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... A new sensitive and selective analytical methodology to quantify glyphosate (GLY), aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), and glufosinate (GLU) in both soil and earthworms (Allolobophora chlorotica) was developed. The extraction and purification methods were optimized. The samples were extracted with various aqueous solutions (HNO₃, H₂O, KOH and borate buffer) and derivatized with 9-Fluorenylmethyl ch ...
... In this work, a modified technique was developed to separate essential oil from the fruit of Amorpha fruticosa using microwave-assisted hydrodistillation concatenated liquid-liquid extraction (MHD-LLE). The new apparatus consists of two series-wound separation columns for separating essential oil, one is the conventional oil-water separation column, and the other is the extraction column of compon ...
acetonitrile; ammonium acetate; blood plasma; ethyl ether; humans; ionization; levamisole; liquid chromatography; mebendazole; pharmacokinetics; tandem mass spectrometry
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... A sensitive and rapid LC–MS/MS method was developed and validated for the determination of levamisole in human plasma. The assay was based on liquid–liquid extraction of analytes from human plasma with ethyl ether. Chromatographic separation was carried on an Agilent HC-C₈ column (150mm×4.6mm, 5μm) at 40°C, with a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile—10mM ammonium acetate (70:30, v/v), a flow r ...
... Brettanomyces/Dekkera produces 4-ethylphenol (4-EP) and 4-ethylguaiacol (4-EG) from hydroxycinnamic acids that affect the wine aroma and overall quality. A simple, cheap, fast and reliable quantitation method is needed for routine quality control of wines. In this work a simple method based on one simple liquid–liquid extraction with pentane/diethyl ether (2:1) and analysis by GC–MS allow to obtai ...
... Lamotrigine (LTZ) is a phenyltriazine derivative which belongs to anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) class and prescribed as mono- or adjunctive-therapy in treatment of epilepsy. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of AEDs provides a valid clinical tool in optimization of overall therapy. However, TDM is challenging due to the high biological samples (plasma/blood) storage/shipment costs and the limited av ...
Camilla Regina de Souza Madeira; Mariana Millan Fachi; Victor Concentino; Alexandre de Fátima Cobre; Angela Cristina Leal Badaró Trindade; Alan Guilherme Gonçalves; Roberto Pontarolo
... Phosphodiesterase inhibitors (PDE5i) are considered the first line therapy for erectile dysfunction. All PDE5i available on the market are structurally related; their main differences relate to their pharmacokinetic parameters. For these treatments to be effective and safe, it is necessary that these drugs are in the appropriate doses and that they reach adequate concentrations in the plasma. For ...
... Linezolid is the first approved oxazolidinone antibacterial agent, whereas PH027 is a novel compound of the same class that exhibits good in vitro antibacterial activity. The objective of this study was to develop an UPLC–MS/MS assay for the analysis of linezolid and PH027 in plasma and to apply the method for comparative pharmacokinetic and tissue distribution studies of both compounds.Plasma sam ...
... In the present work the plasma levels of PZA and its two active metabolites, pyrazinoic acid (PA) and 5-hydroxy pyrazinoic acid (5-OH PA) were determined by a sensitive and rapid LC–MS/MS method. The analytes and their labeled internal standards were extracted from 200μL plasma samples by liquid-liquid extraction with methyl tert-butyl ether: diethyl ether (90:10, v/v) under acidic conditions. The ...
... In the present study a method to quantify chlorpromazine in human plasma using cyclobenzaprine as the internal standard (IS) is described. The analyte and the IS were extracted from human plasma by a liquid–liquid extraction with diethyl ether/dichloromethane (70/30, v/v) and analyzed by an ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) coupled to an electrospray tandem triple quadrupole mass spec ...
Food and Drug Administration; absorption; acetic acid; acetonitrile; confidence interval; energy; ethyl ether; formic acid; high performance liquid chromatography; humans; liquid-liquid extraction; methylene chloride; pharmacokinetics; solvents; tandem mass spectrometry; volunteers; United States
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... A rapid, sensitive and specific method for quantifying ciprofibrate in human plasma using bezafibrate as the internal standard (IS) is described. The sample was acidified prior extraction with formic acid (88%). The analyte and the IS were extracted from plasma by liquid–liquid extraction using an organic solvent (diethyl ether/dichloromethane 70/30 (v/v)). The extracts were analyzed by high perfo ...
acetonitrile; breast feeding; breast milk; cesarean section; dexmedetomidine; ethyl ether; formic acid; high performance liquid chromatography; humans; ionization; liquid-liquid extraction; patients; spectrometers; tandem mass spectrometry
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... Several analytical methods for dexmedetomidine (DEX) in human plasma have been published, but quantification of DEX in human breast milk has not been described. In this article, we describe a high performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC–MS/MS) method suitable for quantification of DEX in human breast milk. DEX and an internal standard were extracted in a single liquid–liqu ...
acetone; acetonitrile; chromatography; derivatization; detection limit; ethyl acetate; ethyl ether; flavor; heptane; ionization; mass spectrometry; methanol; pentane; red wines
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... A compound associated with oxidized flavor in red wines was recently-identified as 3-methyl-2,4-nonanedione (MND). In order to quantify it, positive chemical ionization (PCI) in an ion trap was studied using conventional liquid reagents such as methanol, acetonitrile, and acetone, as well as non-conventional liquid reagents such as ethyl acetate, diethyl ether, pentane, isohexane, and heptane. Und ...
... The quassinoid brusatol, which can be isolated from Brucea javanica (L.) Merr., becomes popularly studied because of its anti-tumor activity. In order to further investigate brusatol and extend its applications, a sensitive analytical method for determination of brusatol in biological samples is essential. However, few methods had been reported until now. In this study, a highly sensitive and repr ...
alkalinization; ethyl acetate; ethyl ether; formates; formic acid; ionization; liquid chromatography; metabolites; neoplasms; pH; pharmacokinetics; rabbits; tandem mass spectrometry
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... New tandem mass spectrometric method coupled with liquid chromatography (LC–MS/MS) has been developed to determine the total concentration of camptothecin derivatives (irinotecan and SN-38) regardless of inter-conversion phenomenon between carboxylate and lactone forms. At first, all sample solutions were acidified for 1h in order to completely convert CPT derivatives into their lactone forms and ...
... A simple and rapid procedure for the determination of quinalphos in human whole blood using liquid-liquid extraction and high-performance thin-layer chromatography was developed and validated. Seven different organic solvents were tested for optimum extraction of quinalphos from spiked blood samples. The effect of pH on the extraction yield of quinalphos was also examined. An average recovery of 9 ...
... A new method, reversed phase liquid chromatography with off-line surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (RPLC–SALDI MS) for the determination of brassicasterol (BR), cholesterol (CH), stigmasterol (ST), campesterol (CA) and β-sitosterol (SI) in oil samples has been developed. The sample preparation consisted of alkaline saponification followed by extraction of the unsaponif ...
acetonitrile; antineoplastic agents; blood; ethyl ether; feces; formic acid; humans; liquid chromatography; metabolites; pharmacokinetics; spectrometers; tandem mass spectrometry; urine
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... To support clinical pharmacokinetic studies with the anticancer agent E7080 (lenvatinib), liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) methods were developed for the quantification of E7080 and four of its metabolites in human plasma, urine and faeces and of E7080 in whole blood. Cross-analyte interferences between metabolites and parent compound were expected and therefore accounted ...
... Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are gut microbiota metabolites recognized for their beneficial effects on the host organism. In this study, a simple and rapid sample preparation method combined to SCFAs analysis by direct injection and gas chromatography coupled with flame ionization detection (GC-FID), for the determination and quantification of eight SCFAs (acetic, propionic, i-butyric, butyric, ...
... A sensitive and specific method for the quantitative determination of gamithromycin in animal plasma, lung tissue and pulmonary epithelial lining fluid (PELF) using liquid chromatography combined with heated electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) was developed. The sample preparation was rapid, straightforward and consisted of a deproteinization and phospholipid removal step u ...
... The screening analysis for drugs and poisons always symbolizes the capabilities of a forensic laboratory. Due to the rapid emergence of new compounds in clinical and forensic intoxication cases, sensitive and specific methods are necessary for the screening of wide range of target compounds. A novel high-throughput screening method has been developed for the toxicological analysis of 288 drugs and ...
electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; ethyl acetate; ethyl ether; experimental design; humans; lactating women; lactation; liquid chromatography; liquid-liquid extraction; magnesium sulfate; pesticide residues; phosphates; quantitative analysis; tandem mass spectrometry; urinalysis; urine
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... In this study a fast and sensitive method was developed for the quantitative determination of six dialkyl phosphates (DAPs) in human urine using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The proposed methodology was based on liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) with diethyl ether and ethyl acetate using MgSO4 and NaCl, followed by liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry detection in ...
... In this study, preparation of a solid-phase microextraction fiber of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) polymer in its blends with polystyrene (PS) via electrospinning process, on a stainless steel wire has been reported. The electrospining enhancement of PDMS solutions in the presence of PS is found due to the increase in the viscosity of the mixed solutions. Characteristics of the fibers were inspected ...
... In this study, to demonstrate preparation strategy and improve understanding of chiral recognition mechanisms, triproline chiral stationary phases (CSPs) were evaluated with a series of analytes classified as having none, one, two or three H-bond donors. The average retention factors and mobile phase strength generally followed none
... Using headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) followed by diethyl ether and methanol extraction, it was possible to isolate as many as 185 organic compounds out of 17 samples of crude royal jelly (RJ). Of the above compound number, 169 compounds were positively identified by means of gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. The volatile fraction of RJ consists of 25 different compounds where ...
... Two simple, sensitive and specific high-performance thin-layer chromatographic (HPTLC) methods were developed for the determination of febuxostat (FEB) individually, and simultaneously with diclofenac (DIC) in human plasma. Method A presents the first HPTLC-ultraviolet attempt for FEB determination in human plasma. FEB was separated from endogenous plasma components (at hRF = 70) with ethyl acetat ...
... The naphthenic acids of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) are said to be important toxicants. The major acids are stated to have alicyclic structures and recently, numerous of these have been identified, but some evidence suggests ‘aromatic’ acids are also present. The proportions of such acids have not been reported because they exist in so-called supercomplex mixtures with the alicyclic sp ...
Hanumanth Srikanth Cheruvu; Navneet K. Yadav; Guru R. Valicherla; Rakesh K. Arya; Zakir Hussain; Chetan Sharma; Kamal R. Arya; Rama K. Singh; Dipak Datta; Jiaur R. Gayen
... Eclipta alba (Bhringraj) in ayurveda has been widely used as a traditional medicine for its multi-therapeutic properties for ages. Luteolin (LTL), wedelolactone (WDL) and apigenin (APG) are the three main bioactive phytochemicals present in Eclipta alba extract. However there was a lack of sensitive bioanalytical method for the pharmacokinetics of these free compounds in plasma which majorly contr ...
... Rigid monoliths were synthesized solely from poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylates (PEGDA) or poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylates (PEGDMA) containing different ethylene glycol chain lengths by one-step UV-initiated polymerization. Methanol/ethyl ether and cyclohexanol/decanol were used as bi-porogen mixtures for the PEGDA and PEGDMA monoliths, respectively. Effects of PEG chain length, bi-porogen ra ...
Diabrotica; chemical ecology; chemical species; corn; electrophysiology; ethyl ether; lipophilicity; methanol; polydimethylsiloxane; rhizosphere; sand; semiochemicals; silicon; soil; solvents; vapors; water content
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... The extraction of small lipophilic molecules (SLMs) in the soil-root interface that play a role in belowground ecological interactions between plants and insect herbivores was investigated. Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microtubing has been shown to absorb root SLMs selectively in low-disturbance setups, where analytes were extracted from the polymer with methanol. This technique was adapted to isol ...
... In the present work on-line derivatization is combined with on-line normal phase liquid chromatography–gas chromatography (NPLC–GC) to analyze total sterols in edible oils. The method uses the TOTAD interface with an additional LC injection valve to automatically introduce the derivatization reagent. The derivatization reaction takes place in the adsorbent material located inside the liner of the ...
... Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) play key roles in maintaining health and treating disease. Quantification of important fecal SCFAs is necessary to facilitate the clarification of their biological roles. However, the existing quantifying methods mainly depend on complicated precolumn derivatization, and/or are unable to determine formic acid, a SCFA commonly associated with toxicity. In this study, ...
acetone; benzene; ethanol; ethyl acetate; ethyl ether; gas chromatography; methylene chloride; solvents; tetrahydrofuran; van der Waals forces
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... Although the inverse gas chromatography technique has been used to measure the surface acid-base properties for almost 50 years, several basic problems still hinder its further development and application. One of the problems is that for the polar probe molecules of dichloromethane, acetone, ethyl acetate, tetrahydrofuran, and ethanol, the molecular area of each probe has different values in liter ...
... This work investigated column elution chromatography coupled with supercritical anti-solvent precipitation to produce carotenoid rich microsized particulates from microalgal Dunaliella salina species. The extract contained carotenoids ranging from 61.3mg/gₛₐₗᵢₙₐ to 72.5mg/gₛₐₗᵢₙₐ using ultrasonic stirred ethyl ether or tetrahydrofuran (THF) extraction. When 10L of ethyl alcohol was employed to elu ...
algorithms; computer software; detection limit; drug formulations; ethyl ether; fat soluble vitamins; fish oils; liquid chromatography; pH; sodium dodecyl sulfate; solvents; surfactants; syrups; temperature
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... An environmentally benign and simple method has been proposed for separation and determination of fat-soluble vitamins using isocratic microemulsion liquid chromatography. Optimization of parameters affecting the separation selectivity and efficiency including surfactant concentration, percent of cosurfactant (1-butanol), and percent of organic oily solvent (diethyl ether), temperature and pH were ...
beers; cyclohexanes; desorption; ethyl ether; gas chromatography; mass spectrometry; methylene chloride; mixing; odor compounds; pesticides; solutes; solvents; toluene; wines
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... A novel solvent-assisted stir bar sorptive extraction (SA-SBSE) technique was developed for enhanced recovery of polar solutes in aqueous samples. A conventional PDMS stir bar was swollen in several solvents with log Kow ranging from 1.0 to 3.5 while stirring for 30min prior to extraction. After extraction, thermal desorption – gas chromatography – (tandem) mass spectrometry (TD-GC-(MS/)MS) or liq ...
... This paper demonstrated the non-validity of Schultz et al. method by proving that the surface areas of n-alkanes and polar molecules strongly depend of the temperature. Consequently, the results of surface properties obtained by this method are inaccurate. Inverse gas chromatography (IGC) at infinite dilution and the dynamic contact angle (DCA) technique were used on the polytetrafluoroethylene (P ...
... The presented paper is the first to show thin layer chromatography (TLC) analysis based on eutectic mobile phases (Deep Eutectic Solvents – DES). During the experiment 25 eutectic mixtures were investigated for their chromatographic properties. Most of them belong to the natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES) group. Also, new eutectic liquids based on phenolics and terpenes, not previously employe ...
acetonitrile; breast milk; ethyl ether; flavin-adenine dinucleotide; monitoring; nicotinamide; pyridoxal; stable isotopes; tandem mass spectrometry; thiamin; trichloroacetic acid; ultra-performance liquid chromatography
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... A novel, rapid and sensitive ultra-performance liquid-chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC–MS/MS) method for the simultaneous determination of several B-vitamins in human milk was developed. Resolution by retention time or multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) for thiamin, riboflavin, flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), nicotinamide and pyridoxal (PL) has been optimized within 2min using a gr ...