E. D. B. Gomes, S. A. Ramalho, N. C. Gualberto, Rita Miranda, Nisha Nigam, N. Narain
{"title":"A Rapid Method for Determination of Some Phenolic Acids in Brazilian Tropical Fruits of Mangaba ( Hancornia speciosa Gomes ) and Umbu ( Spondias tuberosa Arruda Camara ) by UPLC","authors":"E. D. B. Gomes, S. A. Ramalho, N. C. Gualberto, Rita Miranda, Nisha Nigam, N. Narain","doi":"10.4236/JASMI.2013.33A001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/JASMI.2013.33A001","url":null,"abstract":"A rapid chromatographic \u0000method for the determination of six phenolic acids (chlorogenic, ferulic, \u0000gallic, p-coumaric, protocatechuic \u0000and vanillic acids) by ultra performance liquid chromatography \u0000(UPLC), was developed and applied for Brazilian tropical fruits mangaba \u0000(Hancornia speciosa Gomes) and umbu (Spondias tuberosa Arruda Camara). \u0000A multivariate statistical experimental design was employed to optimize \u0000analytical conditions (solvent A, solvent B concentrations and flow rates). \u0000Samples were cleaned-up by solid-phase extraction (SPE) with different solvents \u0000(methanol and acetone) employing SPE cartridges (amine and octadecyl-silane). \u0000The method using dihydrogen potassium phosphate 5 mmoL as solvent A and 8% acetonitrile \u0000as solvent B presented limits of detection varying from 14 to 94 ng.mL, limits of quantification from 39 to 277 ng.mL-1 with 2 μL of injection volume while total run \u0000time for all six compounds was only 9.6 minutes. Higher recovery was obtained \u0000by extraction with methanol-acetone of 69.51% to 72.59% for protocatechuic acid and \u000069.58% to 126.31% for \u0000the chlorogenic acid. The concentrations of chlorogenic, p-coumaric \u0000and ferulic acids in mangaba extracts were 113.4, 32.1 and 1.5 μg.g-1, respectively while \u0000concentrations of chlorogenic, protocatechuic, gallic, vanillic, ferulic and p-coumaric acids present in umbu fruit were 118.9, 141.3, 3.5, 2.5, \u00002.2 and 1.8 μg.g-1, \u0000respectively.","PeriodicalId":14932,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods and Instrumentation","volume":"10 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85300678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yu‐Cheng Chen, Ching‐Piao Liu, Chun-Kai Yang, Bao-Yu Huang, Chuen‐Ying Liu
{"title":"Preparation and Release Properties of Sol-Gel Encapsulated Proteins","authors":"Yu‐Cheng Chen, Ching‐Piao Liu, Chun-Kai Yang, Bao-Yu Huang, Chuen‐Ying Liu","doi":"10.4236/JASMI.2013.33A002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/JASMI.2013.33A002","url":null,"abstract":"A glycoprotein, bovine serum albumin \u0000(BSA) was used as a model compound for encapsulation in a sol-gel matrix. Dried \u0000gels were ground into powders and meshed to achieve particle sizes less than \u0000250 μm. The products were washed with phosphate buffer. Capillary \u0000electrophoresis was used to evaluate the encapsulation efficiency and the \u0000kinetic properties of protein release. Several parameters, including the pH and \u0000composition of the background electrolyte, were investigated in an effort to \u0000eliminate the matrix effect from the determination of release kinetics. \u0000Complete separation of the silica matrix from BSA was using phosphate buffer, an \u0000applied voltage of 15 kV, and detection at 278 nm. Kinetic studies indicated \u0000that most of the BSA was released in the first 5 h. The rate of BSA release gradually \u0000decreased, and some BSA after 25 h. These results indicated that dilute potassium phosphate buffer could accelerate \u0000protein release, but this was not observed for the concentrations greater than \u000050 mM. We believe the developed method has potential utility in other systems for in vitro matrix \u0000dissolution and drug release studies.","PeriodicalId":14932,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods and Instrumentation","volume":"9 1","pages":"11-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88458314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Estimation of Vitamins B-Complex (B 2 , B 3 , B 5 and B 6 ) of Some Leafy Vegetables Indigenous to Bangladesh by HPLC Method","authors":"Hasan Md. Nazmul, M. Akhtaruzzaman, S. Zakir","doi":"10.4236/JASMI.2013.33A004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/JASMI.2013.33A004","url":null,"abstract":"The current experiment was conducted \u0000for the simultaneous determination of several water-soluble vitamins like ribo- flavin (vitamin B2), niacin \u0000(vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) and \u0000pyridoxine (vitamin B6) in five highly con- sumed local leafy vegetables named as \u0000bottle gourd leaves (Lagenaria vulgaris) (local name Lau shak), green \u0000amaranth leaves (Amaranthus viridis) \u0000(local name Data shak), red amaranth leaves (Amaranthus gangeticuss) \u0000(local name Lal shak), Indian spinach (Basella alba) (local name Pui \u0000shak) and bitter gourd leaves (Momordica charantia) (local name Korola \u0000shak). The analyses were performed by HPLC using an analytical reversed phase \u0000C-18 (ODS column, 250 × 4.6 mm, 5 μm, Phenomenex, Inc.) column with the mobile \u0000phase consisting of a mixture of buffer (hexane sulphonic acid sodium, \u0000potassium dihydrogen phosphate and triethylamine, pH 3.0) and methanol in the \u0000ratio of 96:4 (v/v) at a flow rate of 1 mL/min with UV detection at 210 nm. The \u0000retention times for the vitamins were obtained as 3.61 min, 6.37 min, 9.51 min \u0000and 11.51 min for Vitamins B2, B3, B5 and B6, \u0000respectively. These obtained values of the vitamins were compared with the \u0000values available in published literatures of Deshio Khaddar Pustiman (DKPM), Indian food value (IFV) and United States \u0000Department of Agriculture (USDA).","PeriodicalId":14932,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods and Instrumentation","volume":"11 1","pages":"24-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79562949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development and Validation of an Ion Chromatography Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Seven Food Additives in Cheeses","authors":"M. Iammarino, A. Taranto","doi":"10.4236/JASMI.2013.33A005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/JASMI.2013.33A005","url":null,"abstract":"Cheeses are characterized by several chemical-physical properties that make it difficult for the microorganisms growth, consequently. The actual European legislation allows the addition of few food additives in this type of food products. In this work, the entire procedure of extraction, purification, chromatographic separations and quali/quantitative determination of seven food additives (sorbic acid, benzoic acid, lactic acid, acetic acid, nitrites, nitrates and phosphates) was developed and applied for the analysis of different types of cheese (mozzarella, cheese spread, semi-hard and hard cheeses). Through validation procedure it was possible to evaluate the most important validation parameters. Extended calibration curves (r > 0.990) were obtained for all the analyzed compounds. Recovery values ranged from 72.8% to 98.4% and a good repeatability was obtained, with precision levels in the range of 0.03% - 0.11% (n = 6). The potential and feasibility of the method were tested by analysing real samples, such as mozzarella, cheese spread, semi-hard and hard cheeses, confirming that the method is well suited to satisfy the demands for accurate confirmation analyses of seven food additives in cheeses, which is especially valuable in official check analyses and in monitoring schemes.","PeriodicalId":14932,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods and Instrumentation","volume":"33 1","pages":"30-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80311025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determination of total galactose from dried blood spots—extensive assay evaluation of a CE-marked test-kit","authors":"R. Fingerhut, T. Torresani","doi":"10.4236/JASMI.2013.33020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/JASMI.2013.33020","url":null,"abstract":"Most newborn screening laboratories use CE-marked or FDA-approved test-kits, like in routine clinical chemistry. National regulations require only minimal evaluation from the customer, if the test-kits are used as specified by the manufacturer. The microtiter-based kit-concept is often based on the perception, that the laboratory always processes whole microtiter plates. However, in the daily routine, this is rather a rare exception, which leads to much higher costs per newborn, compared to the costs per assay in the test-kits. In addition the amount of wasted resources is quite high. Performance of the Neonatal Total Galactose kit from Perkin Elmer was tested. We have determined specificity, limit of detection (LOD), limit of quantitation (LOQ), intra and inter assay variation, recovery, stability of measuring signal and reagents. Results were also compared with the Astoria Pacific Spot Check System. In addition, we had (by chance) the opportunity to test 2 kits, which were already expired for more than 3 years. LOD was 165 - 306 μmol/L and LOQ 475 - 703 μmol/L, depending on the definition of LOD/LOQ. Mean recovery was 112.8%, intra assay CVs were 11.3, 7.3, 4.0, and 3.0, and inter assay CVs 28.7, 15.9, 7.8, and 9.3, at 220, 590, 1200, and 2060 μmol/L respectively. Reconstituted and mixed reagents must be used within some hours, and were unstable even if stored at -20℃. However, if the reconstituted galactose substrate reagent and galactose oxidase reagent were only mixed according to the daily requirements, and the rest stored separately at -20℃, they were stable for at least 12 days. The performance of the expired test-kits did not differ from the others. The performance of the Total Galactose kit is comparable to other tests used for newborn screening. However, we could significantly reduce the costs per newborn and reduce unnecessary production of waste, by thorough validation and modification of the assay procedures.","PeriodicalId":14932,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods and Instrumentation","volume":"40 1","pages":"163-166"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86038547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muniasamy Neerathilingam, S. H. A. Gandham, Falguni V Patel, M. Nasiruddin
{"title":"Determination of Interaction between NFκB p50 and β-IFN-κB Binding Oligo Using AlphaLISA in HTP Fashion","authors":"Muniasamy Neerathilingam, S. H. A. Gandham, Falguni V Patel, M. Nasiruddin","doi":"10.4236/JASMI.2013.33022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/JASMI.2013.33022","url":null,"abstract":"NF-κB plays a crucial role in regulating various biological processes including innate and adaptive immunity, inflammation, stress responses, B-cell development, and lymphoid organogenesis. Currently, several assays like electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer (TR-FRET) are widely used for studying the NFκB intraction with β-IFN-κB binding oligo. Each of these techniques has varying utility with distinct strengths and weaknesses. We describe a method AlphaLISA to identify NFκB p50 protein and β-IFN-κB binding oligo sequence and interaction is efficient at a given concentration (10 nM) in the EMSA and Biacore’s SPR assays. The method has many advantages such as use of small volume, high throughput (HTP), convenience of sample preparation and data analysis.","PeriodicalId":14932,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods and Instrumentation","volume":"7 1","pages":"173-178"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74772927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. D. Khang, N. N. Dien, D. Lanh, N. X. Hai, P. N. Tuan, N. Hoa, Nguyen An Son
{"title":"A Design Configuration of an FPGA-Based Coincident Spectrometry System","authors":"P. D. Khang, N. N. Dien, D. Lanh, N. X. Hai, P. N. Tuan, N. Hoa, Nguyen An Son","doi":"10.4236/JASMI.2013.33019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/JASMI.2013.33019","url":null,"abstract":"In the past, most of popular coincidence spectrometers were normally based on traditional electronics techniques such as time to amplitude conversion or logic selecting coincidence unit. They were complicated and it is not convenient for us to use them. This paper deals with a new design of a contemporary coincidence spectrometer which is based on Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) devices via Digital Signal Processing (DSP) techniques with Hardware Description Language (VHDL). The outstanding advantage of DSP techniques and FPGA technology is capable of enhancement of the quality of the experimental measurements for nuclear radiation. The designed configuration of the traditional system was tested on the PCI 7811R board of National Instruments while the digital systems were establishing with FPGA devices. The purpose of this work is referring to the principle for construction of an FPGA-based system capable of replacing a conventional system. Therefore, a novel approach for in-house development of digital techniques is presented. The method for designing the system is utilization of slow-fast coincidence configurations with two HPGe detectors obtaining a pair of coincidence events, processing data in DSP algorithms. The significant and noticeable results are the operating frequency of 80 MHz and system timestamp window of approximately 10 ns.","PeriodicalId":14932,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods and Instrumentation","volume":"23 1","pages":"158-162"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73919124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mu Liu, Chengde Luo, Xiaoyun Liu, Gang Wan, Bin Dai
{"title":"A Study on Measurement of Forest Soil Redox Potential","authors":"Mu Liu, Chengde Luo, Xiaoyun Liu, Gang Wan, Bin Dai","doi":"10.4236/JASMI.2013.33017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/JASMI.2013.33017","url":null,"abstract":"Redox potential has principal influences on formation and attribute of soils and it is necessary to research the measurement of soil redox potential. The self-made potentiometer and two indigenous FJA-5 potentiometers were employed to measure the Eh values of fir forest soils in situ, which lied in Savage Sea Beauty Spot in Sichuan Province. Simultaneously fresh soils in situ were collected and made into suspensions with various soil-water ratios and standing time to measure Eh values. The results demonstrated that the total tendency of Eh values measured by the self-made potentiometer was gradually falling with soil-water ratios increasing and standing time prolonging. There is a great difference between Eh values measured in laboratory and in situ. Only in situ may the measured Eh values show realistic oxidation-reduction conditions and formation characteristics of forest soil. The self-made potentiometer has a preferable performance than indigenous FJA-5 potentiometers and it can be applied to measuring forest soil Eh in situ.","PeriodicalId":14932,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods and Instrumentation","volume":"24 1","pages":"137-151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84043752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heather Wang, R. Nardi, Y. Bereznitski, R. Helmy, D. Waterhouse
{"title":"Quantitation of Genetox Impurities Using a Surrogate Standard Approach","authors":"Heather Wang, R. Nardi, Y. Bereznitski, R. Helmy, D. Waterhouse","doi":"10.4236/JASMI.2013.33021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/JASMI.2013.33021","url":null,"abstract":"With the ever increasing complexity of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) preparations, more potential genotoxic impurities (PGI’s) are being observed. It is thus necessary to determine if these PGI’s are present in the final API’s, and if they are present, to ensure the levels are acceptable for any clinical uses. For PGI’s that have authentic standards available, quantitation can be accomplished in a straightforward manner. However, for PGI’s that are expected to form through rearrangements or side reactions, authentic standards may not be readily available, significantly complicating the analysis. In this study we describe a surrogate standard approach for quantifying PGI’s that allows for relative response factor calculations of PGI species utilizing both gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS).","PeriodicalId":14932,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods and Instrumentation","volume":"42 1","pages":"167-172"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80557717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. X. Hai, P. N. Tuan, N. N. Dien, D. Lanh, T. Huong, P. N. Son, P. D. Khang
{"title":"The Basis for Design and Manufacture of a DSP-Based Coincidence Spectrometer","authors":"N. X. Hai, P. N. Tuan, N. N. Dien, D. Lanh, T. Huong, P. N. Son, P. D. Khang","doi":"10.4236/JASMI.2013.33018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/JASMI.2013.33018","url":null,"abstract":"The coincidence technique and the coincidence spectroscopy have been developed and applied for over 40 years. Most of popular coincidence measurement systems were based on analog electronics techniques such as time to amplitude conversion (TAC) or logic selecting coincidence unit. The above-mentioned systems are relatively cumbersome and complicated to use. With the strong growth of digital electronics techniques and computational science, the coincidence measurement systems will be constructed simpler but more efficient with the sake of application. This article presents the design principle and signal processing of a simple two-channel coincidence system by a technique of digital signal processing (DSP) using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) devices at Nuclear Research Institute (NRI), Dalat.","PeriodicalId":14932,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods and Instrumentation","volume":"12 1","pages":"152-157"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80238789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}