
Figure 1
Optimisation of the background electrolyte (BGE) composition. 1 = thiamine hydrochloride (THI), 2 = tyramine hydrochloride (TYR), 3 = dopamine hydrochloride (DOP), 4 = 5-hydroxytryptamine hydrochloride (5-HT), 5 = noradrenaline hydrochloride (NOR), 6 = adrenaline hydrochloride (ADR), 7 = pyridoxine hydrochloride (PYR). Concentration of the analytes in the sample was 10 μg/mL−1. Applied separation current was 50 μA. For more operation conditions see the part Instrumentation.

Figure 2
Effect of organic solvent addition into the background electrolyte (BGE) on the simultaneous separation of five biogenic amines and two B vitamins. (a) Addition of methanol (MeOH); (b) addition of acetonitrile (ACN); (c) addition of isopropanol (IP); (d) addition of tetrahydrofuran (THF). BGE = 25 mM GABA + 50 mM HAc + 0.1% mHEC. Concentration of the analytes in the sample was 10 μg/mL−1. Applied separation current was 50 μA. 1 = thiamine hydrochloride (THI), 2 = tyramine hydrochloride (TYR), 3 = dopamine hydrochloride (DOP), 4 = 5-hydroxytryptamine hydrochloride (5-HT), 5 = noradrenaline hydrochloride (NOR), 6 = adrenaline hydrochloride (ADR), 7 = pyridoxine hydrochloride (PYR). For more operation conditions, see the “Instrumentation” section.

Figure 3
Effect of simultaneous addition of tetrahydrofuran (THF) and isopropanol (IP) into the background electrolyte (BGE) on the separation of five biogenic amines and two B vitamins. BGE = 25 mM GABA + 50 mM HAc + 0.1% m-HEC. Concentration of the analytes in the sample was 10 μg/mL−1. Applied separation current was 50 μA. 1 = thiamine hydrochloride (THI), 2 = tyramine hydrochloride (TYR), 3 = dopamine hydrochloride (DOP), 4 = 5-hydroxytryptamine hydrochloride (5-HT), 5 = noradrenaline hydrochloride (NOR), 6 = adrenaline hydrochloride (ADR), 7 = pyridoxine hydrochloride (PYR). For other operation conditions, see the “Instrumentation” section.

Figure 4
Effect of CE-β-CD addition into the background electrolyte (BGE) on the simultaneous separation of five biogenic amines and two B vitamins. (a) Addition of CE-β-CD at various concentration levels; (b) addition of CE-β-CD at 1 mg/mL−1 concentration level and isopropanol; (c) addition of CE-β-CD at 2 mg/mL−1 concentration level and isopropanol; (d) addition of CE-β-CD at 2.5 mg/mL−1 concentration level and isopropanol. BGE = 25 mM GABA + 50 mM HAc + 0.1% mHEC. Concentration of the analytes in the sample was 10 μg/mL−1. Applied separation current was 50 μA. 1 = thiamine hydrochloride (THI), 2 = tyramine hydrochloride (TYR), 3 = dopamine hydrochloride (DOP), 4 = 5-hydroxytryptamine hydrochloride (5-HT), 5 = noradrenaline hydrochloride (NOR), 6 = adrenaline hydrochloride (ADR), 7 = pyridoxine hydrochloride (PYR). For more operation conditions, see the “Instrumentation” section.

Figure 5
Effect of HP-β-CD addition into the background electrolyte (BGE) on the simultaneous separation of five biogenic amines and two B vitamins. (a) Addition of HP-β-CD at various concentration levels; (b) addition of HP-β-CD at 5 mg/mL−1 concentration level and isopropanol; (c) addition of HP-β-CD at 10 mg/mL−1 concentration level and isopropanol; (d) addition of HP-β-CD at 15 mg/mL−1 concentration level and isopropanol. BGE = 25 mM GABA + 50 mM HAc + 0.1% mHEC. Concentration of the analytes in the sample was 10 μg/mL−1. Applied separation current was 50 μA. 1 = thiamine hydrochloride (THI), 2 = tyramine hydrochloride (TYR), 3 = dopamine hydrochloride (DOP), 4 = 5-hydroxytryptamine hydrochloride (5-HT), 5 = noradrenaline hydrochloride (NOR), 6 = adrenaline hydrochloride (ADR), 7 = pyridoxine hydrochloride (PYR). For more operation conditions, see the “Instrumentation” section.
Table 1
Selected operation and validation parameters of the proposed CZE-UV method.
| THI | TYR | DOP | 5-HT | NOR | ADR | PYR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tm (min) | 12.09 | 12.95 | 14.09 | 14.60 | 15.06 | 15.73 | 18.44 |
| RSDtm (%), n=6 | 0.24 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.21 |
| RSDarea (%), n=6 | 1.82 | 4.30 | 8.21 | 5.47 | 4.76 | 4.27 | 1.67 |
| Calibration equation | y=104.03x + 77.112 | y=15.15x − 3.721 | y=9.64x + 8.563 | y=44.70x + 11.626 | y=7.27x − 8.347 | y=12.43x − 5.641 | y=38.48x − 3.648 |
| r2 | 0.9994 | 0.9991 | 0.9957 | 0.9996 | 0.9924 | 0.9979 | 0.9995 |
| Linear range | 0.5 – 50 | 2.5 – 50 | 2.5 – 50 | 0.5 – 50 | 2.5 – 50 | 2.5 – 50 | 0.5 – 50 |
| LOD (μg.mL−1) | 0.15 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 0.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 0.25 |
| LOQ (μg.mL−1) | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| N | 31729 | 28753 | 27813 | 28162 | 29880 | 22327 | 27182 |
| R | 2.99 | 3.57 | 1.47 | 1.32 | 1.76 | 6.27 |
[i] tm – migration time, RSDtm – relative standard deviation of migration time, RSDarea – relative standard deviation of peak area, LOD – limit of detection, LOQ – limit of quantification, N – separation efficiency, R – resolution. Separation efficiency (N) was calculated according to the equation N = 5.545*(tm/w1/2)2, where tm is the migration time and w1/2 is the full width at half maximum of the peak. Resolution (R) was calculated according to the equation R = 1.18*(tmB – tmA)/(w1/2A + w1/2B), where tmA and tmB represent migration times of analyte A and B, and w1/2A and w1/2B represent the full width of the peaks A and B at their half maximum. The calibration curve is expressed by the equation y = b.x + a. RSDtm and RSDarea were calculated from the samples at LOQ concentration level. LOD and LOQ were calculated as the signal (S) to noise (N) ratios to be 3xS/N and 10xS/N, respectively.
Table 2
Accuracy and precision data obtained by the CZE-UV method.
| Intra-day, n = 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found (μg.mL−1) | RSD (%) | % Nom. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nominal (μg.mL−1) | THI | TYR | DOP | 5-HT | NOR | ADR | PYR | THI | TYR | DOP | 5-HT | NOR | ADR | PYR | THI | TYR | DOP | 5-HT | NOR | ADR | PYR |
| 0.5 | 0.54 | - | - | 0.43 | - | - | 0.56 | 8.2 | - | - | 10.7 | - | - | 15.5 | 108.1 | - | - | 86.8 | - | - | 112.1 |
| 1 | 1.09 | - | - | 1.02 | - | - | 0.99 | 13.1 | - | - | 8.2 | - | - | 10.6 | 108.5 | - | - | 101.6 | - | - | 99.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.77 | 2.64 | 2.07 | 2.42 | 2.95 | 2.84 | 2.59 | 11.0 | 8.6 | 15.1 | 4.2 | 8.9 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 110.7 | 105.5 | 82.9 | 97.0 | 117.8 | 113.5 | 103.7 |
| 5 | 4.97 | 5.00 | 4.95 | 5.06 | 4.97 | 4.99 | 5.10 | 3.5 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 1.9 | 13.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 99.4 | 100.1 | 98.9 | 101.2 | 99.5 | 99.8 | 101.9 |
| 10 | 9.23 | 9.21 | 10.21 | 9.77 | 9.71 | 9.54 | 9.22 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 8.0 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 92.3 | 92.1 | 102.1 | 97.7 | 97.1 | 95.4 | 92.2 |
| 25 | 25.47 | 25.99 | 26.15 | 25.51 | 24.08 | 25.11 | 25.01 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 6.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 101.9 | 104.0 | 104.6 | 102.0 | 96.3 | 100.5 | 100.0 |
| 50 | 49.91 | 49.65 | 49.42 | 49.79 | 50.48 | 50.02 | 50.10 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 99.8 | 99.3 | 98.9 | 99.6 | 101.0 | 100.1 | 100.2 |
| Inter-day, n = 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found (μg.mL−1) | RSD (%) | % Nom. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nominal (μg.mL−1) | THI | TYR | DOP | 5-HT | NOR | ADR | PYR | THI | TYR | DOP | 5-HT | NOR | ADR | PYR | THI | TYR | DOP | 5-HT | NOR | ADR | PYR |
| 0.5 | 0.57 | - | - | 0.44 | - | - | 0.59 | 10.7 | - | - | 15.0 | - | - | 13.4 | 113.5 | - | - | 87.6 | - | - | 117.8 |
| 1 | 0.96 | - | - | 1.02 | - | - | 1.00 | 14.7 | - | - | 11.7 | - | - | 8.1 | 95.7 | - | - | 102.3 | - | - | 99.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.61 | 2.60 | 2.15 | 2.42 | 3.02 | 2.98 | 2.49 | 10.1 | 14.8 | 18.3 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 12.5 | 6.9 | 104.5 | 103.9 | 85.8 | 96.8 | 120.8 | 119.2 | 99.6 |
| 5 | 5.21 | 5.05 | 4.76 | 4.86 | 5.33 | 5.34 | 5.23 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 8.8 | 4.8 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 12.0 | 104.3 | 100.9 | 93.8 | 97.1 | 106.6 | 106.9 | 104.6 |
| 10 | 9.72 | 9.56 | 10.62 | 10.11 | 9.70 | 9.18 | 9.65 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 8.8 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 7.1 | 5.6 | 97.2 | 95.6 | 106.2 | 101.1 | 97.0 | 91.8 | 96.5 |
| 25 | 25.54 | 25.44 | 26.19 | 25.42 | 23.40 | 24.78 | 24.81 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 6.6 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 102.2 | 101.8 | 104.7 | 101.7 | 93.6 | 99.1 | 99.2 |
| 50 | 49.77 | 49.86 | 49.36 | 49.79 | 50.79 | 50.22 | 50.14 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 99.5 | 99.7 | 98.7 | 99.6 | 101.6 | 100.4 | 100.3 |
Table 3
Stability study of the analytes performed under various storage conditions.
| % difference from the initial concentration, n = 5 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20°C | 4°C | −20°C | −80°C | |||||||||
| c (μg.mL−1) | 2.5 | 15 | 30 | 2.5 | 15 | 30 | 2.5 | 15 | 30 | 2.5 | 15 | 30 |
| THI | −8.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | −0.9 | −4.4 | −1.3 | 0.26 | −2.4 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| TYR | −13.8 | 6.5 | −2.4 | 9.8 | 8.1 | −4.2 | 3.1 | 14.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | −4.6 |
| DOP | −9.4 | −0.6 | 0.4 | 2.4 | −2.6 | 0.3 | 3.3 | −2.4 | 4.2 | −8.6 | −0.7 | 1.0 |
| 5−HT | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 4.2 | −1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 1.6 |
| NOR | 2.0 | 2.7 | 6.3 | −2.8 | −0.4 | 9.1 | −5.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 | −14.6 | 6.5 | 5.0 |
| ARD | −1.1 | 1.4 | 2.4 | −1.0 | −7.1 | −1.6 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.0 | −7.0 | 7.5 | 2.3 |
| PYR | 1.8 | −1.2 | −3.4 | 3.1 | −9.0 | −1.0 | −2.8 | −10.7 | −1.4 | 0.7 | −8.1 | −0.6 |