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ANALYST
Volume 125, Issue 12, Pages 2216-2222Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/b006211l
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A polypyrrole (PPY) coated capillary and several commercially available capillaries (capillary GC columns) were used to evaluate their extraction efficiencies for catechins and caffeine. Compared with commercial capillaries that were currently used for in-tube solid phase microextraction (SPME), the PPY coated capillary showed better extraction efficiency for all of the compounds studied. Electrospray mass spectrometric (ES-MS) detection conditions were also investigated. After optimization of the extraction and detection conditions, a method for the sensitive and selective determination of catechins and caffeine was developed by coupling the PPY coated capillary in-tube SPME with HPLC-ES-MS. Catechins could be determined in both positive and negative ion detection modes. The detection limit (S/N = 3) for each of the studied catechins was <0.5 ng mL(-1). Caffeine could only be determined under positive ES-MS detection conditions and its detection limit was 0.01 ng mL(-1). Caffeine and the five catechins in several tea samples were determined using the developed method. Small amounts of catechins were also detected in grape juice and wine samples.
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