Abstract
The use and limitations of a methanol plug assisted sweeping-micellar electrokinetic chromatography (sweeping-MEKC) method is described. Using naphthalene-2,3-dicarboxaldehyde (NDA)-labeled dopamine as a model compound, this new method was also used in the determination of dopamine in actual urine samples. An inexpensive violet light emitting diode (LED) was used for the light source, because this is suitable for fluorescence excitation. The number of theoretical plates of the analyte was determined to be ∼1 × 10 5 and ∼2 × 105 by means of MEKC and sweeping-MEKC and this was improved to ∼1 × 106 when the methanol plug assisted mode was applied. In addition, the detection limit of NDA-labeled dopamine was determined to be 9.1 × 10-7 and 1.2 × 10-8 M by means of MEKC and sweeping-MEKC and this was improved to 4.7 × 10-9 M when the methanol plug assisted sweeping-MEKC mode was applied.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 113-119 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences |
Volume | 816 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2005 Feb 25 |
Keywords
- Capillary electrophoresis
- Dopamine
- Methanol plug
- Sweeping-MEKC
- Violet light emitting diode
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analytical Chemistry
- Biochemistry
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Cell Biology