title: Determination of norfloxacin in human urine by capillary electrophoresis with electrochemiluminescence detection.
abstract: A fast and sensitive approach that can be used to detect norfloxacin in human urine using capillary electrophoresis with end-column electrochemiluminescence (ECL) detection of Ru(bpy)(3)(2+) is described. The separation column was a 75-microm i.d. capillary. The running buffer was 15 mmol L(-1) sodium phosphate (pH 8.2). The solution in the detection cell was 50 mmol L(-1) sodium phosphate (pH 8.0) and 5 mmol L(-1) Ru(bpy)(3)(2+). The ECL intensity varied linearly with norfloxacin concentration from 0.05 to 10 micromol L(-1). The detection limit (S/N=3) was 0.0048 micromol L(-1), and the relative standard deviations of the ECL intensity and the migration time for eleven consecutive injections of 1.0 micromol L(-1) norfloxacin (n=11) were 2.6% and 0.8%, respectively. The method was successfully applied to the determination of norfloxacin spiked in human urine without sample pretreatment. The recoveries were 92.7-97.9%.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, 541004, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Biyang
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Caina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Yanhui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008722:Methods; D009643:Norfloxacin / Q000652:urine*; D012428:Ruthenium
chemical_list: D012428:Ruthenium; D009643:Norfloxacin