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Separation and determination of epinephrine and dopamine in traditional Chinese medicines by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography with laser induced fluorescence detection
Author(s) -
Dong Yuming,
Chen Hongli,
Chen Yonglei,
Hui Yang,
Chen Xingguo,
Hu Zhide
Publication year - 2006
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.200600073
Subject(s) - micellar electrokinetic chromatography , chromatography , chemistry , derivatization , detection limit , analyte , laser induced fluorescence , sodium dodecyl sulfate , sodium , high performance liquid chromatography , fluorescence , analytical chemistry (journal) , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
A micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography method with laser‐induced fluorescence detection was developed for the analysis of epinephrine and dopamine after derivatization with 4‐chloro‐7‐nitrobenzo‐2‐oxa‐1,3‐diazole. The optimum derivatization conditions were: 30 mM sodium borate (pH adjusted to 8.0 with 1.0 M HCl), reaction time 30 min at 60°C. Baseline separation was achieved within 14 min with a running buffer composed of 10 mM sodium borate + 25 mM sodium dodecyl sulfate (pH adjusted to 9.5 with 0.1 M NaOH) and an applied voltage of 15 kV. Good linearity relationships (correlation coefficients: 0.9991 for epinephrine and 0.9985 for dopamine) between peak areas and concentrations of the analytes were obtained. The detection limits and quantification limits for epinephrine and dopamine were 0.0038 mg/L and 0.013 mg/L, and 0.065 mg/L and 0.020 mg/L, respectively. The method was applied to the analysis of the two compounds in two Chinese medicines with recoveries in the range of 92.6–108.7%.