Determination of ebrotidine metabolites in overlapping peaks from capillary zone electrophoresis using chemometric methods

Electrophoresis. 2001 Jan;22(1):71-6. doi: 10.1002/1522-2683(200101)22:1<71::AID-ELPS71>3.0.CO;2-0.

Abstract

This paper illustrates the possibilities of chemometric methods in the resolution and quantification of various compounds in overlapping peaks from capillary electrophoresis. Ebrotidine and most of its metabolites were efficiently separated by capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) in a fused-silica capillary. However, the procedure was not suitable for the physical separation of the three less ionizable metabolites, which comigrated and overlapped with the electroosmotic flow signal. Multivariate curve resolution based on an alternating least squares procedure was used for their mathematical resolution. For such a purpose, data obtained in the CZE system with a diode array detector, which consisted of UV spectra registered over time, were analyzed. The ebrotidine metabolites were successfully resolved and quantified in synthetic mixtures and urine samples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Benzenesulfonates / isolation & purification*
  • Benzenesulfonates / metabolism
  • Bromobenzenes / isolation & purification*
  • Bromobenzenes / metabolism
  • Electrophoresis, Capillary / methods*
  • Histamine H2 Antagonists / isolation & purification*
  • Histamine H2 Antagonists / metabolism
  • Molecular Structure
  • Sulfonamides / isolation & purification*
  • Sulfonamides / metabolism
  • Thiazoles / isolation & purification*
  • Thiazoles / metabolism

Substances

  • Benzenesulfonates
  • Bromobenzenes
  • Histamine H2 Antagonists
  • Sulfonamides
  • Thiazoles
  • 4-bromobenzenesulfonamide
  • ebrotidine