scholarly journals Electrochemically Pretreated Carbon Microfiber Electrodes as Sensitive HPLC-EC Detectors

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zdenka Bartosova ◽  
Daniel Riman ◽  
Petr Jakubec ◽  
Vladimir Halouzka ◽  
Jan Hrbac ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Carbon Fibers ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Amperometric Detection ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Model Set ◽  
Carbon Microfiber ◽  
Carbon Fiber Microelectrodes ◽  
Treated Carbon

The paper focuses on the analysis and detection of electroactive compounds using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) combined with electrochemical detection (EC). The fabrication and utilization of electrochemically treated carbon fiber microelectrodes (CFMs) as highly sensitive amperometric detectors in HPLC are described. The applied pretreatment procedure is beneficial for analytical characteristics of the sensor as demonstrated by analysis of the model set of phenolic acids. The combination of CFM with separation power of HPLC technique allows for improved detection limits due to unique electrochemical properties of carbon fibers. The CFM proved to be a promising tool for amperometric detection in liquid chromatography.

Quantitative Determination of Vitamin E Isomers using Gas Chromatography, High Performance Liquid Chromatography and High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 294
Author(s):  
Hari Ramakrishnan K. ◽  
Janaky Ranjithkumar
Keyword(s):  
Gas Chromatography ◽  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Vitamin E ◽  
Thin Layer ◽  
Thin Layer Chromatography ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Layer Chromatography

Vitamin E, the fat soluble vitamin is present naturally in some foods and added in food supplements, nutraceuticals etc due to its vital biological function as an antioxidant. Various methods are available for the analysis of vitamin E. Especially High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Gas Chromatography (GC) are exclusively used for the quantitative evaluation of vitamin E, which has also identified the four different isomeric forms of this vitamin. The rate of losses of this vitamin during food processing and analysis, in addition to their transient dynamics, presents complexities in developing a highly sensitive procedure for their separations. Though effective, HPLC instrument is expensive and comparatively cumbersome. In this prospective, the study was to evaluate the usefulness of High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) in the analysis of vitamin E. There are methods available using Thin Layer Chromatography for its analysis, but they are not sensitive enough to identify the isomeric forms of vitamin E. In this HPTLC method, the different isomeric forms of vitamin E - α, β, γ and δ were identified. This technique shall be considered as an alternative to the other methods such as HPLC and GC.

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