Study on Rhizoma Chuanxiong based on capillary electrophoresis with amperometric detection

A high-performance capillary electrophoresis with amperometric detection(CE-AD) method has been developed for the analysis of seven bioactive ingredients,namely ferulic acid(FA),vanillin,vanillic acid,p-hydroxybenzoic acid,caffeic acid,gallic acid and protocatechuic acid,in Rhizoma Chuanxiong.The effects of several factors such as the acidity and concentration of running buffer,the separation voltage,the applied potential to working electrode and the injection time were investigated.Under the optimum condit...

Studies of Active Ingredients in Cough Syrup by Capillary Zone Electrophoresis with Amperometric Detection

The present paper covers a simple, reliable and reproducible method, based on capillary zone electrophoresis(CZE) with amperometric detection(AD), for the separation and the determination of ephedrine hydrochloride, promethazine hydrochloride and codeine phosphate. Under the optimal conditions, the three analytes were base-line separated completely within 16 min. Good linear relationships between the peak heights and the concentrations of the three analytes were obtained with the correlation coefficients better than 0 9993. The method was directly applied to the determination of the active ingredients in pharmaceutical preparations and the assay results were satisfactory.

Determination of Roxithromycin Tablets by Capillary Electrophoresis Employing Non-aqueous Media with Square-wave Amperometric Detection

A new method of determination for roxithromycin tablets by non-aqueous capillary electrophoresis (NACE) with square-wave amperometric detection was carried out. Several parameters affecting the NACE-AD determination were studied. The data was modified by spline wavelet least square (SWLS). The method is simple, rapid and highly reliable for routine analysis.

Determination of neomycin in water samples by high performance anion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection

A simple, fast and reliable method, using high performance anion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection, had been developed for the analysis of neomycin in water samples. The elution and separation were carried out with an isocratic mobile phase, containing 10 mmol/L NaOH. The influence of the concentration and pH of the mobile phase on the separation and detection was investigated. A quadruple-potential waveform used for the detection was optimized. The detection limit of neomycin was down to 0.027 μg/mL. The linearity of neomycin calibration curve ranged from 0.050 to 0.505 μg/mL with correlation coefficient of 0.9997. R.S.D. (n = 11) was 4.0%.

Determination of phenolic whitening agents in cosmetics by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography with amperometric detection

A sensitive method for simultaneous determination of six phenolic whitening agents, including arbutin, phenol, resorcinol, hydroquinone, kojic acid, and salicylic acid in cosmetics has been developed using micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography with amperometric detection （MECC-AD）. Effects of several factors, such as the pH value and concentration of running buffer, potential applied to the working electrode, separation voltage, and injection time were investigated to obtain optimum conditions for separation and detection. With a 75 cm long fused-silica capillary tube, well-defined separation of six phenolic compounds was achieved in 10 mmol/L SDS/40 mmol/L H3BO3-Na2B407 running buffer （pH 9.0）. Good linear relationship was obtained for each analyte over three orders of magnitude with correlation coefficients （r2） between 0.9985 and 0.9994, and the detection limit （S/N = 3） ranged from 0.04 p^g/mL to 0.45 p^g/mL. The proposed method has been successfully applied for the determination of phenolic whitening agents in real cosmetic samples with satisfactory results, providing an alternative monitoring method for cosmetics safety regulation.

Determination of Four Active Ingredients in Vc Yinqiao Tablets by Capillary Zone Electrophoresis with Amperometric Detection

A simple, reliable and reproducible method, based on capillary zone electrophoresis with amperometric detection （CZE-AD）, has been developed for simultaneous determination of four active ingredients in Vc Yinqiao tablets including paracetamol, vitamin C, caffeic acid and chlorogenic acid. A carbon-disk electrode was used as working electrode and 0.95 V （versus SCE） was selected as detection potential. The optimal conditions of CZE experiment were 30 mmol·L^-1 borate solution （pH 9.5） as running buffer, 14 kV as separation voltage and 8 s （14 kV） as electro-kinetic sampling time. Under the selected optimum conditions, paracetamol, vitamin C, caffeic acid and chlorogenic acid could be perfectly separated within 22 min, and their detection limits （S/N=3） ranged from 5×10^-7 to 1 ×10^-6 mol·L^-1. This proposed method demonstrated good reproducibility with relative standard deviations of less than 3% for both migration time and peak current （n=7）. The utility of this method was demonstrated by monitoring a kind of compound medicine named Vc Yinqiao tablets and the assay results were satisfactory.

Simultaneous Determination of Catecholamines and Related Metabolites by Capillary Electrophoresis with Amperometric Detection

An electrophoretic method was developed for the determination of several important catecholamine markers, namely norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine, metanephrine, vanillylmandelic acid and homovanillic acid in urine samples. Under the optimum conditions, the six marker compounds could be well separated with the major coexisting interference compound uric acid within 24 rain at a separation voltage of 16 kV in a borate running buffer （80 mmol/L, pH=9.48）. Highly linear response can be obtained over three orders of magnitude for the above markers with the low limits of detection ranging from 1.0 ng/mL to 5.0 ng/mL（S/N=3）. The proposed capillary electrophoresis with amperometric detection（CE-AD） method has been used to simultaneously determine the six catecholamine markers in urine samples of healthy volunteers and patients suffering from different diseases avoiding redundant measurements and high assay cost; and the electrochemical profiles can suggest more diagnostic information of multiple diseases, which provides a promising and convenient entry into primary diagnoses of several clinical diseases.

Determination of isoniazid and hydrazine by capillary electrophoresis with amperometric detection at a Pt-particle modified carbon fiber microelectrode

Capillary electrophoresis (CE)/electrochemical detection (EC) for the simultaneous determination of hydrazine and isoniazid has been developed. The electrochemical method uses a novel modified electrode dispersed with ultrafine platinum particles on the surface of a 30 mu m carbon fiber microelectrode. The unique characteristic of the Pt-particles modified carbon fiber microelectrode is its excellent stability. The current measurement for hydrazine is more sensitive than that of isoniazid. Selective determination of trace amount of free hydrazine in isoniazid and its formulation can be achieved at applied potential of 0.5 V.

Open Tubular Microreactor with Enzyme Functionalized Micro- fluidic Channel for Amperometric Detection of Glucose

A simple and efficient method using enzyme immobilized microfluidic channel as open tubular microreactor was designed for amperometric detection of glucose. The microreactor was composed of a polydimethylsilicone/ glass hybrid device with three reservoirs, a cooling cave and a 6 cm capillary with a sampling fracture as micro-channel. The microchannel was further modified by thermal polymerization, followed by covalently attaching with glucose oxidase. Through fracture sampling and electrochromatography separation, the production via enzymatic reaction was determinated by Pt electrode at the end of capillary. The linear range for the detection of glucose was 0.05--7.5 mmol·L-1 with detection limit of 23μmol.L-1 The inter-and intra-chip reproducibilities for determination of 2.5 mmol-L-1 glucose were 98.5% （n=5） and 96.0% （n=5）, respectively. With the advantage of flexible assembly, rapid efficiency, good stability and low-cost, this microreactor provided a potential platform for estab- lishing a portable enzyme-based chemical detection system in practical application.

Capillary Zone Electrophoresis with Amperometric Detection for Composition Analysis of Laminarin

The composition of laminarin was firstly determined by analyzing its hydrolysis monosaccharides with capillary zone electrophoresis-amperometric detection (CZE-AD). Under the selected optimum conditions, fucose, galactose, glucose, mannose and xylose, which are hydrolysis products of laminarin, could be perfectly separated within 20 min and showed significant current responses at copper electrodes. The linear ranges of fucose, galactose and glucose were from 1.0×10 -6 to 2.0×10 -4 mol·L -1, those of mannose and xylose were from 5.0×10 -6 to 2.0×10 -4 mol·L -1, and their detection limits were at 10 -7 mol·L -1 level (S/N=3). The molar ratio of fucose, galactose, glucose, mannose and xylose in laminarin was 10.5∶2.8∶1.0∶7.3∶3.4 and the purity of this polysaccharide leached by the introduced leaching method was 95.7%. Compared to usual UV-vis and other spectrometric methods, analyzing polysaccharide by this method has some merits of quickness, low-volume sampling, simple instrumentation, high sensitivity and high reproducibility.

Amperometric Detection of Histamine and Amino Acid Neurotransmitters in Capillary Electrophoresis with Copper Microelectrodes

Copper microelectrodes were used in microvoltammetry to detect histamine and several amino acid neurotransmitters. High sensitivity was obtained through the use of copper microelectrodes, and detection limits of 50 nmol/L and 90 nmol/L were obtained for histamine and histidine, respectively. Furthermore, histamine and several amino acids neurotransmitters were firstly separated and detected by capillary electrophoresis with amperometric detection on copper microelectrodes. Mass limits of 490 amol and 440 amol were achieved for histamine and histidine, respectively, by using this mothod.

Electrocatalytic Oxidation and Ion Chromatography Detection of S_2O^(2-)_3, SO^(2-)_3, I^- and SCN^- at Glassy Carbon Electrode with Functionalized Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Film

In this research, a glassy carbon electrode modified with the functionalized multi-wall carbon nanotubes(MWNT-COOHs) film was used as an amperometric sensor for the determination of S_2O^(2-)_3, SO^(2-)_3, I^- and SCN^-. The electrochemical behavior of those oxidizable inorganic anions at this modified electrode was studied by means of cyclic voltammetry(CV). The experimental results indicate that the modified electrode exhibits a high electrocatalytic activity towards the oxidation of those anions with a relatively high sensitivity, a good stability and a long-life. Separated by ion chromatography(IC) with 1.25 mmol/L H_2SO_4 as an eluent, those oxidizable anions can be determined by the MWNT-COOHs modified electrode successfully. Under the optimal chromatographic conditions, the detection limits are 1.5×10^(-7) mol/L for S_2O^(2-)_3, 2.5×10^(-7) mol/L for SO^(2-)_3, 1.2×10^(-7) mol/L for I^- and 2.0×10^(-7) mol/L for SCN^-, respectively. The method was applied successfully to the determination of those anions in environmental water

Detection of Catecholic Compounds with Field-ampilfied CZE-Amperometry

On-column sample stacking technique has been used extensively in capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) to enhance the sensitivity of the measurements with UV-Vis detection. However, the detection limits for CZE-separation are still limit- ed due to the poor sensitivity of a UV-Vis detector. We incorporated field-amplified sample stacking technique into CZE with amperometric detection. Compared with the conventional electromigration injection , a negative peak of water was observed and a great enhancement of signals was obtained. The results in phosphate buffer with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS ) and 2-N-(morpholino) ethane sulphonic acid ( MES ) buffer were compared. Subnanomolar concentration limits for cate- cholamine neurotransmitters (dopamine, norepinephrine , epinephriine) and isopro- terenol were achieved in the 25 um capillary with two or three orders of magnitude lower than those with amperometric detection reported previously.

Simultaneous determination of active ingredients in blueberry wine by CE-AD

A method based on capillary electrophoresis coupled with amperometric detection（CE-AD） has been developed for the separation and determination of kaempferol,ferulic acid,vanillic acid,caffeic acid,gallic acid and protocatechuic acid in blueberry wine for the first time.In order to get the optimum conditions of separation,the effects of working electrode potential,pH value and concentration of running buffer,separation voltage and injection time on CE-AD were investigated.Under the optimum conditions, the analytes could be separated in Na_2B_4O_7-KH_2PO_4 buffer at pH 7.8 within 18 min.A 300μm diameter carbon disk electrode had good current responses at ＋0.95 V（vs.SCE） for all analytes.The responses were linear with concentrations over three orders of magnitude with detection limits（S/N = 3） at 10^（-8） g/mL magnitude for the analytes and the recoveries were in the range of 95.8- 106.7%.The method could be successfully applied to the analysis of real sample with satisfactory results and therefore recommended for use by the quality control departments of fruit wine producers.

Electrochemical Determination of Salivary N-Acetylneuraminic Acid by Miniaturized Capillary Electrophoresis Coupled with Sample Stacking

Due to their important biological role as markers for different pathologies, sialic acid （SA） analyses are important for clinical research. In this work, a miniaturized capillary electrophoresis with amperometrie detection （mini-CE-AD） was developed for the determination of N-aeetylneuraminic acid （NANA）, which is the most widespread form of SAs. NANA was first oxidized by periodic acid in an acidic solution, and then the oxidation product β-formyl pyruvic acid was derivatized with electroactive 2-thiobarbituric acid （TBA） to form an electroactive NANA-TBA adduct, which could be readily determined by mini-CE-AD. The limit of detection （LOD） of NANA-TBA could achieve 0.50 μg/mL （1.6 μmol·L-1, S/N=3） based on an online enrichment approach of moving chemical reaction boundary. The proposed method was successfully applied to the analysis of NANA in human saliva, and the recoveries were in the range of 91.8%-109% with RSDs of 1.8%-3.9%. Due to its simple design and construction, low cost and portability, the mini-CE-AD device will possess more practicability in more field work as an alternative to conventional and microchip CE approaches.