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Crocheted ETFE-reactor for on-line post-column photoderivatization of diclofenac in high-performance liquid chromatography.

Abstract
A sensitive and selective bioanalytical method for diclofenac using reversed-phase HPLC and fluorescence detection is described. Diclofenac was detected as its fluorescent derivative after on-line post-column photoderivatization. Irradiation with UV light of diclofenac in aqueous solutions leads to the sequential loss of both chlorine substituents and ring closure. The major product, carbazole-1-acetic acid, was detected by a fluorescence detector using an excitation wavelength of 286 nm and an emission wavelength of 360 nm. The self-made reactor was a crocheted ethylene and tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE, named TEFZEL) capillary, 20 m in length, wound directly around a 253.7 nm UV lamp. The capillary was crocheted in order to overcome peak widening. Chromatographic separation was achieved by using a Regis SPS 100 RP-8 column (5 microm; 150 mm x 4.6 mm i.d.) and a LiChrospher 100 RP-18 (5 microm) guard column from E. Merck. The detection limit was 1 ng ml(-1) at an injection volume of 20 microl. Daily relative standard deviations (RSD) were 5.5%, (73 ng diclofenac/ml, n = 9), and 5.1% (405 ng diclofenac/ml, n = 6), respectively. Chromatograms of human aqueous humor and human serum containing diclofenac, and figures showing the time dependent increase/decrease of the photoderivatization product, are shown.
AuthorsO Kuhlmann, G J Krauss
JournalJournal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis (J Pharm Biomed Anal) Vol. 16 Issue 4 Pg. 553-9 (Dec 1997) ISSN: 0731-7085 [Print] England
PMID9502151 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Carbazoles
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Fluorocarbons
  • carbazole-1-acetic acid
  • Diclofenac
  • poly(ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene)
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene
  • tetrafluoroethylene
Topics
  • Aqueous Humor (chemistry)
  • Automation (methods)
  • Carbazoles (analysis)
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid (methods)
  • Diclofenac (analysis, blood, radiation effects)
  • Fluorescent Dyes (analysis)
  • Fluorocarbons
  • Humans
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene (analogs & derivatives)
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence
  • Ultraviolet Rays

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