title: Micellar electrokinetic chromatography of enkephalin-related peptides with laser-induced fluorescence detection.
abstract: Eight enkephalin-related peptides were derivatized using fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), and the derivatization products were separated and detected by capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection. The optimum molar ratio of FITC and peptide for derivatization was found to be 40:1, and 5 mmol/L sodium borate buffer (pH 9.2) was selected as derivatization media in order to get the high efficiency. Enkephalin-related peptides were completely separated in the pH range of 10.51-10.60 in a running buffer consisting of 100 mmol/L sodium borate and 60 mmol/L sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). The detection limit for these eight enkephalins ranged from 0.18 to 2.25 nmol/L, and the linear response range was 1.0 x 10(-6) to 1.0 x 10(-9) mol/L with correlation coefficients between 0.9947-0.9988. A separation efficiency as high as 380000 theoretical plates could be obtained for these analytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fujian, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Qiaoren
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Guonan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001881:Borates / Q000737:chemistry; D002021:Buffers; D020374:Chromatography, Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary / Q000379:methods*; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D007834:Lasers; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D001881:Borates; D002021:Buffers; D004745:Enkephalins; C010634:sodium borate