Chromatography acidic substances, detection

M4. Mabuchi, H., and Nakahashi, H., Determination of 3-carboxy-4-methyl-5-propyl-2-furanpro-panoic acid, a major endogenous ligand substance in uremic serum, by high performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection. J. Chromatogr. 415, 110-117 (1987). 

Shimoishi [ 555 ] determined selenium by gas chromatography with electron capture detection. To 50-100 ml seawater was added 5 ml concentrated hydrochloric acid and 2 ml 4-nitro-o-phenylenediamine (1%) and, after 2 hours, the product formed was extracted into 1 ml of toluene. The extract was washed with 2 ml of 7.5 M hydrochloric acid, then a sample (5 pi) was injected into a glass gas-liquid chromatography column (lm x 4 mm) packed with 15% of SE-30 on Chromosorb W (60-80 mesh) and operated at 200 °C with nitrogen (53 ml/min) as carrier gas. There is no interference from other substances present in seawater. The detection limit is 5 ng/1 with 200 ml samples, and the precision at a Se level of 0.025 pg/1 is 6%. 

Unlike the previous techniques, sensitivity is not an issue for AAA. There are few interfering substances because the method involves hydrolysis, derivatization, and chromatography with detection at a unique wavelength. Most excipients will not affect the hydrolysis step, but one has to be careful to ensure that the amino acids used to quantitate the protein are not destroyed. In addition, it must be determined if the excipients interfere with the derivatization chemistry or the chromatography. A BSA standard in the same buffer formulation is routinely run in parallel to the target protein to ensure the accuracy of the method. 

As already mentioned the EP wants to replace old TEC tests with separation methods of higher efficiency for example, the purity of amino acids is currently evaluated by a TEC test for ninhydrin-positive substances that is only able to find and limit amino acids to 0.5%. However, this test is only valid in the case the amino acids are produced by the cleavage of peptides/proteins and purification. The ninhydrin method is also used in the amino acid analysis of peptides, utilizing a cation-exchange chromatography with a post-column derivatization and a subsequent UVA is detection. This method is often used in industries for purity evaluation of amino acids. 

Argekar and Sawant [55] developed simultaneous determination of paracetamol and mefenamic acid in tablets by high performance thin layer chromatography method (HPTLQ. The procedure was performed on silica gel using toluene-acetone-methanol (8 1 1) as the solvent system. Detection and quantification of the substance was assayed by densitometry at 263 nm. The linearity ranges were 120-360 ng/pL and the RSD were between 0.41 and 0.78%. Limit of detection and limit of quantification were found to be 1.80 and 5.5 ng/pL, respectively. Recoveries were in the range of 95.50-103.60%. 

The fatty/waxy products contained the lipophilic substances, including fatty oils, waxes, resins and colorants. Valuable pharmacological effects were proved for some minor constituents of these products (e.g. triterpenes, diterpenes, sterols and carotenoids). Thin layer chromatography and on-line UV-VIS spectroscopy were used for the quick identification and quantity determination of these compounds using authentic samples as standards. The SFE method proved favorable in terras of both extraction yield and speed of carotenoids. The CO2 extracts of the lavandin, clary sage and thyme have been enriched in triterpenic compounds (a-es P-amyrin, oleanic acid, ursolic acid, etc.) and phytosterols. Both free and esterified triterpenoids were present in the extracts of the different samples. Furthermore camosol and other diterpenes were detected in the SFE extract of Lamiaceae plants. The fatty acid composition was only slightly different for extracts obtained by SFE and conventional hexane extraction. 

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