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No / A microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography (MEEKC) method has been developed and validated for the determination of 4-hydroxybenzoates and their impurities. These materials are commonly known as parabens and are widely used as preservatives in foods, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. The method was shown to be selective and quantitative for the methyl, ethyl, propyl and butyl esters of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid. An internal standard, 4-hydroxyacetophenone, was employed to improve injection precision and detector linearity. In addition, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, the major degradent, could also be monitored at the 0.1% (m/m) level. The method was successfully validated for assay and detection of the impurities in 4-hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid propyl ester samples and for the determination of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester in a liquid pharmaceutical formulation. The determination of paraben content by MEEKC in a liquid sample was consistent with HPLC analysis. This work is the first reported validated MEEKC method and shows that the methodology can be successfully implemented into routine quality control testing.

No / In previous reports of microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography (MEEKC), analysis times were typically in the order of 10 min as high-ionic strength buffers were used. These buffers produced high currents which limit the voltages which can be applied, therefore, analysis times could not be reduced. The primary cause of the high-ionic strength is the relatively high concentrations of surfactants required to form the microemulsion. The surfactant concentration can be lower when using an oil with a smaller surface tension. This preliminary study showed that migration times in MEEKC can be reduced to below 1 min by using a combination of an optimum microemulsion composition, high voltage, high temperature, short capillaries by injecting via the short end, or by simultaneously applying pressure and voltage. Long injection sequences and quantitation were found to be possible with minimum buffer depletion effects.

Os frutos de S. saponaria, espécie bastante abundante em São Carlos e outras regiões do Brasil são ricos em glicosídeos anfifílicos, ou seja, compostos por uma parte polar e outra apolar. Devido a esta peculiaridade tendem a formar espuma mostrando propriedades químicas semelhantes às dos tensoativos. Alguns destes glicosídeos pertencem à classe das saponinas e são constituídos por uma aglicona de estrutura carbônica a qual está ligada a uma ou duas cadeias de açúcar. O interesse pelas propriedades tensoativas deste glicosídeos motivou o estudo destas substâncias para uso em eletroforese capilar. Os frutos foram extraídos com metanol e fracionados em coluna cromatográfica preparativa utilizando sephadex LH-20 como fase estacionária. Após a eluição, as frações foram analisadas por espectrometria de massas e estudadas por eletroforese capilar. A eletroforese capilar de zona mostrou-se uma técnica viável para o estudo das frações obtidas. Embora um grau de pureza elevado não tenha sido alcançado, a fração B foi utilizada como aditivo para tampão em cromatografia eletrocinética micelar (MEKC) e uma interação diferenciada foi observada do nitrobenzeno com o tampão aditivado em relação ao tampão com SDS puro. / Sapindus saponaria is a very abundant species in São Carlos and others regions of Brazil. Fruits of S. saponaria have a high content of glycosides which possess well-defined regions of hydrophobic and hydrophilic feature denominated amphiphilic molecule. Thus, this can form a foam showing chemical proprieties equals to surfactants. Some glycosides belong to class of saponins and are composed of carbonic structure designates aglycone, which is linked in one or two sugar chains. The purpose of the present study was the use of glycosides due to their surfactants properties in further applications of capillary electrophoresis. The extraction of crude fruits was carried out with methanol and this extract was fractionated in Sephadex LH-20. The fractions were analyzed for mass spectrometry and studied in capillary electrophoresis (CE). This is a feasible technique for the study of fractions obtained. Although a high degree of purity was not reached, the fraction B were used as additive for the electrolyte background in MEKC. The nitrobenzene showed different interaction with micellar system in the electrolyte background with fraction B.

A ezetimiba e a sinvastatina são fármacos hipolipidêmicos. A ezetimiba pertence à nova classe das 2 - azetidinona, inibidores e bloqueadores do colesterol intestinal. A sinvastatina pertence à classe dos inibidores competitivos da hidroxi-3-metilglutarilcoenzima A redutase (HMG-CoA), que é a última etapa regulada na síntese do colesterol. O objetivo do trabalho foi desenvolver e validar métodos por cromatografia liquida de alta eficiência (HPLC) e eletroforese capilar (CE), rápidos, seletivos e confiáveis para determinação dos hipolipidêmicos em formulações farmacêuticas. A separação cromatográfica foi realizada usando coluna Nano separation technologies (NST) Cianopropril (CN) (150 mmx 4,6 mm, com partícula 3,5 µm), e eluição isocrático usando água purificada: acetonitrila (48:52, v/v); vazão 0,8 mL/min e volume de injeção de 20 µL. A temperatura da coluna foi de 35 ºC e a detecção foi realizada com detector na região do UV em 238 nm. O método por cromatografia eletrocinética micelar (MEKC) foi desenvolvido utilizando capilar de sílica fundida 30 cm (comprimento efetivo) x 50 µm d.i. e eletrólito constituído de tetraborato de sódio (TBS) 20 mmol L-1: dodecil sulfato de sódio (SDS) 30 mmol L-1, pH 9,0 ajustado com 10% ácido fosfórico: acetonitrila 12% v/v. O tempo de injeção foi de 3 segundos com pressão hidrodinâmica de 20 mbar, voltagem aplicada de 30 kV e detecção no UV em 238 nm. Os métodos analíticos foram validados de acordo com os requerimentos vigentes da ANVISA, ICH e Farmacopéia Americana. Portanto, os métodos propostos demonstraram ser lineares, precisos, exatos e adequados para quantificação simultânea da ezetimiba e sinvastatina em formas farmacêuticas sólidas. / Ezetimibe and simvastatin are hipolipidemic drugs. Ezetimibe belongs to a new class of 2 - azetidione, inhibitors and blockers of intestinal chrolesterol. Simvastatin belongs a class of competitive inhibitors of 3-hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, which is the last regulated step in the cholesterol synthesis. The aim of this project was to develop and validate fast, selective and reliable chromatographic and electrophoretic methods, to determine hypolipidemic drugs in pharmaceutical formulations. The chromatographic separation was carried out on a Nano separation technologies (NST) Cyanpropyl (CN) (150 mm x 4,6 mm, 3,5 µm), isocratic elution using purified water: acetonitrila (48:52 v/v), the flow rate was 0,8 mL/min and the injection volume was 20 µL. The column temperature was kept at 35 ºC and detection wavelength was set at 238 mn. The micellar electrokinetic chromatographic method was developed using a fused silica capillary column 30 cm (effective length) x 50 µm i.d, the electrolyte was constituted of 20 mmol L-1 tetraborate buffer solution: 30 mmol L-1 sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), pH 9.0 adjusted with 10% phosphoric acid: 12 % v/v acetonitrile. The injection time was 3 s at 20 mbar, the applied voltage was 30 kV and detection was set at 238 nm. The both methods were developed and validated according to ANVISA, ICH and US Pharmacopeia guidelines. Therefore, the proposed methods proved to be linear, precise, accurate and suitable for simultaneous quantitation of ezetimibe and simvastatin in solid pharmaceutical formulations.

The research presented in this thesis involves the application of chiral cationic and anionic surfactants for simultaneous enantioseparation of structurally similar compounds in capillary electrophoresis (CE) and CE coupled to mass spectrometry (CE-MS). The first chapter briefly introduces the fundamentals of CE and CE-MS, emphasizing the micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) and MEKC-MS techniques, as well as ionic liquids (ILs) and affinity CE (ACE). In chapter 2, a mixture of five racemic profen (PROF) drugs are simultaneously separated with the combined use of 2,3,6-tri-O-methyl-β-cyclodextrin (TM-β-CD) and IL-type surfactant, N-undecenoxycarbonyl-L-leucinol bromide (L-UCLB). Enantioseparations of these PROFs are optimized using a standard recipe containing 35.00 mM TM-β-CD, 5.00 mM sodium acetate at pH 5.0, and varying the concentration as well as chain length of the IL surfactants. The batch-to-batch reproducibility of L-UCLB is found to be acceptable in terms of enantiomeric resolution, and migration time. A competitive inhibition mechanism is proposed to investigate the ternary interactions among TM-β-CD, ILs, and PROFs. The apparent binding constant of TM-β-CD to L-UCLB is estimated by nonlinear and linear plotting methods. The binding constants of one representative PROF (e.g., fenoprofen) to TM-β-CD and to L-UCLB are estimated by a secondary plotting approach. The R- and S-fenoprofen having different binding constant values, resulting in the enantioseparation due to the synergistic effect of TM-β-CD and L-UCLB. The R- and S-configurations of barbiturates display differences in potency and biological activity. In Chapter 3, a multivariate MEKC-ESI-MS approach for the simultaneous analysis of the racemic mixture of three barbiturates is presented. The chiral selector employed is the polymeric surfactant polysodium N-undecenoxycarbonyl-L-isoleucinate. The central composite design is used to optimize the chiral resolution, decrease the total analysis time, and improve the ESI-MS signal-to-noise ratio for these barbiturates. In preliminary experiments, the ranges of the factors investigated in the multivariate approaches are determined. Then the multivariate optimizations are conducted to determine the best overall chiral resolution with shortest possible run times for barbiturates. The limit of detection of ESI-MS is several folds higher compared to the UV detection. The predicted optimum results are in good agreement with the experimental data.

Micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) and capillary electrochromatography (CEC) are two of the major capillary electrophoresis (CE) modes that have been interfaced to mass spectrometry (MS) for sensitive and selective analysis of chiral compounds. This research combines these two modes and expands their applications in chiral CE analysis. Chapter 1 is a review of amino acid based molecular micelles used in MEKC-MS for enantioselective analysis over the past five years. In this chapter, a typical MEKC-MS experiment setup as well as detailed standard operating procedure in synthesis of molecular micelles and running a typical MEKC-MS experiment using the molecular micelles is discussed. Chapter 2 described a multivariate MEKC-MS optimization for the simultaneous analysis of two negatively charged model chiral compounds in negative ion mode with molecular micelles. In this chapter, a central composite design (CCD) is used to first construct a series of experiments to optimize all the important MEKC-MS parameters. Next, response surface methodology (RSM) was used to analyze the interactions between the factors, picking up the best separation and detection conditions, predicting the result of the chiral separation/MS detection, and finally running the actual experiment and comparing the chromatographic results with the predicted parameters. Chapter 3 demonstrates a similar multivariate MEKC-MS optimization for analysis of a positively charged model chiral compound in a positive ion mode. The same CCD and RSM methods were used to optimize the separations and MS sensitivity. Chapter 4 describes a chiral analysis of four neutral benzoin derivatives (hydrobenzoin, benzoin, benzoin methyl ether, and benzoin ethyl ether) using MEKC coupled to atmospheric pressure photo-ionization mass spectrometry (APPI-MS). The same multivariate experimental design strategy was used to optimize the MEKC as well as APPI-MS parameters. Simultaneous chiral separation of all four benzoin derivatives was achieved with high detection sensitivity compared to UV-detection. Chapter 5 introduces a novel one-pot synthesis scheme for an acryloyl-terminated, carbamate-linked surfactant-bound monolith with leucine head group and different chain lengths. The method promises to open up the discovery of new amino acid based polymeric monoliths for chiral separations and enhanced chemoselectivity for simultaneous chiral separations and enhanced detection in CEC and CEC-MS. In Chapter 6, five amide-linked surfactant-bound monoliths with different chain lengths and head groups (leucine, valine, and phenylalanine) were synthesized and characterized. Enantioseparation of several test compounds was achieved by CEC using the monolithic columns. One of the chiral surfactant, sodium 11-acrylamidoundecanoyl-L-leucinate (SAAUL), was polymerized in aqueous solution under 60Co radiation to form molecular micelle poly-SAAUL. MEKC experiments were carried out with the poly-SAAUL molecular micelle to separate ten cationic chiral compounds. The result was compared with the CEC separation using the AAUL monolithic column. This study is the first comparison of chiral CEC and MEKC with the same surfactant monomer, which has the capability of forming both chiral stationary phase for CEC and chiral pseudophase for MEKC.

Os frutos de S. saponaria, espécie bastante abundante em São Carlos e outras regiões do Brasil são ricos em glicosídeos anfifílicos, ou seja, compostos por uma parte polar e outra apolar. Devido a esta peculiaridade tendem a formar espuma mostrando propriedades químicas semelhantes às dos tensoativos. Alguns destes glicosídeos pertencem à classe das saponinas e são constituídos por uma aglicona de estrutura carbônica a qual está ligada a uma ou duas cadeias de açúcar. O interesse pelas propriedades tensoativas deste glicosídeos motivou o estudo destas substâncias para uso em eletroforese capilar. Os frutos foram extraídos com metanol e fracionados em coluna cromatográfica preparativa utilizando sephadex LH-20 como fase estacionária. Após a eluição, as frações foram analisadas por espectrometria de massas e estudadas por eletroforese capilar. A eletroforese capilar de zona mostrou-se uma técnica viável para o estudo das frações obtidas. Embora um grau de pureza elevado não tenha sido alcançado, a fração B foi utilizada como aditivo para tampão em cromatografia eletrocinética micelar (MEKC) e uma interação diferenciada foi observada do nitrobenzeno com o tampão aditivado em relação ao tampão com SDS puro. / Sapindus saponaria is a very abundant species in São Carlos and others regions of Brazil. Fruits of S. saponaria have a high content of glycosides which possess well-defined regions of hydrophobic and hydrophilic feature denominated amphiphilic molecule. Thus, this can form a foam showing chemical proprieties equals to surfactants. Some glycosides belong to class of saponins and are composed of carbonic structure designates aglycone, which is linked in one or two sugar chains. The purpose of the present study was the use of glycosides due to their surfactants properties in further applications of capillary electrophoresis. The extraction of crude fruits was carried out with methanol and this extract was fractionated in Sephadex LH-20. The fractions were analyzed for mass spectrometry and studied in capillary electrophoresis (CE). This is a feasible technique for the study of fractions obtained. Although a high degree of purity was not reached, the fraction B were used as additive for the electrolyte background in MEKC. The nitrobenzene showed different interaction with micellar system in the electrolyte background with fraction B.

A ezetimiba e a sinvastatina são fármacos hipolipidêmicos. A ezetimiba pertence à nova classe das 2 - azetidinona, inibidores e bloqueadores do colesterol intestinal. A sinvastatina pertence à classe dos inibidores competitivos da hidroxi-3-metilglutarilcoenzima A redutase (HMG-CoA), que é a última etapa regulada na síntese do colesterol. O objetivo do trabalho foi desenvolver e validar métodos por cromatografia liquida de alta eficiência (HPLC) e eletroforese capilar (CE), rápidos, seletivos e confiáveis para determinação dos hipolipidêmicos em formulações farmacêuticas. A separação cromatográfica foi realizada usando coluna Nano separation technologies (NST) Cianopropril (CN) (150 mmx 4,6 mm, com partícula 3,5 µm), e eluição isocrático usando água purificada: acetonitrila (48:52, v/v); vazão 0,8 mL/min e volume de injeção de 20 µL. A temperatura da coluna foi de 35 ºC e a detecção foi realizada com detector na região do UV em 238 nm. O método por cromatografia eletrocinética micelar (MEKC) foi desenvolvido utilizando capilar de sílica fundida 30 cm (comprimento efetivo) x 50 µm d.i. e eletrólito constituído de tetraborato de sódio (TBS) 20 mmol L-1: dodecil sulfato de sódio (SDS) 30 mmol L-1, pH 9,0 ajustado com 10% ácido fosfórico: acetonitrila 12% v/v. O tempo de injeção foi de 3 segundos com pressão hidrodinâmica de 20 mbar, voltagem aplicada de 30 kV e detecção no UV em 238 nm. Os métodos analíticos foram validados de acordo com os requerimentos vigentes da ANVISA, ICH e Farmacopéia Americana. Portanto, os métodos propostos demonstraram ser lineares, precisos, exatos e adequados para quantificação simultânea da ezetimiba e sinvastatina em formas farmacêuticas sólidas. / Ezetimibe and simvastatin are hipolipidemic drugs. Ezetimibe belongs to a new class of 2 - azetidione, inhibitors and blockers of intestinal chrolesterol. Simvastatin belongs a class of competitive inhibitors of 3-hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, which is the last regulated step in the cholesterol synthesis. The aim of this project was to develop and validate fast, selective and reliable chromatographic and electrophoretic methods, to determine hypolipidemic drugs in pharmaceutical formulations. The chromatographic separation was carried out on a Nano separation technologies (NST) Cyanpropyl (CN) (150 mm x 4,6 mm, 3,5 µm), isocratic elution using purified water: acetonitrila (48:52 v/v), the flow rate was 0,8 mL/min and the injection volume was 20 µL. The column temperature was kept at 35 ºC and detection wavelength was set at 238 mn. The micellar electrokinetic chromatographic method was developed using a fused silica capillary column 30 cm (effective length) x 50 µm i.d, the electrolyte was constituted of 20 mmol L-1 tetraborate buffer solution: 30 mmol L-1 sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), pH 9.0 adjusted with 10% phosphoric acid: 12 % v/v acetonitrile. The injection time was 3 s at 20 mbar, the applied voltage was 30 kV and detection was set at 238 nm. The both methods were developed and validated according to ANVISA, ICH and US Pharmacopeia guidelines. Therefore, the proposed methods proved to be linear, precise, accurate and suitable for simultaneous quantitation of ezetimibe and simvastatin in solid pharmaceutical formulations.

This diploma thesis deals with the determination of glucosinolates in plant material by capillary electrophoresis and high performance liquid chromatography. The chemical structure, biosynthesis, degradation, and also biological effects of glucosinolates are described. One part of this work also deals with the methods, which glucosinolates in plant materials were determined by. The experimental part describes the separation of intact glucosinolates by capillary electrophoresis and high performance liquid chromatography. Two plant materials were available for the determination of glucosinolates, namely lyophilized rapeseed leaves and broccoli juice. Micellar electrokinetic chromatography using a cationic surfactant was used to determine intact glucosinolates by capillary electrophoresis. After finding the optimal conditions for the separation of intact glucosinolates, it was found that it is impossible to determine these substances in plant samples. The reason was interference from the matrix, which interfered with this determination. While using high performance liquid chromatography under optimal conditions, some of the intact glucosinolates were identified in a rapeseed plant sample. Furthermore, the calibration dependencies of individual glucosinolates were obtained and the recovery and...