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Nitrogen‐phosphorus detector potential in tropane alkaloid gas chromatography
Author(s) -
Martinsen A.,
Hiltunen K.,
Huhtikangas A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
phytochemical analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1099-1565
pISSN - 0958-0344
DOI - 10.1002/pca.2800030206
Subject(s) - chemistry , gas chromatography , flame ionization detector , chromatography , tropane , alkaloid , nitrogen , phosphorus , injector , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering
Abstract A gas chromatographic (GC) nitrogen‐phosphorus detector (NPD) is compared with a flame ionization detector (FID) for the quantitation of some important tropane alkaloids present in plant material. Though slightly cumbersome in routine work, NPD has a distinct sensitivity advantage over FID for these alkaloids. An injector of the programmed temperature vaporizer (PTV) type permitted extension of the range of solvents which may be employed for the preparation of alkaloid samples for GC assays in which detection is to be accomplished by NPD.