Determination of Histamine by Capillary Zone Electrophoresis with End-Column Amperometric Detection at a Carbon Fiber Microdisk Array Electrode

A simpler potentiometric method for histamine assessment in blood sera

Histamine intolerance results from a disequilibrium of accumulated histamine and the capacity for histamine degradation. An impaired histamine degradation based on reduced DAO activity and the resulting histamine excess may cause numerous symptoms mimicking an allergic reaction. For that, the determination of histamine in blood or in food products has great importance to identify risk factors. A new histamine-selective electrode is proposed using cucurbit[6]uril (CB[6]), as ionophore, in the analysis of biological samples. The selection of this smart supramolecular organic framework was based on its apparent stability constant of histamine-CB[6] (log β) of 4.33. The optimized electrode based on a polymeric membrane (PVC) combines the histamine-selective ionophore with 2-nitrophenyl octyl ether as solvent mediator and potassium tetrakis(4-chlorophenyl)borate as anionic additive. Furthermore, multi-walled carbon nanotubes particles were included in the membrane composition to partly lower the detection limit of the method, while improving stability and lowering the response drift (± 4 mV). The electrodes showed a rapid response (≃ 13 s) in the pH operational range of 2.7-5.4, with a Nernstian slope of 30.9 ± 1.2 mV/dec, a detection limit of (3.00 ± 0.61) × 10^-7 mol/L, and a lower limit of the linear range of (3.00 ± 0.00) × 10^-7 mol/L. After miniaturization, the electrode was used as a detector in a sequential-injection lab-on-valve flow setup. The optimized flow conditions were achieved for sample injection volumes of 197 μL propelled towards the cell under detection, at a flow rate of 30 μL/s during 100 s, making the analysis of 30 samples per hour possible. The developed system was used to analyze spiked blood serum samples previously cleaned by using solid-phase extraction. The sample pretreatment of the serum samples using Oasis MCX cartridges showed outstanding efficiency for histamine determination. The recovery values for three different levels of histamine concentration (1 × 10^-4 mol/L, 1 × 10^-5 mol/L, and 1 × 10^-6 mol/L) were (97 ± 6)%, (103 ± 1)%, and (118 ± 9)%, respectively, showing that this method was suitable for biological samples.

Analysis of inorganic and small organic ions by CE with amperometric detection

Capillary electrophoresis has become a widely useful analytical technology. Amperometric detection is extensively employed in capillary electrophoresis for its many inherent virtues, such as rapid response, remarkable sensitivity, and low cost of both detectors and instrumentations. Analysis of inorganic and small organic ions by capillary electrophoresis is an important research field. This review focuses on the recent developments of capillary electrophoresis coupled with amperometric detection for analysis of inorganic and small organic ions. Advancements in electrophoresis separation modes, amperometric detection modes, working electrodes, and applications of inorganic ions, amino acids, phenols, and amines are discussed.

Determination of histamine and histidine by capillary zone electrophoresis with pre-column naphthalene-2,3-dicarboxaldehyde derivatization and fluorescence detection

A rapid and sensitive method was developed for the simultaneous determination of histamine and histidine by capillary zone electrophoresis with lamp-induced fluorescence detection. A fluoregenic derivatization reagent, naphthalene-2,3-dicarboxaldehyde (NDA) was successfully applied to label the histamine and histidine respectively. The derivatization conditions and separation parameters including pH and concentration of electrolyte and sample injection were optimized in detail. The optimal derivatization reaction was performed with 1.0 mM NDA, 20 mM NaCN, and 20 mM borate buffer, pH 9.1 for 15 min. The separation of NDA-tagged histamine and histidine could be achieved in less than 200 s with 40 mM phosphate buffer (pH 5.8) as the running buffer. The detection limits for histamine and histidine were 5.5 x 10(-9) and 3.8 x 10(-9) M, respectively (S/N = 3). The relative standard derivations for migration time and peak height of derivatives were less than 1.5 and 5.0%, respectively. The method was successfully applied to the analysis of histamine and histidine in the P815 mastocytoma cells and the beer samples.