title: Determination of trace amounts of dopamine by flow-injection analysis coupled with luminol-Ag(III) complex chemiluminescence detection.
abstract: A novel flow injection analysis-direct chemiluminescence (FI-CL) method has been developed for determination of trace amounts of dopamine (DA) based on the enhancing effect of DA on the CL reaction of luminol with an Ag(III) complex in alkaline solution. Under optimum conditions, CL intensities are proportional to the concentration of DA in the range of 1.0 × 10(-10) to 4.0 × 10(-8)  mol L(-1). The detection limit is 3.0 × 10(-11)  mol L(-1) for DA (3s), with a relative standard deviation (n = 13) of 2.3% for 1.0 × 10(-8)  mol L(-1) DA. This method has also been applied for the determination of DA in commercial pharmaceutical injection samples. On the basis of the CL spectra and the results of the free-radical trapping experiment of this work, a reaction mechanism for this CL reaction is proposed and discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiangdong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Hongmei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Weijun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Shan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D004298:Dopamine / Q000032:analysis*; D017022:Flow Injection Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D008163:Luminescent Measurements / Q000379:methods*; D008165:Luminol / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D012834:Silver; D008165:Luminol; D004298:Dopamine