title: Design and evaluation of a multi-detection system composed of ultraviolet, evaporative light scattering and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry detection for the analysis of pharmaceuticals by liquid chromatography.
abstract: Reversed-phase liquid chromatography was coupled to a multi-detection system composed of ultraviolet (UV) detection, evaporative laser scattering detection (ELSD) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). By applying the principle of post-column solvent compensation, the organic modifier content was kept constant in ELSD and ICP-MS under gradient elution. Chlorine ((35)Cl), bromine ((79)Br and (81)Br) and sulfur ((34)S) were monitored in several pharmaceutical compounds. The limit of quantitation (LOQ) was 80 ng/mL for chlorine (chlorpropamide) and 2 ng/mL for bromine (bromazepam). Calibration graphs were linear from 1.0 microg/mL to 100 microg/mL for chlorpropamide (r(2) 0.990) and from 10 ng/mL to 500 ng/mL for bromazepam (r(2) 0.996). The low LOQ value for bromine allows to quantify bromine in pharmaceutical samples below the 0.05% level of the active pharmaceutical ingredient.
authors.affiliation: Pfizer Analytical Research Centre, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S4-bis, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Alberto S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schelfaut
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lynen
authors.forename: Pat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sandra
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D008027:Light; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet / Q000379:methods; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations