neutron diffraction measurements. The specific heat studies and neutron diffraction measurements were performed down to 0.30 K and 0.47 K, respectively. Both compounds exhibit antiferromagnetic ordering below T_N equal to 1.5 K for NdPd₂Ge₂ and 1.8 K for NdAg₂Ge₂. Neutron diffraction data for the latter germanide indicate antiferromagnetic collinear structure described by the propagation vector k=(0.5, 0, 0.5). The Nd magnetic moments equal to 2.24(5) μ_B at 0.47 K are aligned along the a-axis and have the +− sequence within the crystal unit cell. For NdPd₂Ge₂ only very small Bragg peaks of magnetic origin were observed in the neutron diffraction patterns measured below T_N, thus hampering determination of the magnetic structure. Both compounds exhibit metallic-like electrical conduction. From the specific heat data the crystal electric field (CEF) levels schemes were determined. Difference between the overall CEF splitting in the two compounds is correlated with their structural parameters.     

肉牛饲料添加剂中铅含量的测定

利用火焰原子吸收光谱法(FAAS),测定了硫酸铜、硫酸锌、膨润土、米糠、氧化锌、菜渣、盐等7种肉牛饲料添加剂中铅(Pb)元素的含量.各添加剂的加标回收率在98%-108%之间,相对标准偏差(RSD)小于1.3%,具有良好的准确度和精确度.结果表明,试验中所测的硫酸铜、硫酸锌、氧化锌添加剂中铅含量严重超出国家标准.     

青海枸杞子中微量元素含量的测定

测定了青海枸杞子中锌、铜、锰、铅、砷、铁、硒等微量元素的含量。结果表明,青海枸杞子中含锌18.65μg/g,铜15.62μg/g,锰6.24μg/g,铅1.03μg/g,砷0.24μg/g,铁19.68μg/g,硒2.15μg/g,人体必需微量元素含量丰富,是枸杞具有极为重要的保健、防病、治病功能的重要原因之一。     

Teflon AF 2400管冷蒸气发生-原子荧光法分析烟草中的痕量汞

采用具有高气体渗透性和紫外光透过性的无定形聚四氟乙烯管(Teflon AF-2400)作为蒸气发生原子荧光系统的气液分离器和检测池,建立了微型化汞蒸气发生原子荧光检测系统。考察了Teflon AF-2400管长度、还原剂种类和浓度、酸介质种类和浓度、进样流速以及氩气流速对测量体系的影响。在优化实验条件下,该方法的线性范围为0.07~10μg/L(r=0.998 0),检出限为0.02μg/L,相对标准偏差(n=11)为3.3%。该系统体积小、样品消耗少、灵敏度高。方法已成功应用于卷烟样品中汞含量的检测,回收率为97%~102%。     

水产品中甲基汞测定的液相色谱-原子荧光光谱联用方法的改进

对本实验室前期建立的食品中甲基汞的液相色谱-原子荧光光谱联用测定方法进行了改进。采用无毒的半胱氨酸代替有毒试剂巯基乙醇作为流动相中的配位剂,流动相组成为5%(v/v)乙腈-1 g/L半胱氨酸-50 mmol/L乙酸铵水溶液,使汞化合物分离时间缩短至8 min。在优化条件下,甲基汞标准曲线的线性范围为1～50 μg/L,检出限(S/N=3)为0.3 μg/L。采用超声波辅助5 mol/L HCl提取样品中的甲基汞,提取液经C18固相萃取小柱净化后进样。鱼、虾、贝等不同种类水产动物样品以及水产类膳食样品的甲基汞加标回收率为89%～112%。对标准参考物质NIST1566b、BCR464和GBW10029以及英国食品分析水平评估计划(Food Analysis Performance Assessment Scheme, FAPAS)的罐装鱼肉样品(样品编号07115)的测定结果与参考物定值相符,验证了该方法的可靠性与准确性。本方法可满足食品中甲基汞检测的需要。     

磷酸超声提取大气颗粒物中砷的多种形态

以H<,3>PO<,4> 为提取剂,利用高效液相色谱与氢化物发生原子荧光光谱联用(HPLC-HG-AFS)实现了大气颗粒物中砷形态的温和提取测定,并通过标准样品的形态加标实验确定了最佳提取方法.在优化的色谱及光谱条件下,As(Ⅲ),As(Ⅴ),MMA(甲基胂酸)和DMA(二甲基胂酸)均可达基线分离,其方法检出限分别为1...     

玄参、生地黄、紫草等六种中药中微量元素含量的测定

为了解中药中微量元素的含量与其药物的作用机制关系,用原子吸收分光光度计测定了玄参、生地黄、紫草、水牛角、牡丹皮、赤芍中铁(Fe)、镁(Mg)、铜(Cu)、钙(Ca)、锌(Zn)、铬(Cr)、钼(Mo)等7种微量元素的含量.结果表明,Ca的含量最高,Cu的含量几乎最低.这6种中草药含有多种对人体有益的微量元素,与它们的药...