Pharmacokinetics and Biodegradation of Chitosan in Rats

Chitosan, an excellent biomedical material, has received a widespread in vivo application. In contrast, its metabolism and distribution once being implanted were less documented. In this study, the pharmacokinetics and biodegradation of fluorescein isothiocyanate(FITC) labeled and muscle implantation administrated chitosan in rats were investigated with fluorescence spectrophotometry, histological assay and gel chromatography. After implantation, chitosan was degraded gradually during its distribution to diverse organs. Among the tested organs, liver and kidney were found to be the first two highest in chitosan content, which was followed by heart, brain and spleen. Urinary excretion was believed to be the major pathway of chitosan elimination, yet 80% of chitosan administered to rats was not trackable in their urine. This indicated that the majority of chitosan was degraded in tissues. In average, the molecular weight of the degradation products of chitosan in diverse organs and urine was found to be <65 k Da. This further confirmed the in vivo degradation of chitosan. Our findings provided new evidences for the intensive and safe application of chitosan as a biomedical material.

Determination of Enantiomeric Compositions of Tryptophan by Chemometric Analysis of the Fluorescence Spectra of Bovine Serum Albumin Receptor-ligand Mixtures

In this work, a novel method was constructed to determine the enantiomeric composition of tryptophan （Trp） by bovine serum albumin （BSA） based on the fluorescence spectra of the receptor-ligand mixtures coupled with partial least squares （PLS-1） analysis. As a result the enantiomeric composition of Trp was accurately determined.

The auxin concentration in sixteen Chinese marine algae

The author determined the occurrence of indole-3-acetic acid in sixteen Chinese marine algae collected from the east coast of China with fluorescence spectrophotometry (FS) and wheat coleop- tile bioanalysis methods (WCB). The concentration of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) presented was from 1.1–46.9 ng/g Fw (fresh weight) with FS and 5.3–110.2 ng/g Fw with WCB. The results by the two meth- ods were in the orders of 10-3–103 ng/g Fw reported previously from multiple references.

Determination of Doxycycline by Europium Ion Fluorescence Probe Sensitized by Surfactant

The fluorescence property of europium(Ⅲ)-doxycycline(DC) complex and the effect of reaction condition were studied. It is found that in the buffer solution of Na_2B_4O_7-NaOH at pH 9.63 europium can react with doxycycline to form a complex. After intramolecular energy transfer, the system shows the characteristic fluorescence of Eu 3+. The fluorescence intensity can be enhanced again in addition of non-ionic surfactant Triton X-100 with λ_ ex=375 nm, λ_ em=617 nm. Based on this, a new method using europium ion as fluorescent probe for the determination of trace doxycycline was proposed. The fluorescence intensity is linearly related to the doxycycline concentration in the range of 2.8×10 -6～2.46×10 -5 mol·L -1 with correlation coefficient 0.9973. The detection limit was 1.35×10 -8 mol·L -1. It is applied to the determination of doxycycline in pharmaceutical preparations and in serum satisfactorily. The recovery is within the range of 93%～103%.

Determination of hydroxyl radical in organic wastewater treatment by electrochemical oxidation

A method of detection hydroxyl radical （ · OH） produced by electrochemical oxidation in organic wastewater treatment was developed. Benzoic acid with weak fluorescence may reacted with hydroxyl radical to produce 3-hydroxybenzonic acid with intense fluorescence, whose characteristic fluorescence excitation and e- mission wavelength were at 305 nm and 410 nm. The 3-hydroxybenzonic acid was separated from electroehenaical oxidation system by HPLC. Two major hydroxylated products were quantified corresponding to 3-hydroxybenzonic, 4-hydroxybenzonic acid. Therefore the quantity of hydroxyl radical in the reactive system should be primarily calculated. The optimal experimental program was obtained by studying the determination conditions, which were benzoic acid of 1.0 mmol/L, electrolysis time of 60 min, current density of 39 mA/cm^2 , supporting electrolyte （Na2SO4 ） of 0. 02 mol/L, and the low rate of sparged-air of 25 mL/s. The results show that this method is stable, sinaple and rapid and can be used as a convenient method for the determination of hydroxyl radical.

Direct Determination of Migration Amount of Fluorescent Whitening Agents in Facial Mask

Facial mask is a kind of skin care cosmetics, in which fluorescent whitening agents（FWAs） were added to make face skin look whiter and brighter. In this work, pig skin was used instead of human skin to test the methods. Three methods, including pig skin migration fluorescent spectrophotometry（FS）, fiber paper migration FS, and fiber paper migration visual colourimetry（VC）, were developed for determining the migration amount of FWAs from facial mask to pig skin. In the methods, a self-assembly light source and fluorescence collecting unit was used. The unit can be easily moved and the measurement was very convenient. Some experimental conditions were optimized. The fiber paper migration VC can give semi-quantitative results and was the simplest one in the three methods because collec- tion, separation and detection of the fluorescence were not needed. Both the pig skin migration FS and fiber paper migration FS can give quantitative results and compared with fiber paper migration FS, the pig skin migration FS could give more practical results by simulating the real way of using facial mask. The limits of detection for disodium 4,4＇-bis[（4-anilino-6-hydroxyethylamion-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl）amion]stilbene-2,2＇-disulphonate（VBL） obtained by pig skin migration FS and fiber paper migration FS were 0.03 and 0.05 mg/m2, respectively. 96 kinds of samples were analyzed and the migration amounts of FWAs in 21 kinds of samples were detectable. Correlations between migration amounts obtained by the three methods were very good. Experimental results indicate that the present methods can be applied to the determination of migration amount of FWAs in facial masks.