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Enhancing the sensitivity of capillary electrophoresis using a microcolumn solid phase extraction setup
Author(s) -
Zhang Pudun,
Xu Guowang,
Xiong Jianhui,
Zheng Yufang,
Shi Xianzhe,
Yang Qing,
Wei Fusheng
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of separation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.72
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1615-9314
pISSN - 1615-9306
DOI - 10.1002/jssc.200301502
Subject(s) - cartridge , chromatography , solid phase extraction , capillary electrophoresis , elution , extraction (chemistry) , detection limit , chemistry , capillary action , sample preparation , analytical chemistry (journal) , materials science , composite material , metallurgy
In this paper, a setup called micro‐column solid phase extraction (MicroSPE) was developed to enhance the sensitivity of capillary electrophoresis. The setup consists of a manual pump, several insulin syringes, and a Teflon extraction cartridge. The cartridge was made of 2–4 mm irregular C 18 solid phase materials in a Teflon tube (375 μm ID) with glass fiber frits. Two pieces of capillary tubing were connected to both the ends of the cartridge. Using sulindac‐spiked urine as the test sample, the extraction and analytical conditions were investigated in detail. When 1 μL 70/30 methanol/water was applied as the elution solvent, satisfactory results could be obtained. The internal standard method was used to quantitatively determine the compound in urine. The detection limit for sulindac was 2.9 ng/mL and the enrichment factor reaches more than 260. The result illustrates that the MicroSPE setup has a significant concentrating effect and is suitable for preconcentrating and cleaning‐up samples with complex matrices.