title: Time-resolved high-performance liquid chromatography fluorescence detector using a nanosecond pulsed light source for detecting lanthanide-chelated compounds.
abstract: We have constructed a time-resolved fluorescence detection (TRFD) system for the analysis of amino compounds with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using lanthanide ion chelates. In order to carry out time-resolved measurements, we have employed a nanosecond pulsed xenon-arc lamp as an excitation light source. Amino compounds derivatized by isothiocyanobenzyl-EDTA (IEDTA) with the lanthanide chelate are mixed with an enhancer solution in a post-column manner and detected by TRFD. Taking advantage of a property of the long fluorescence lifetime of the lanthanide chelates, high selectivity against background fluorescence was achieved. In order to demonstrate the usefulness of TRFD, fundamental performance tests were carried out. Details of the system are also described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokushima, Japan. iwata@me.tokushima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koshoubu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kurosu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Araki
mesh_terms: D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth