Detection limits chemiluminescence

Teng etal., (2006) [Zhangwu, China] More than adequate Tg-Ab Chemiluminescence TPO-Ab Chemiluminescence >Detection limits 36 13 (SD) Tg-Ab 9.0 TPO-Ab 9.8... 

Hydrogen peroxide has also been analy2ed by its chemiluminescent reaction with bis(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl) oxalate and perylene in a buffered (pH 4—10) aqueous ethyl acetate—methanol solution (284). Using a flow system, intensity was linear from the detection limit of 7 x 10 M to at least 10 M. 

ImmunO lSS iy. Chemiluminescence compounds (eg, acridinium esters and sulfonamides, isoluminol), luciferases (eg, firefly, marine bacterial, Benilla and Varela luciferase), photoproteins (eg, aequorin, Benilld), and components of bioluminescence reactions have been tested as replacements for radioactive labels in both competitive and sandwich-type immunoassays. Acridinium ester labels are used extensively in routine clinical immunoassay analysis designed to detect a wide range of hormones, cancer markers, specific antibodies, specific proteins, and therapeutic dmgs. An acridinium ester label produces a flash of light when it reacts with an alkaline solution of hydrogen peroxide. The detection limit for the label is 0.5 amol. 

Bacterial concentrations have also been determined by using the enzyme-catalyzed chemiluminescent reaction of reduced flavin mononucleotide (FMN) with oxygen and aldehydes. The detection limit was reported to be 10 ceUs of E. coli, which contains 7 x 10 g of FMN per ceU (303). 

O ne. Air pollution (qv) levels are commonly estimated by determining ozone through its chemiluminescent reaction with ethylene. A relatively simple photoelectric device is used for rapid routine measurements. The device is caHbrated with ozone from an ozone generator, which in turn is caHbrated by the reaction of ozone with potassium iodide (308). Detection limits are 6—9 ppb with commercially available instmmentation (309). 

Chemiluminescence. Chemiluminescence (262—265) is the emission of light duting an exothermic chemical reaction, generaUy as fluorescence. It often occurs ia oxidation processes, and enzyme-mediated bioluminescence has important analytical appHcations (241,262). Chemiluminescence analysis is highly specific and can reach ppb detection limits with relatively simple iastmmentation. Nitric oxide has been so analyzed from reaction with ozone (266—268), and ozone can be detected by the emission at 585 nm from reaction with ethylene. 

The methods of investigation of metal species in natural waters must possess by well dividing ability and high sensitivity and selectivity to determination of several metal forms. The catalytic including chemiluminescent (CL) techniques and anodic stripping voltammetry (ASV) are the most useful to determination of trace metals and their forms. The methods considered ai e characterized by a low detection limits. Moreover, they allow detection of the most toxic form of metals, that is, metal free ions and labile complexes. 

Anions of another group were derivatized with formation of gaseous chemiluminescing species. Chemical reaction - gas extraction has been used with chemiluminescence detection in the stream of canier gas in on-line mode. Rate of a number of reactions has been studied as well as kinetic curves of extraction of gaseous products. Highly sensitive and rapid hybrid procedures have been developed for the determination of lO, BrO, CIO, CIO, NO,, N03, CrO, CIO, Br, T, S, 803 with detection limits at the level of pg/L, duration of analysis 3 min. 

Using the luminol photochemiluminescence it is possible to determine not only the nitrates (as reported by us earlier), but also the nitrites. The urotropin is added to the water sample, and the solution obtained is illuminated by the Hg lamp. The chemiluminescence is measured after the addition of basic luminol solution to the illuminated solution. The detection limit is 2-10 M. The nitrates contained in the drinking water do not interfere at tenfold excess. 

Table V. Comparison of Limits of Detection (LOD) for Dansyl and NDA Derivatives Employing Fluorescence and Chemiluminescence Detection for RP-HPLC...

In order to achieve detection limits below the ng mL-1 range only amperometric, chemiluminescence, radiometric, or conventional fluorescence (CF) can be applied (Table 4.41). Fluorescence detectors are generally about 100 times more sensitive and more selective than UV detectors. The selectivity of fluorescence detection is due to the fact that only aromatic and conjugated molecules can be analysed, and by applying specific excitation and emission wavelengths the selectivity can even be increased. Pre- or postcolumn derivatisation in HPLC is a technique that is most commonly performed prior to UV absorption or fluorescence detection... 

Based on IgG-bearing beads, a chemiluminescent immuno-biochip has been also realized for the model detection of human IgG. Biotin-labeled antihuman IgG were used in a competitive assay, in conjunction with peroxidase labelled streptavidin59. In that case, the planar glassy carbon electrode served only as a support for the sensing layer since the light signal came from the biocatalytic activity of horseradish peroxidase. Free antigen could then be detected with a detection limit of 25 pg (108 molecules) and up to 15 ng. 

Seitz, Suydam, and Hercules 186> recently developed on the basis of luminol chemiluminescence a method for chromium-III ion determination which has a detection limit of about 0.025 ppb. The method is specific for free chromium-III ions as chromium-VI compounds have no catalytic effect and other metal ions can be converted to a non-catalytic form by complexing with EDTA, since the chromium-III complex of EDTA, which is in any case not catalytically active, is formed kinetically slowly 186>. To detect extremely small light emissions, and hence very small metal concentrations, a flow system was used which allows the reactants to be mixed directly in front of a multiplier. (For a detailed description of the apparatus, see 186>). 

Dubovenko et al. [180] used chemiluminescence to determine total chromium in brines. The method is based on the enhancement of the chemiluminescence by chromium in the reaction of 4-(diethylamino) phthalhydrazide with hydrogen peroxide. The detection limit is 0.025 pg/1 of chromium, and the chemiluminescence is directly proportional to chromium concentrations in the range 5 x 10 10 to 10 6 M. 

The chemiluminescence technique has been used to determine trivalent chromium in seawater. Chang et al. [187] showed Luminol techniques for determination of chromium (III) were hampered by a salt interference, mainly due to magnesium ions. Elimination of this interference is achieved by seawater dilution and utilising bromide ion chemiluminescence signal enhancement (Fig. 5.7). The chemiluminescence results were comparable with those obtained by a graphite furnace flameless atomic absorption analysis for the total chromium present in samples. The detection limit is 3.3 x 10 9 mol/1 (0.2 ppb) for seawater with a salinity of 35%, with 0.5 M bromide enhancement. 

Sakamoto [243] determined picomolar levels of cobalt in seawater by flow injection analysis with chemiluminescence detection. In this method flow injection analysis was used to automate the determination of cobalt in seawater by the cobalt-enhanced chemiluminescence oxidation of gallic acid in alkaline hydrogen peroxide. A preconcentration/separation step in the flow injection analysis manifold with an in-line column of immobilised 8-hydroxyquinoline was included to separate the cobalt from alkaline-earth ions. One sample analysis takes 8 min, including the 4-min sample load period. The detection limit is approximately 8 pM. The average standard deviation of replicate analyses at sea of 80 samples was 5%. The method was tested and inter calibrated on samples collected off the California coast. 

A continuous flow system utilising the oxidation of formaldehyde and gallic acid with alkaline hydrogen peroxide to produce a chemiluminescence was studied by Slawinska and Slawinski [ 137]. While the major peak of the chemiluminescence spectrum occurred at 635 nm, the photomultiplier used summed all of the available light between 560 and 850 nm. The intensity of the chemiluminescence was linearly proportional to formaldehyde concentration from 10 7 to 10 2 M, producing a detection limit of 1 xg/l. This method should be sensitive enough for use in seawater. 

HTAC cationic micelles also markedly enhance the CL intensity of fluorescein (FL) in the oxidation of hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by horseradish peroxidase (HRP) [39], However, no CL enhancement was observed when anionic micelles of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) or nonionic micelles of polyoxyethylene (23) dodecanol (Brij-35) were used (Fig. 9). CL enhancement is attributed to the electrostatic interaction of the anionic fluorescein with the HTAC micelles. The local concentration of fluorescein on the surface of the micelle increases the efficiency of the energy transferred from the singlet oxygen (which is produced in the peroxidation catalyzed by the HRP) to fluorescein. This chemiluminescent enhancement was applied to the determination of traces of hydrogen peroxide. The detection limit was three times smaller than that obtained in aqueous solution. 

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