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TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysis of amino acids by miniaturised isotachophoresis
AU - Prest, Jeff E.
AU - Baldock, Sara J.
AU - Fielden, Peter R.
AU - Goddard, Nicholas J.
AU - Treves Brown, Bernard J.
PY - 2004/10/8
Y1 - 2004/10/8
N2 - A method allowing the miniaturised isotachophoretic analysis of amino acids has been developed. To overcome the problems of carbonate contamination which occur when performing separations at alkaline pH levels glycolate was used as the leading ion. Addition of magnesium to the leading electrolyte as a counter species was found to improve the separations. The method has been used on a poly(methyl methacrylate) microdevice with integrated on-column conductivity detectors. The behaviour of a range of common amino acids was investigated and successful separations of up to seven amino acids were made. Good linearity was observed with calibration curves for aspartic acid and phenylalanine over the range 0.063–1.0 mM. Limits of detection for these two species were calculated to be 0.060 and 0.018 mM, respectively.
AB - A method allowing the miniaturised isotachophoretic analysis of amino acids has been developed. To overcome the problems of carbonate contamination which occur when performing separations at alkaline pH levels glycolate was used as the leading ion. Addition of magnesium to the leading electrolyte as a counter species was found to improve the separations. The method has been used on a poly(methyl methacrylate) microdevice with integrated on-column conductivity detectors. The behaviour of a range of common amino acids was investigated and successful separations of up to seven amino acids were made. Good linearity was observed with calibration curves for aspartic acid and phenylalanine over the range 0.063–1.0 mM. Limits of detection for these two species were calculated to be 0.060 and 0.018 mM, respectively.
KW - Isotachophoresis
KW - Chip technology
KW - Instrumentation
KW - Miniaturisation
KW - Amino acids
U2 - 10.1016/j.chroma.2004.05.026
DO - 10.1016/j.chroma.2004.05.026
M3 - Journal article
VL - 1051
SP - 221
EP - 226
JO - Journal of Chromatography A
JF - Journal of Chromatography A
SN - 0021-9673
IS - 1-2
ER -