Direct electrokinetic injection of inorganic cations from whole fruits and vegetables for capillary electrophoresis analysis

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Journal Article

Publication Title

Journal of Chromatography A

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Elsevier

School

School of Science

RAS ID

24360

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Kalsoom, U., Guijt, R. M., Boyce, M. C., Townsend, A. T., Haselberg, R., & Breadmore, M. C. (2016). Direct electrokinetic injection of inorganic cations from whole fruits and vegetables for capillary electrophoresis analysis. Journal of Chromatography A, 1428, 346-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2015.08.012

Abstract

A novel approach for the direct injection from plant tissues without any sample pre-treatment has been developed by simply placing a small piece of the tissue into a capillary electrophoresis vial followed by application of a voltage for electrokinetic injection. Separations of sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium were achieved using a BGE comprising 10mM imidazole and 2.5mM 18-crown-6-ether at pH 4.5. The addition of 2% (m/v) hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose to the separation buffer allowed for precise and accurate electrokinetic injection of ions from the plant material by halting the movement of tissue fluid into the capillary. This method provides both qualitative and quantitative data of inorganic cations, with quantitation in zucchini, mushroom and apple samples in agreement with Sector Field Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometric analysis (r2=0.98, n=9). This method provides a new way for rapid, quantitative analysis by eliminating sample preparation procedures, and has great potential for a range of applications in plant science and food chemistry. © 2015 Elsevier B.V..

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10.1016/j.chroma.2015.08.012

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