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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
Volume 1190, Issue 1-2, Pages 383-389Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2008.03.024
Keywords
in-capillary derivatization; 4-fluoro-7-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole; laser-induced fluorescence; micellar electrokinetic chromatography; ephedrine; pseudoephedrine
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This paper describes an automatic rapid approach for in-capillary derivatization of ephedrine (E) and pseudoephedrine (PE) and subsequent sensitive determination of the derivatives by micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) with laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) detection using 4-fluoro-7-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole (NBD-F) as fluorescent reagent. The unique feature of this method is the capillary being used as a small reaction chamber, in which the sample, derivatization buffer and reagent solutions were injected directly into the capillary by tandem mode, followed by an electrokinetic step (5 W, 15 s) to enhance the mixing efficiency of analytes and reagent plugs. Standing a specified time of 1 min for reaction, the derivatives were then immediately separated and determined. Several parameters for in-capillary derivatization and subsequent MEKC separation were systematically investigated. Under these optimized conditions, a baseline separation of the two analytes was achieved within 10 min and the derivatization concentration limits of detection were found to be 4.8 ng mL(-1) for E and 1.6 ng mL(-1) for PE, respectively. The method was validated in terms of precision, linearity, accuracy and successfully applied for the determination of the two alkaloids in ephedra herb and its preparations. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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