The objective of this study was to improve primary-amine nitrogen (1°-N) quantification in dissolved organic matter (DOM) originating from natural waters where inorganic forms of N, which may cause analytical int...The objective of this study was to improve primary-amine nitrogen (1°-N) quantification in dissolved organic matter (DOM) originating from natural waters where inorganic forms of N, which may cause analytical interference, are commonly encountered. Efforts were targeted at elucidating organic-N structural criteria influencing the response of organic amines to known colorimetric and fluorescent reagents and exploring the use of divalent metal-assisted amide hydrolysis in combination with fluorescence analyse...展开更多
Amino acid neurotransmitters facilitate the transmission of nerve messages across the synapses and play essential roles in the control and regulation of a variety of functions in the central and peripheral nervous sys...Amino acid neurotransmitters facilitate the transmission of nerve messages across the synapses and play essential roles in the control and regulation of a variety of functions in the central and peripheral nervous system. In this study, we developed a sensitive and efficient method using high-performance liquid chromatography （HPLC） with fluorescence detection for the assay of five important amino acid n After derivatization with o-phthaldialdehyde （OPA）, aspartate （Asp）, glutamic acid （Glu）, glycine （Gly）, taurine （Tau） and ）,-aminobutyric acid （GABA） were simultaneously detected in the presence of the internal standard homoserine （Hse）. Precise separation of these five amino acids was achieved using isocratic elution within 24 min. Good linearity was found over the concentration range with correlation coefficients （r2） not less than 0.9998. The limit of detection （LOD） values were no more than 10 nmol/L. The intra- and inter-day reproducibility was adequate with the relative standard deviation （RSD） of 10.5% or below. This method has also been applied to the analysis of amino acids in the substantia nigra and striatum samples obtained from C57BL/6 mice.展开更多
A simply fabricated microfluidic device integrated with a fluorescence detection system has been developed for on-line determination of ammonium in aqueous samples. A 365-nm light-emitting diode （LED） as an excitati...A simply fabricated microfluidic device integrated with a fluorescence detection system has been developed for on-line determination of ammonium in aqueous samples. A 365-nm light-emitting diode （LED） as an excitation source and a minor band pass filter were mounted into a polydimethylsiloxane （PDMS）-based microchip for the purpose of miniaturization of the entire analytical system. The ammonium sample reacted with o-phthaldialdehyde （OPA） on-chip with sodium sulfite as reducing reagent to produce a fluorescent isoindole derivative, which can emit fluorescence signal at about 425 nm when excited at 365 nm. Effects of pH, flow rate of solutions, concentrations of OPA-reagent, phosphate and sulfite salt were investigated. The calibration curve of ammonium in the range of 0.018- 1.8 μg/mL showed a good linear relationship with R2 = 0.9985, and the detection limit was （S /N = 3） 3.6 × 10 4 μg/mL. The relative standard deviation was 2.8% （n = 11） by calculating at 0.18 μg/mL ammonium for repeated detection. The system was applied to determine the ammonium concentration in rain and river waters, even extent to other analytes fluorescence detection by the presented device.展开更多
基金the Andrew Mellon Foundation,NSF Biocomplexity Program (Richter)NSF Career Grant BES-9984489(Vasudevan)and the EPA-STAR program (Fimmen) for funding.
文摘The objective of this study was to improve primary-amine nitrogen (1°-N) quantification in dissolved organic matter (DOM) originating from natural waters where inorganic forms of N, which may cause analytical interference, are commonly encountered. Efforts were targeted at elucidating organic-N structural criteria influencing the response of organic amines to known colorimetric and fluorescent reagents and exploring the use of divalent metal-assisted amide hydrolysis in combination with fluorescence analyse...
文摘Amino acid neurotransmitters facilitate the transmission of nerve messages across the synapses and play essential roles in the control and regulation of a variety of functions in the central and peripheral nervous system. In this study, we developed a sensitive and efficient method using high-performance liquid chromatography （HPLC） with fluorescence detection for the assay of five important amino acid n After derivatization with o-phthaldialdehyde （OPA）, aspartate （Asp）, glutamic acid （Glu）, glycine （Gly）, taurine （Tau） and ）,-aminobutyric acid （GABA） were simultaneously detected in the presence of the internal standard homoserine （Hse）. Precise separation of these five amino acids was achieved using isocratic elution within 24 min. Good linearity was found over the concentration range with correlation coefficients （r2） not less than 0.9998. The limit of detection （LOD） values were no more than 10 nmol/L. The intra- and inter-day reproducibility was adequate with the relative standard deviation （RSD） of 10.5% or below. This method has also been applied to the analysis of amino acids in the substantia nigra and striatum samples obtained from C57BL/6 mice.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 90813015, 30772006)the National Basic Research Program (973) of China (No.2007CB714507)
文摘A simply fabricated microfluidic device integrated with a fluorescence detection system has been developed for on-line determination of ammonium in aqueous samples. A 365-nm light-emitting diode （LED） as an excitation source and a minor band pass filter were mounted into a polydimethylsiloxane （PDMS）-based microchip for the purpose of miniaturization of the entire analytical system. The ammonium sample reacted with o-phthaldialdehyde （OPA） on-chip with sodium sulfite as reducing reagent to produce a fluorescent isoindole derivative, which can emit fluorescence signal at about 425 nm when excited at 365 nm. Effects of pH, flow rate of solutions, concentrations of OPA-reagent, phosphate and sulfite salt were investigated. The calibration curve of ammonium in the range of 0.018- 1.8 μg/mL showed a good linear relationship with R2 = 0.9985, and the detection limit was （S /N = 3） 3.6 × 10 4 μg/mL. The relative standard deviation was 2.8% （n = 11） by calculating at 0.18 μg/mL ammonium for repeated detection. The system was applied to determine the ammonium concentration in rain and river waters, even extent to other analytes fluorescence detection by the presented device.
