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Marcella Pavan; Priscila Yamamoto; Rodrigo Moreira da Silva; Wilson Salgado Junior; José dos Santos; Rafael Kemp; Ajith Sankarankutty; Natália de Moraes; Cristiane de Gaitani
... Carvedilol is a commonly used antihypertensive whose oral absorption is limited by low solubility and significant first-pass metabolism. This work aimed to apply chemometrics for the optimization of a salting-out assisted liquid–liquid extraction (SALLE) combined with LC-MS/MS to analyze carvedilol enantiomers in plasma samples. Method development and validation were driven for application in phar ...
acetonitrile; aniline; chemometrics; control methods; fluorescence; methanol; models; paper
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... The purpose of this work is to develop a tool to search for a gradient profile with ternary or binary mixtures in liquid chromatography, that can provide well-resolved chromatograms in the shortest time for multianalyte analysis. This approach is based exclusively on experimental data and does not require a retention time model of the compounds to be separated. The methodology has been applied for ...
... The experimental design methodology based on central composite design of experiments was applied to compare the retention mechanisms in supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) and non-aqueous hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (NA-HILIC). The selected set consists of 26 compounds that belong to imidazoline and serotonin receptor ligands. The different chemometric tools (multiple linear ...
Corydalis; acetic acid; acetonitrile; chemometrics; detection limit; diodes; high performance liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; principal component analysis; quality control; quantitative analysis; rhizomes; separation; triethylamine
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... In this study, we established a comprehensive high‐performance liquid chromatography coupled with diode array detection and high‐resolution mass spectrometry method to identify 10 and quantified eight constituents in Corydalis Decumbentis Rhizoma (“Xiatianwu” in Chinese) and Corydalis Rhizoma (“Yanhusuo” in Chinese). Chemometric methods were applied to distinguish the botanical origins of the Xiat ...
... Celerisᵀᴹ Arginine (ARG) is a mixed-mode stationary phase recently released on the market. To characterize its analytical behavior, the retention factors of a pool (n=100, of which 36 neutrals, 26 acids and 38 bases) of pharmaceutically relevant compounds have been measured on this phase over eight percentages (from 10 to 90% v/v) of acetonitrile (MeCN) as organic modifier. The ARG phase exhibited ...
... The research of the use of steroid compounds in the treatment of various types of cancer has a history of more than 50 years. Numerous steroid derivatives have expressed significant anticancer activity, however the thorough analysis of their physicochemical and toxicological properties is required prior to their clinical application. The present study is focused on the characterization of physicoc ...
... Three eco-friendly and cost-effective analytical methods were developed and optimized for quantitative analysis of some veterinary drug residues in production wastewater samples. The studied drugs were ivermectin, rafoxanide and sulfadimidine. A solid-phase extraction procedure was employed using Bond Elut C18 cartridges, prior to analysis. The first method was a chemometric approach called multiv ...
acetonitrile; chemometrics; detection limit; experimental design; samarium; standard deviation; voltammetry
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... The development of methods for the efficient and reliable separation and routine analysis of rare-earth elements (REEs), including samarium (Sm), proceeds to draw in the interest of the many researchers, attributable to the similar physical and chemical properties of these elements. Note that although the voltammetric determination of Sm has been described in the literature, thus far, no chemometr ...
... The removal of biomacromolecules from biofluids decreases the sample complexity and lower electrospray suppression effects. Furthermore, it can increase the analysis sensitivity, precision, and selectivity. Often removal approaches evaluate the model based on a single criterion, like protein removed or response of one of few specific metabolites. In this study, we used a multicriteria approach to ...
... QuEChERS methodology is a new alternative for polyphenol analysis in foods and beverages. This extractive and clean up method includes several steps that should be optimized to accomplish a fast and efficient extraction. In this work, chemometrics tools were applied to optimize QuEChERS parameters for polyphenol extraction from beers. By means of D-optimal screening design, the most influential ex ...
acetonitrile; additives; amines; antagonists; chemometrics; drug formulations; enantiomers; guidelines; high performance liquid chromatography; methanol; oral administration; solvents; stereoselectivity; wavelengths
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... R-levocetirizine, the racemic switch of (±)-cetirizine, is a potent H₁-receptor antagonist. R-levocetirizine is currently marketed as oral dosage forms used to prevent and treat allergic conditions. In the present study, a stereoselective HPLC method was developed and optimized for the determination of cetirizine enantiomers in bulk and formulations by employing a chemometric tool. Chromatographic ...
Monte Carlo method; acetic acid; acetonitrile; chemometrics; cost effectiveness; experimental design; ferulic acid; humans; pH; principal component analysis; quantitative analysis; reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography; risk estimate; screening; variance; wavelengths
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... The present work describes the systematic development of a simple, rapid, sensitive, robust, effective and cost-effective reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatographic method for quantitative analysis of ferulic acid using analytical quality by design paradigms. Initially, apt wavelength for the analysis of ferulic acid was selected employing principal component analysis as the chemometri ...
Citrus; acetonitrile; chemical composition; chemometrics; coumarin; detection limit; flavonoids; formic acid; high performance liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; quality control; quantitative analysis; ripening
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... In this study, we aim to determine the chemical constituents of six Chinese medicinal materials from the Citrus genus using high‐performance liquid chromatography and high‐resolution mass spectrometry. Eight flavonoids and one coumarin were identified and further quantified as marker substances by high‐performance liquid chromatography method. The separation was performed on an Agilent TC‐C₁₈ colu ...
... In this study, design of experiments was applied for the analysis of 6 reversed phase U-HPLC columns used for the separation of four tetracyclines (TCs): tetracycline, doxycycline, chlortetracycline and oxytetracycline in different elution conditions. In a first part, a fractional factorial design (24-1) was used to study the influence of four chromatographic parameters: column temperature, pH, fl ...
... Two extraction strategies for albendazole, chloramphenicol, trimethoprim, enrofloxacin, oxitetracycline and nicarbazin in egg were optimized for its quantitation by liquid chromatography. First, two designs were built to find out the optimized condition for the air assisted-dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction based on solidification of organic drop: a fractional factorial and a central compos ...
acetonitrile; adsorption; carbon nanotubes; chemometrics; energy transfer; luminescence; methanol; nanohybrids; oxygen; polymers; rhenium; solvents; spectroscopy; transmission electron microscopy
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... The adsorption of a Re(CO)₃(phen)-poly(4-vinylpyridine) polymer, RePVP, on multiwall carbon nanotubes surfaces is studied by transmission electron microscopy and absorption spectroscopy in combination with chemometric techniques in MeOH/H₂O solvent mixture. Nanohybrid structures like a shish-kebab (NHSK) are observed by TEM when RePVP is wrapped around carbon nanotubes (CNTs) surfaces. The associa ...
acetonitrile; chemometrics; infant formulas; principal component analysis; reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography; wavelengths
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... An efficient method for rapid and simple identification of infant formula quality was investigated so as to prevent brand counterfeit of infant formulas. Reversed-phase, high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method combined with chemometric method was developed for fingerprints analysis. To optimize the RP-HPLC conditions, the RP-HPLC analysis was performed on a C₈ column by using gradi ...
Inula britannica; acetonitrile; calibration; chemometrics; detection limit; high performance liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; medicinal plants; quantitative analysis; sesquiterpenoid lactones; standard deviation; wavelengths; China
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... Inula britannica is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb. To identify and evaluate the quality of the main sesquiterpene lactones in Inula britannica from China, a high-performance liquid chromatography-diode-array detection-mass spectrometry (HPLC-DAD-MS) method was developed and validated. The method was successfully applied for the simultaneous characterization and quantification of the seven m ...
Panax ginseng; Panax notoginseng; Panax quinquefolius; acetonitrile; chemometrics; formic acid; ginsenosides; ionization; least squares; mass spectrometry; principal component analysis; roots; ultra-performance liquid chromatography
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... Ginsenosides in Panax quinquefolium L. were determined using developed ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry (UPLC-HRMS) method with electrospray ionization and orbitrap MS analyzer in negative ionization mode. Optimal UPLC separation was achieved using a mixture of acetonitrile and water with 0.1% formic acid as the mobile phase in linear gradient el ...
... The stepwise approach takes advantage of simple, versatile, low-cost screening tools that can be applied to several posts of the saffron trade chain to specifically detect adulteration with carminic acid (CA). This natural dye is of insect origin and should not be present in Kosher and Halal foods such as saffron. For gross adulteration levels (>25.0%, w/w) reaction with diphenylamine-sulfuric aci ...
... Different hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) stationary phases have been evaluated using different chemometric methods with the aim of their application in metabolomics studies. Experimental factors, such as the type of HILIC stationary phase (i.e. amide, amine, zwitterionic and diol) and the mobile phase conditions (organic co-solvent, pH and ionic strength) were assessed using ...
Rubia; acetonitrile; antineoplastic agents; bioactive properties; chemometrics; chemotaxonomy; detection limit; formic acid; monitoring; quantitative analysis; research and development; rhizomes; standard deviation; tandem mass spectrometry; ultra-performance liquid chromatography; China
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... Rubiaceae-type cyclopeptides (RAs) are one of characteristic constituents isolated from Rubia species, which are candidates of innovative anti-tumor drugs due to their significant bioactivity. However, approaches on the systematic characterization and quantification of RAs are still not available because of low contents and complicated purification. In this study, an ultra performance liquid chrom ...
... Extraction and determination of seven aromatic amines in environmental water samples were performed with solid-phase extraction (SPE) and micellar liquid chromatography (MLC) using experimental design. Extraction of aromatic amines was carried out with a C ₁₈ cartridge modified with sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS). The washing solution and elution solvent for extraction of aromatic amines were aqueo ...
Chimonanthus; acetonitrile; chemometrics; cluster analysis; high performance liquid chromatography; particle size; phosphoric acid; principal component analysis; quality control; standard deviation; ultra-performance liquid chromatography
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... A novel fingerprinting approach was developed by means of ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array detector (UPLC-PAD) for the quality control of Chimonanthus salicifolius (C. salicifolius). All UPLC analyses were carried out on a Waters Acquity BEH Phenyl column (2.1 × 50 mm, 1.7 μm particle size) at 48°C, with a gradient mobile phase composed of 0.1% aqueous phosphoric ...
Desmodium; acetonitrile; chemometrics; cluster analysis; formic acid; herbal medicines; particle size; principal component analysis; quality control; raw materials; ultra-performance liquid chromatography; China
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... A fingerprinting approach was developed by means of ultra high-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array detector for the quality control of Desmodium triquetrum L., an herbal medicine widely used for clinical purposes. Ten batches of raw material samples of D. triquetrum were collected from different regions of China. All UPLC analyses were carried out on a Waters ACQUITY UPLC BEH s ...
... The discrimination of organic and conventional production has been a critical topic of public discussion and constitutes a scientific issue. It remains a challenge to establish a correlation between the agronomical practices and their effects on the composition of olive oils, especially the phenolic composition, since it defines their organoleptic and nutritional value. Thus, a liquid chromatograp ...
Oriental traditional medicine; acetonitrile; chemometrics; chlorogenic acid; diodes; gallic acid; high performance liquid chromatography; phosphates; principal component analysis; quantitative analysis; temperature; wavelengths
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... In this study, a fast and effective high‐performance liquid chromatography method was developed to obtain a fingerprint chromatogram and quantitative analysis simultaneously of four indexes including gallic acid, chlorogenic acid, albiflorin and paeoniflorin of the traditional Chinese medicine Moluodan Concentrated Pill. The method was performed by using a Waters X‐bridge C₁₈ reversed phase column ...
absorption; acetonitrile; aflatoxin B1; carcinoma; chemometrics; corn; least squares; liver; models; quantitative analysis; spectroscopy; support vector machines
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... Aflatoxins contaminate and colonize agricultural products, such as grain, and thereby potentially cause human liver carcinoma. Detection via conventional methods has proven to be time-consuming and complex. In this paper, the terahertz (THz) spectra of aflatoxin B1 in acetonitrile solutions with concentration ranges of 1–50μg/ml and 1–50μg/l are obtained and analyzed for the frequency range of 0.4 ...
... Extraction methods evaluation to access plants metabolome is usually performed visually, lacking a truthful method of data handling. In the present study the major aim was developing reliable time- and solvent-saving extraction and fractionation methods to access alkaloid profiling of Psychotria nemorosa leaves. Ultrasound assisted extraction was selected as extraction method. Determined from a Fr ...
... The adsorption of the proton-pump inhibitor omeprazole was investigated using RP-LC with chemometric models combined with adsorption isotherm modelling to study the effect of pH and type of organic modifier (i.e., acetonitrile or methanol). The chemometric approach revealed that omeprazole was tailing with methanol and fronting with acetonitrile along with increased fronting at higher pH. The incr ...
Aspergillaceae; Monascus; acetonitrile; chemometrics; citrinin; fermentation; formic acid; lovastatin; mass spectrometry; monacolins; pigments; principal component analysis; quality control; quantitative analysis; raw materials; red yeast rice; rice; strains; yeasts
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... Red yeast rice (RYR) is prepared by fermenting rice with various strains of the yeast Monascus spp of the Aspergillaceae family. Depending on the Monascus strains and the fermentation conditions, the products may contain monacolins, pigments and citrinin as secondary metabolites. Authentic and commercial RYR samples were analyzed using UHPLC-PDA-QToFMS for monacolins, pigments and citrinin. A sepa ...
... Ultrasound leaching-solid phase extraction (USL-SPE) followed by dispersive-solidification liquid–liquid microextraction (DSLLME) was developed for preconcentration and determination of organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) in soil samples prior gas chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis. At first, OPPs were ultrasonically leached from soil samples by using methanol. After centrifugation, the sepa ...
... A rapid and reliable ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization/quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (U-HPLC/Q-TOF-MS) has been firstly used to analyze the changes of plasma phospholipids, in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) mice after administration of berberine and pomegranate seed oil (PSO). The separation of plasma phospholipids was carried out on an Acq ...
... The lipophilicities of 22 selected sunscreens, preservatives, and vitamins used in topical skin products were measured by thin‐layer chromatography. Lipophilicity was calculated in silico from the sunscreen molecular structures and compared to the experimental octanol/water partition coefficients found in the literature. The retention of the compounds was investigated on an RP‐18 stationary phase ...
... The effect of the cross-linker on the shape and size of molecular imprinted polymer (MIP) beads prepared by precipitation polymerization has been evaluated using a chemometric approach. Molecularly imprinted microspheres for the selective recognition of fluoroquinolone antimicrobials were prepared in a one-step precipitation polymerization procedure using enrofloxacin (ENR) as the template molecul ...
... Chlorogenic and caffeic acids are bioactive phenolic compounds present in Cecropia glaziovii Snethl., Urticaceae, products that have been used as analytical markers. This paper reports a chemometric study aimed at improving chromatographic performance for quantification of these markers by RP-HPLC. The organic to aqueous content ratio, the acid content of the mobile phase, and the elution method w ...
... A new method involving ultrasound-assisted benzoylation and dispersive liquidâliquid microextraction was optimized with the aid of chemometrics for the extraction, cleanup, and determination of polyamines in plant foods. Putrescine, cadaverine, spermidine, and spermine were derivatized with 3,5-dinitrobenzoyl chloride and extracted by dispersive liquidâliquid microextraction using acetonitrile ...
acetic acid; acetonitrile; chemometrics; chromatography; metabolites; monitoring; protocols; rapid methods; screening; sediments; sludge; soil; tandem mass spectrometry
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... An effective method for the quantification of fluxapyroxad and its three metabolites in soils, sediment and sludge was developed using ultrahigh performance chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC–MS/MS). Both the extraction and clean-up steps of the QuEChERS procedure were optimised using a chemometric tool, which was expected to facilitate the rapid analysis with minimal proc ...
absorption; acetonitrile; chemometrics; discriminant analysis; fluorescence; heavy metals; metal ions; principal component analysis; ultraviolet radiation
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... Eight carbazole-based molecular tweezers (CMTs) were designed and synthesized for application in the discrimination of heavy metal ions. All CMT solutions in MeCN were transparent, but exhibited strong deep blue or sky blue fluorescence emission upon UV irradiation. The electronic absorptions of CMTs appeared mainly in the UV region. The CMTs exhibited different fluorescence response patterns upon ...
acetic acid; acetonitrile; chemical species; chemometrics; cluster analysis; high performance liquid chromatography; principal component analysis; quality control; quantitative analysis; quercetin; regression analysis; rutin; wavelengths; China
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... A simple and efficient HPLC method is developed for the fingerprint analysis of Flos Sophorae Immaturus and for the simultaneous determination of three flavonoids in Flos Sophorae Immaturus, namely rutin, narcissin and quercetin. The separation of analytes is conducted on a Dikma Diamonsil C₁₈ column (250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm) at 35 °C; the wavelength of UV detector was set at 254 nm; the mobile phas ...
... In the current work, a 14 different types of stationary phases with specific structural properties (eight commercially available stationary phases and six home-made) have been studied. We used the minor disturbance method to measure the excess adsorption isotherms of water onto surface of chemically bonded stationary phases from water–acetonitrile mixtures. The presence of polar and hydrophobic gr ...
... Simultaneous determination of dextromethorphan hydrobromide (DEX), phenylephrine hydrochloride (PHEN), and carbinoxamine maleate (CAR) in pharmaceutical preparations was performed by using liquid chromatograpy (LC) and spectrophotometry. In LC, the separation was achieved on a C18 column and the optimal mobile phase for satisfactory separation in a gradient elution program was found to be acetonit ...
... In the present study, dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction followed by high performance liquid chromatography‐diode array detection has been developed as simple, rapid, accurate, and efficient sample preparation method for simultaneous determination of seven organic UV filters in urine samples. The influence of the main effects as well as their interactions was studied through a 2⁽⁶–²⁾ fractio ...
... A rapid and simple method for the extraction and preconcentration of N-methylcarbamates (NMCs) (carbofuran, carbaryl and promecarb) in water samples using dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (DLLME) using chemometrics was developed. Influence variables such as volume of extracting (CHCl₃) and dispersing solvents (ACN), pH and ionic strength, extraction time and centrifugation time and speed w ...
acetonitrile; chemometrics; coccidiosis; experimental design; feed additives; high performance liquid chromatography; nicarbazin; particle size; raw materials; response surface methodology; sodium acetate; temperature
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... The development, optimization and validation of an ion-pairing high performance liquid chromatography method for the simultaneous determination of both nicarbazin (NIC) components: 4,4′-dinitrocarbanilide (DNC) and 2-hydroxy-4,6-dimethylpyrimidine (HDP) in bulk materials and feed additives are described. An experimental design was used for the optimization of the chromatographic system. Four varia ...
acetonitrile; chemometrics; experimental design; fulvic acids; gel chromatography; linear models; molecular weight; pH; salt concentration; sodium chloride; solvents
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... A novel strategy is suggested for developing a size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) method in order to assess the molecular size distribution of natural organic matter (NOM). This strategy is based on the use of a chromatographic response function (CRF) and a response surface based on a central composite experimental design. The CRF qualifies the resolution degree attained under different SEC condi ...