Sensitive analysis of aminoglycoside antibiotics via hyphenation of transient moving substitution boundary with field-enhanced sample injection in capillary electrophoresis

Shuli Ge, Wanrong Tang, Ruobing Han, Yan Zhu, Qingjiang Wang, Pingang He, Yuzhi Fang

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Abstract

A novel field-enhanced sample injection coupled with transient moving substitution boundary method in capillary electrophoresis was developed for aminoglycoside antibiotic (AG) analysis using 18-crown-6-tetracarboxylic acid (18C6H4) as a pseudostationary phase. Results indicated that the stacking mechanism of moving substitution boundary relied on the substitution reaction between 18C6H4-bonded AG complexes and Na+ at the substitution boundary. The stacking mechanism as well as important parameters governing pre-concentration and separation have been investigated in order to obtain maximum resolution and sensitivity. Under optimized conditions, using a sample prepared in a low-conductivity matrix, the limits of detection for streptomycin, neomycin, and kanamycin were 0.62, 5.9 and 8.6nM (S/N=3), respectively, and the detection sensitivities were improved 940-, 692-, and 415-fold, respectively. The method also gave accurate and reliable results in the analysis of AGs in river water samples.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)128-135
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Chromatography A
Volume1295
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Jun 2013

Keywords

  • 18C6H4
  • Aminoglycoside antibiotics
  • Amperometric detection
  • Capillary zone electrophoresis
  • Field-enhanced sample injection
  • Moving substitution boundary

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