This paper proposes the use of novel surfactant additives for the separation of organic acids by ion-pair chromatography and studies the influences of surfactants on the chromatographic separation behaviors.Researches have been carried out on both silica gel matrix and polymer supporters in order to compare the two ordinary kinds of stationary phases,and the phenomenon is similar. Separation is based on differences in the stabilities of analyte-additive complexes in solution.Retention times of analytes can ...
Zhong, Ying YingZhou, Wen FangHu, Zhen ZhenChen, Mei LanZhu, Yan
A simple,fast,sensitive,highly selective and eco-friendly analytical method for the determination of catecholamines in human urine by ion chromatography(IC) with chemiluminescence(CL) detection was described in this paper.Using 12 mmol/L H_2SO_4 without any organic additive as eluent,three catecholamines including epinephrine(EP),norepinephrine(NE) and dopamine(DA) were well separated on a cation-exchange column.The CL detection was based on the reaction of analytes with acidic potassium permanganate in the presence of formaldehyde as an enhancer.The absence of methanol and acetonitrile in eluent made the proposed method more sensitive and eco-friendly.Under the optimal conditions,the linear range of the proposed method was in the range of 0.02-0.5μg/mL.The limit of detection(LOD) was in the range of 0.6 and 5.1μg/L.The relative standard deviations (RSD) for 0.1μg/mL mixed standard solution were in the range of 0.8-1.9%(n = 11).The method has been applied to the determination of catecholamines in human urine successfully.Excellent spiked recoveries were achieved for catecholamines ranged from 91.2%to 112.7%.