Journal
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 394, Issue 2, Pages 609-615Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-009-2696-x
Keywords
Capillary electrophoresis; In-line preconcentration; Ochratoxin A; Solid-phase extraction
Funding
- DGI
- Spain's Ministry of Science and Technology [CTQ2007-60426]
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This paper proposes and compares two approaches based on off- and in-line solid-phase extraction (SPE), intended to enhance sensitivity in capillary electrophoresis with ultraviolet detection (CE-UV) using as a model the determination of ochratoxin A (OA) in river water samples. In the off- line SPE mode, the reversed-phase sorbent (octadecilsylane, C-18) selectively retains the target analyte (OA) and allows large volumes of the sample (70 mL) to be introduced and subsequently eluted in a small volume (0.1 mL) of an appropriate solution. In the in-line SPE mode, a custom-made microcartridge is inserted near the inlet of the capillary, which is filled with the same C-18 sorbent. This solid phase selectively retains OA present in a sample volume as low as approximately 640 mu L for subsequent elution with ca. 135 nL of an appropriate eluent. The limit of detection (LOD) obtained with the in-line SPE method was 1 ng L-1, which is 3 orders of magnitude lower than that obtained with CE-UV and roughly 1 order lower than that provided by the off- line SPE-CE-UV method.
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