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OBJECTIVE: To establish a rapid determination method with gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) for thiodiglycolic acid (TDGA), a vinyl chloride (VCM) biomarker. METHODS: A high- sensitivity determination method was established using a moderate methyl esterification instead of methyl esterification of highly toxic diazo reaction. RESULTS: The standard curve regression linear equation of the method was: y=8460.5x-4758.2, the linear coefficient was 0.999 7, the minimum quantity concentration was 2.0 µg/L, the range of precision value was 0.81%-2.38%, and the average recovery of standard addition was 99.0%-102.9%. CONCLUSION: This method reduces the risk of traditional methyl esterification, improves the determination sensitivity compared with the GC-FPD method, and meets the determination requirement of TDGA.
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Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry , Thioglycolates/urine , Vinyl Chloride , HumansABSTRACT
A simple, rapid and selective one-step displacement cloud point extraction (D-CPE) procedure was developed for the simultaneous preconcentration of trace Cu and Ag followed by flame atomic absorption spectrometric (FAAS) measurement. In this proposed procedure, Ni-DDTC complex instead of DDTC was used to achieve one-step extraction. Since the stability of Cu-DDTC and Ag-DDTC is higher than that of Ni-DDTC, simultaneous preconcentration of Cu and Ag can be achieved in a single step. Up to 15,000 mg L(-1) Co(2+), 10,000 mg L(-1) Zn(2+), 5000 mg L(-1) Cd(2+) and 5000 mg L(-1) Al(3+) did not cause significant interferences for the determination of 50 microg L(-1) Cu by FAAS, while 8000 mg L(-1) Zn(2+), 4000 mg L(-1) Co(2+), 4000 mg L(-1) Cd(2+) and 5000 mg L(-1) Al(3+) had no distinct effect on the determination of 80 microg L(-1) Ag. The limits of detection (LODs) of 0.5 microg L(-1) for Cu and 1.0 microg L(-1) for Ag, respectively, were obtained by FAAS detection. The accuracy of the proposed method is validated by analyzing certified reference materials (GBW 07405, GBW 07311 and GBW 07260) with satisfactory results. Furthermore, the one-step D-CPE was also applied for the preconcentration/separation of Cu and Ag in high-purity salts and artificial seawater, followed by FAAS or inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) determination.
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It was found that isoniazid (ISO) or p-aminosalicylic acid (PAS) could enhance the chemiluminescence (CL) emission from Cu (II)-luminol-hydrogen peroxide system, and the increased chemiluminescence signals were proportional to their concentrations, respectively. Based on this phenomenon, a chemiluminescence method coupled to capillary electrophoresis (CE) was established for simultaneous determination of ISO and PAS. The CE conditions including running buffer and running voltage were investigated in detail. The effects of the pH of H(2)O(2) solution and the concentrations of luminol, H(2)O(2) and Cu (II) on the CL signal were also investigated carefully. Under the optimized conditions, the analysis could be accomplished within 10 min, with the limits of detection of 0.3 microg mL(-1) for ISO and 1.1 microg mL(-1) for PAS, corresponding to 7.2 and 26.4 pg per injection (24 nL), respectively. Finally, the method was validated by determining the two analytes in pharmaceutical preparation and spiked human serum samples. The results of pharmaceutical tablet analysis were in good agreement with the labeled amounts. The recoveries for ISO and PAS in human serum were in the range of 92-104% and 90-113%, respectively.
