Capillary zone electrophoresis of cationic and anionic drugs in methanol

Surface sampling capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry for a direct chemical characterization of tissue and blood samples

Capillary electrophoresis (CE) is a powerful separation tool for non-targeted analysis of chemically complex samples, such as blood, urine, and tissue. However, traditionally CE requires samples in solution for analysis, which limits information on analyte distribution and heterogeneity in tissue. The recent development of surface sampling CE-mass spectrometry (SS-CE-MS) brings these advantages of CE to solid samples and enables chemical mapping directly from the tissue surface without laborious sample preparation. Here, we describe developments of SS-CE-MS to increase reproducibility and stability for metabolite, lipid, and protein extraction from tissue sections and dried blood spots. Additionally, we report the first electrokinetic sequential sample injection for high throughput analysis. We foresee that the wide molecular coverage from a distinct tissue region in combination with higher throughput will provide novel information on biological function and dysfunction.

Enantiomeric separation of omeprazole and its metabolite 5-hydroxyomeprazole using non-aqueous capillary electrophoresis

This study demonstrates the development and validation of a non-aqueous capillary electrophoresis (NACE) method for enantiomeric determination of omeprazole and its metabolite 5-hydroxyomeprazole. Heptakis-(2,3-di-O-methyl-6-O-sulfo)-beta-cyclodextrin (HDMS-beta-CD) was chosen as the chiral selector in an ammonium acetate buffer acidified with formic acid in methanol. Parameters such as CD concentration, concentration of buffer electrolyte, voltage and temperature were studied in order to optimize both the enantioresolution and migration times. An experimental design was utilized for method optimization, using software Modde 5.0. Validation of the developed method showed good linearity, which was tested over a concentration range of 2.5-500 microM. The regression coefficients for S-omeprazole, S-5-hydroxyomeprazole, R-omeprazole and R-5-hydroxyomeprazole were between 0.996 and 0.997. The limits of detection for the four enantiomers were in the range from 45 to 51microM and the limits of quantification were between 149 and 170 microM with UV detection at 301nm. Using a reduced temperature of 16 degrees C gave improved resolution values, reproducibility and also decreased the occurrence of current loss within the capillary. RSD values for peak migration time were calculated to be between 0.41 and 1.48% using an inter-day study.

Improving sensitivity in simultaneous determination of copper carboxylates by nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis

A new method of nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis (NACE) with UV spectrophotometric detection was developed and optimized for the simultaneous determination of seven carboxylates (trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (CDTA), diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), N-(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine-N,N',N'-triacetic acid (HEDTA), nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA), 1,3-diaminopropane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (PDTA) and triethylenetetraaminehexaacetic acid (TTHA)) as copper complexes. The method development was carried out by using a fused silica capillary. Background electrolyte (BGE) was optimized and the best separation achieved by using 30mmolL(-1) potassium bromide in N-methylformamide (NMF) at apparent pH (pH(app)) 10.2. A voltage of +30kV and direct UV detection at 280nm were used in all measurements. Large-volume sample stacking using the electroosmotic flow pump (LVSEP) was tested in addition to basic capillary electrophoresis (CE) and observed to improve the separation of the analyte zones in the capillary. All the peaks in the electropherograms were properly separated, the calibration plots gave excellent correlation coefficients (R(2)>or=0.994) and all seven copper carboxylate complexes were detected in less than 20min using both the basic measurements and the large-volume sample stacking method. The new NACE method was tested with lake water and proved to be reliable.