title: Determination of trimethylamine in fish by capillary electrophoresis with electrogenerated tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) chemiluminescence detection.
abstract: A capillary electrophoresis with electrogenerated chemiluminescence (CE-ECL) method for the determination of trimethylamine (TMA) in fish was studied. In the presence of TMA, ECL from the reaction of analyte and in situ generated tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(III) [Ru(bpy)(3) (3+)] at electrode surface could be produced. The ECL detection was performed using a Pt working electrode biased at 1.23 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) potential in a 10 mmol/L sodium borate buffer solution, pH 9.2, containing 3 mmol/L Ru(bpy)(3) (2+). A linear calibration curve (correlation coefficient = 0.9996) was obtained in the range 8 x 10(-5)-4 x 10(-8) mol/L for TMA concentration. Recoveries obtained were in the range 98.78-101.46%. The method was successfully applied for the assay of TMA in fish, in combination with solid phase extraction (SPE) disks for sample clean-up and enrichment.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular and Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, South Korea.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Sang Hak
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D015082:2,2'-Dipyridyl / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D002138:Calibration; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005399:Fishes; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D049449:Luminescence; D008163:Luminescent Measurements / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008744:Methylamines / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry; D018030:Silver Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D017975:Ruthenium Compounds
chemical_list: D015082:2,2'-Dipyridyl; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D008744:Methylamines; D012834:Silver; D018030:Silver Compounds; C547232:tris(2,2-bipyridine)-ruthenium(II); D017975:Ruthenium Compounds; C023336:trimethylamine; C037548:silver chloride