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Sheathless Capillary Electrophoresis–Mass Spectrometry for Metabolic Profiling of Biological Samples
Published on: October 1, 2016
Determination of magnesium, calcium, sodium, and potassium in blood plasma samples by capillary zone electrophoresis
Emirhan Nemutlu1, Nuran Ozaltin
1Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Hacettepe, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract:
A capillary zone electrophoretic assay has been developed and validated for analysis of magnesium, calcium, sodium, and potassium in blood plasma samples. Optimum results were obtained with 20 mmol L(-1) imidazole (pH 2.8) and 0.5 mmol L(-1) oxalic acid containing 5% methanol, capillary temperature 25 degrees C, applied voltage 30 kV, hydrodynamic injection time 3 s, and a poly(vinyl alcohol)-coated capillary (i.d. 50 microm, total length 64.5 cm and effective length 56 cm). Indirect detection was performed at 214 nm. Cadmium was used as internal standard. The migration times of magnesium, calcium, sodium, and potassium were 4.25, 3.79, 3.96, and 2.79 min, respectively. The method was applied to the determination of magnesium, calcium, sodium, and potassium in blood plasma samples. The results were compared with those from atomic absorption spectrophotometry and no statistically significant difference was found (P > 0.05).
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