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Net biosynthesis of antithrombin III by the isolated rat liver perfused for 12--24 hours. Compared with rat fibrinogen and alpha-2 (acute-phase) globulin, antithrombin III is not an acute phase protein.

Antithrombin III-heparin cofactor has been isolated from normal rat plasma, purified to homogeneity on acrylamide gel electrophoresis and used to prepare a monospecific antiserum in rabbits. Measurements of rat antithrombin III were made by a single radial immunodiffusion assay. Net synthesis of antithrombin III was investigated during 12- or 24-h perfusions of the isolated rat liver. In perfusions performed under basal conditions cumulative synthesis of antithrombin-III was observed to occur at a rate sufficient to replace the total circulating plasma antithrombin III in about 6 h. In perfusions performed under full supplementation conditions which greatly enhanced synthesis of fibrinogen and alpha-2 (acute-phase) globulin (known acute-phase reactant proteins) net synthesis of antithrombin III was not significantly greater than that observed in control perfusions. Although these prolonged perfusion studies conclusively demonstrate net synthesis of antithrombin III by the isolated rat liver, they afford no evidence that this protein is an acute-phase reactant.

Animals↗

The combination of normal-phase and reverse-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography with NMR for the isolation and characterization of oligosaccharide alditols from ovarian cyst mucins.

Normal-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) on amino-bonded silica with elution by aqueous acetonitrile is shown to be an especially suitable complement to reverse-phase HPLC on octadecyl silica for the fractionation of oligosaccharide alditols produced by alkaline borohydride degradation of mucin glycoproteins. The former technique separates well on the basis of molecular size, while the latter method shows selectivity for stereoisomers. Stereoisomeric pairs of tetra-, penta- and hexasaccharide alditols show relative retention times ranging from 3 to 12, resulting in excellent preparative separations in reverse-phase chromatography. From a single ovarian cyst glycoprotein, H and Lewis b active, 13 oligosaccharides, representing essentially the entire carbohydrate content, have been isolated. The structures of 12 of the oligosaccharides have been determined by 1H-NMR spectroscopy. For those oligosaccharides which have been isolated from other sources and whose NMR spectra have been previously reported, unambiguous structural identification follows directly. Structures of oligosaccharides differing by only one or two residues from those whose NMR spectra are known may be deduced by a simple algorithm utilizing chemical shift analogies.

Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid↗

Separation of cholesterol esters by silver ion chromatography using high-performance liquid chromatography or solid-phase extraction columns packed with a bonded sulphonic acid phase.

Two methods for the separation of cholesterol esters, based on the number of double bonds in their fatty acid moieties, are presented. Silver ion chromatography, usually performed on thin-layer chromatographic plates, was made suitable for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and solid-phase extraction. Separation on a bonded sulphonic acid phase loaded with silver ions was achieved with cholesterol esters containing up to six double bonds in their fatty acid moieties. No cross-contamination between fractions with different numbers of double bonds was detected with the HPLC method, was demonstrated by subsequent gas chromatographic analysis of the fatty acid moieties, following transmethylation. For adequate separations with the solid-phase extraction columns it proved important to avoid overloading. The methods may be of use for the off-line analyses of the sterol compositions of the isolated fractions, which each contain sterol esters with an equal number of double bonds in their fatty acid moieties.

Animals↗

Quantification of amphetamine in urine: solid-phase extraction, polymeric-reagent derivatization and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography.

The concentration of amphetamine was determined in urine using solid-phase extraction, polymeric-reagent derivatization, and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection. To remove a majority of acidic and neutral compounds in urine, a solid-phase extraction was first performed on a sample spiked with the internal standard, 1-methyl-3-phenyl-propylamine. Because amphetamine has a relatively low molar absorptivity, the base was derivatized with a polymeric 1-hydroxybenzotriazole reagent containing a 3,5-dinitrobenzoate active ester. The limit of detection is 14 ng/ml, and the limit of quantification is 47 ng/ml. The calibration curve is linear from 0.01 to 4.0 micrograms/ml. The pooled relative standard deviation is +/- 5.5% for eight urine samples measured in duplicate. The average relative error (bias) is +2.2% when compared to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

Amphetamine↗

Solid-phase extraction and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic determination of sulphur mustard in blood.

A reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic method is reported for the analysis of sulphur mustard in blood with the aid of solid-phase extraction sample preparation. Sulphur mustard is extracted from blood samples (both in vitro and in vivo) of rats with a solution of 0.05 M sodium dodecyl sulphate and pre-concentrated over Sep-Pak C18 cartridges pre-coated with Tween-20. A Polygosil C18 column is used with acetonitrile-water (52:48, v/v) as mobile phase for separation and sulphur mustard was detected at 200 nm.

Animals↗

Reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatographic determination of cyproheptadine from urine by solid-phase extraction.

A simple, sensitive and reliable high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of cyproheptadine in urine by solid-phase extraction (SPE) has been developed. The sample matrix was passed through a pre-conditioned C18 cartridge, washed with methanol-water solution (4:1) and eluted with methanol. The methanolic solution was evaporated to dryness, reconstituted with methanol and chromatographed using a C18 reversed-phase column. The mobile phase consisted of acetate buffer (constant ionic strength of 0.005 I)-methanol (56:44, v/v). Detection was performed at 254 nm with the sensitivity set at 0.002 AUFS. Concentrations as low as 50 ng/ml could be quantitatively determined by an external standard method and the overall recovery was found to be 76.16%, whereas the limit of detection was estimated as 15 ng/ml.

Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid↗

Sensitive assay for measuring amoxicillin in human plasma and middle ear fluid using solid-phase extraction and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography.

We developed a sensitive assay to measure amoxicillin in human plasma and middle ear fluid (MEF) using solid-phase extraction and reversed-phase HPLC. Amoxicillin and cefadroxil, the internal standard, were extracted from 50-200 microliters of sample with Bond Elut C18 cartridges. The extract was analyzed on a 15 cm x 2 mm, 5 micron Keystone MOS Hypersil-1 (C8) column with UV detection at 210 nm. The mobile phase was 6% acetonitrile in 5 mM phosphate buffer (pH = 6.5) and 5 mM tetrabutylammonium. The average absolute recovery of amoxicillin and cefadroxil were 91.2 +/- 16.6% and 91.0 +/- 6.8%, respectively. The limit of quantitation was 0.125 microgram/ml with 200 microliters sample size. The linear range was from 0.125 to 35.0 micrograms/ml with correlation coefficients greater than 0.999. These analytic conditions produced a highly sensitive amoxicillin assay in human body fluids without derivatization.

Acetonitriles↗

Dynamically-modified silica--an alternative to reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography on chemically bonded phases.

An alternative to the well known reversed-phase separations on chemically-bonded phases has been developed. The approach is based on a dynamic modification of bare silica with long chain quaternary ammonium ions. The influence of the concentration and type of the quaternary ammonium ion, the pH value and the ionic strength of the eluent on the selectivity towards test solutes has been investigated. The large number of parameters that can be varied in the system offers numerous possibilities by which the desired selectivity can be attained. Once established, a high degree of reproducibility of the selectivity between solutes is obtained even when using different brands of silica; this is in contrast to the situation when using chemically-bonded phases, such as, for example, different brands of octadecylsilyl-bonded silica materials.

Journal Article↗

Determination of ibuprofen in human plasma by solid phase extraction and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography.

A new, sensitive and simple method for the rapid quantitative determination of ibuprofen in human plasma has been developed. This method involves the use of a solid phase extraction on "Baker" C-18 disposable extraction columns for sample clean-up and uses mefenamic acid as an internal standard. Separation and quantitation are performed by reversed-phase liquid chromatography using a Nucleosil C18 column and methanol-0.04 M phosphoric acid (80:20, v/v), as the mobile phase. Detection was achieved by UV-absorbance measurements at 229 nm.

Journal Article↗

Solid state NMR and extraction studies on "phenyl"-bonded stationary phases used for solid phase extraction.

The solid phase extraction (SPE) and elution of [14C]-propranolol from aqueous buffer has been studied for a range of phenyl-bonded SPE materials. Differences were noted in the recovery of the analyte using methanol-water eluents depending upon the manufacturer and whether or not phase had been endcapped. Efficient recoveries of [14C]-propranolol were only achieved when triethylamine was added to the eluting solvent as a competing base. Solid state cross polarisation/magic angle spinning (CP/MAS) NMR spectroscopy was used to characterise the phases further, which revealed differences in endcapping between materials as well as differences in the type and extent of cross-linking.

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy↗

The use of tissue-type plasminogen activator for acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: results from thrombolysis in myocardial infarction Phase I, open label studies and the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction Phase II pilot study. The TIMI Investigators.

The impact of age on hospital mortality, incidence of major hemorrhagic events and transfusion requirements was examined in 756 patients with acute myocardial infarction enrolled in the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) Phase I, open label studies and the TIMI Phase II pilot study. The mortality rate significantly increased with age and was 3.5%, 11.5% and 12% in patients less than 65, 65 to 69 and 70 to 76 years of age, respectively (p less than 0.001). Logistic regression analyses selected female gender, diabetes mellitus, extensive coronary artery disease, history of congestive heart failure, continuing chest pain immediately after recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) administration, low systolic blood pressure at the time of admission and advanced age as variables predictive of in-hospital death. The incidence of major hemorrhagic events among patients not undergoing cardiac surgery during hospitalization was 8.7%, 14.5% and 24.7% in patients aged less than 65, 65 to 69 and greater than or equal to 70 years, respectively (p less than 0.001). The majority of hemorrhages were secondary to cardiac catheterization or puncture wounds. Variables related to a major hemorrhagic event included protocol, age, rt-PA dose/kg body weight and elevated diastolic blood pressure on admission. Of five intracranial bleeding events, three occurred in patients greater than 65 years. Transfusion requirements significantly increased with age (p less than 0.001). Reperfusion status at 90 min in the TIMI Phase I and open label studies A to C was similar in the three age groups studied and ranged from 60% to 71%.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Age Factors↗

Selectivity differences in the separation of amphipathic alpha-helical peptides during reversed-phase liquid chromatography at pHs 2.0 and 7.0: effects of different packings, mobile phase conditions and temperature.

In an ongoing effort to understand the effect of varying reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) parameters on the retention behaviour of peptides, necessary for the rational development of separation/optimization protocols, we believe it is important to delineate the contribution of alpha-helical structure to the selectivity of peptide separations. The present study reports the effects of varying column packing, mobile phase conditions and temperature on RP-HPLC retention behaviour at pHs 2.0 and 7.0 of peptides based on the amphipathic peptide sequence Ac-EAEKAAKEXEKAAKEAEK-amide (with position X in the centre of the hydrophobic face of the alpha-helix), where position X is substituted by L- or D-amino acids. At pH 2.0, an increase in trifluoroacetic acid concentration or the addition of sodium perchlorate to a phosphoric acid-based mobile phase had the similar effect of improving peak shape as well as increasing peptide retention time due to ion-pairing effects with the positively-charged peptides; in contrast, at pH 7.0, the addition of salt had little effect save an improvement in peak shape. Temperature was shown to have a complex influence on peptide selectivity due to varying effects on peptide conformation. In addition, subtle effects on peptide selectivity were also noted based on the column packings employed at pHs 2.0 and 7.0.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Retention prediction in ternary solvent reversed-phase liquid chromatography systems based on the variation of retention with binary mobile phase composition.

An extension of the treatment adopted in a recent paper [P. Nikitas, A. Pappa-Louisi, P. Agrafiotou, J. Chromatogr. A 946 (2002) 33] was used to derive expressions describing the variation of solute retention k with composition in ternary reversed phase liquid chromatography, RP-LC, solvent systems. The equation of the partition model obtained in this way for a ternary mobile phase was identical to that previously derived using the solubility parameter concept. This equation as well as two new expressions of In k versus organic modifiers content were tested in a variety of ternary solvent systems in order to examine the possibility of predicting retention behavior of solutes under ternary solvent mixture elution conditions from known retention characteristics in binary mobile phases. It was demonstrated the superiority of both new equations derived in this paper to that previously proposed and applied to date in ternary solvent mixtures.

2-Propanol↗

Preparation of low flow-resistant methacrylate-based monolithic stationary phases of different hydrophobicity and the application to rapid reversed-phase liquid chromatographic separation of alkylbenzenes at high flow rate and elevated temperature.

Low flow-resistant alkyl methacrylate-based monolithic stationary phases of different hydrophobicity were constructed for reversed-phase capillary liquid chromatography by thermally initiated radical polymerization of respective methacrylate ester monomer with different alkyl chain (C2, C4, C6, C12, C18) and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EDMA) in a 250 microm i.d. fused silica capillary. The hydrophobicity was basically controlled by changing the length and/or the density of the alkyl-chain, while the composition and the ratio of porogenic solvent were adjusted to obtain highly permeable rigid monoliths with adequate column efficiency. Among the prepared monolithic stationary phases, C18-methacrylate monoliths polymerized from a binary porogenic solvent of isoamyl alcohol and 1,4-buthandiol exhibited the most promising performance in terms of hydraulic resistance and column efficiency. The pressure drops of 20-cm long monolithic columns were below approximately 0.4 MPa at a normal linear velocity of 1mm/s (a flow rate of 3 microL/min), and the numbers of theoretical plates for alkylbenzenes mostly exceeded 3000 plates/20 cm. The produced monolithic columns had good mechanical strength for high pressure and temperature, and could be properly operated even at a temperature of 80 degrees C and at a pressure of at least 33 MPa. At 80 degrees C, the theoretical plate numbers reached 6000 plates/20 cm because of the enhanced mass transfer. Due to the novel hydraulic resistance and mechanical strength, the separation time could be reduced 120-fold simply by raising the flow rate and column temperature.

Benzene↗

Physically incorporated extraction phase of solid-phase microextraction by sol-gel technology.

A sol-gel method for the preparation of solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fiber was described and evaluated. The extraction phase of poly(dimethysiloxane) (PDMS) containing 3% vinyl group was physically incorporated into the sol-gel network without chemical bonding. The extraction phase itself is then partly crosslinked at 320 degrees C, forming an independent polymer network and can withstand desorption temperature of 290 degrees C. The headspace extraction of BTX by the fiber SPME was evaluated and the detection limit of o-xylene was down to 0.26 ng/l. Extraction and determination of organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) in water, orange juice and red wine by the SPME-GC thermionic specified detector (TSD) was validated. Limits of detection of the method for OPPs were below 10 ng/l except methidathion. Relative standard deviations (RSDs) were in the range of 1-20% for pesticides being tested.

Chromatography, Gas↗

Two-dimensional liquid chromatography normal-phase and reversed-phase separation of (co)oligomers.

Many samples contain compounds with various numbers of two or more regular structural groups. Such "multidimensional" samples (according to the Giddings' notation) are best separated in orthogonal chromatographic systems with different selectivities for the individual repeat structural groups, described by separation factors. Correlations between the repeat group selectivities characterize the degree of orthogonality and suitability of chromatographic systems for two-dimensional (2D) separations of two-dimensional samples. The range of the structural units in that can be resolved in a given time can be predicted on the basis of a model describing the repeat group selectivity in the first- and second-dimension systems. Two-dimensional liquid chromatographic system combining reversed-phase (RP) mode in the first dimension and normal-phase (NP) mode in the second dimension were studied with respect to the possibilities of in-line fraction transfer between the two modes. Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) with an aminopropyl silica column (APS) is more resistant than classical non-aqueous NP systems against adsorbent desactivation with aqueous solvents transferred in the fractions from the first, RP dimension to the second dimension. Hence, HILIC is useful as a second-dimension separation system for comprehensive RP-NP LCxLC. A comprehensive 2D RP-NP HPLC method was developed for comprehensive 2D separation of ethylene oxide-propylene oxide (EO-PO) (co)oligomers. The first-dimension RP system employed a 120 min gradient of acetonitrile in water on a C18 microbore column at the flow-rate of 10 microL/min. In the second dimension, isocratic HILIC NP with ethanol-dichloromethane-water mobile phase on an aminopropyl silica column at 0.5 mL/min was used. Ten microliter fractions were transferred from the RP to the HILIC NP system at 1 min switching valve cycle frequency.

Acetonitriles↗

Study of overload for basic compounds in reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography as a function of mobile phase pH.

The retention and overloading properties for eight basic solutes and two quaternary ammonium compounds were studied over the pH range 2.7-10.0 using phosphate and carbonate buffers. At low pH, a hybrid inorganic-organic silica-ODS phase (XTerra RP-18, 15 cm x 0.46 cm) showed substantial loss in efficiency when sample masses exceeded about 0.5 microg; these results were similar to those obtained previously on pure silica ODS and wholly polymeric phases, suggesting a common overloading mechanism. At pH 7-8.5, substantial improvements in loading capacity were obtained on XTerra due apparently to the unexpectedly strong influence of small decreases in solute ionisation. Data from the quaternary compounds suggested that silanol ionisation on this phase was still small even at intermediate pH. For many bases, loading capacity continued to improve as the pH was raised to 10, in line with the decrease in the proportion of ionised solute. However, for the highest pK(a) solutes, peak shape worsened at high pH, possibly due to the negative influence of increasing column silanol ionisation.

Amitriptyline↗

Optimising reversed-phase liquid chromatographic separation of an acidic mixture on a monolithic stationary phase with the aid of response surface methodology and experimental design.

An optimization strategy for the separation of an acidic mixture by employing a monolithic stationary phase is presented, with the aid of experimental design and response surface methodology (RSM). An orthogonal array design (OAD) OA(16) (2(15)) was used to choose the significant parameters for the optimization. The significant factors were optimized by using a central composite design (CCD) and the quadratic models between the dependent and the independent parameters were built. The mathematical models were tested on a number of simulated data set and had a coefficient of R(2) > 0.97 (n = 16). On applying the optimization strategy, the factor effects were visualized as three-dimensional (3D) response surfaces and contour plots. The optimal condition was achieved in less than 40 min by using the monolithic packing with the mobile phase of methanol/20 mM phosphate buffer pH 2.7 (25.5/74.5, v/v). The method showed good agreement between the experimental data and predictive value throughout the studied parameter space and were suitable for optimization studies on the monolithic stationary phase for acidic compounds.

Acids↗