Preparation of poly(thionine) modified screen-printed carbon electrode and its application to determine NADH in flow injection analysis system

A poly(thionine) modified screen-printed carbon electrode has been prepared by an electrooxidative polymerization of thionine in neutral phosphate buffer. The modified electrodes are found to give stable and reproducible electrocatlytic responses to NADH and exhibit good stability. Several techniques, including cyclic voltammetry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), have been employed to characterize the poly(thionine) film. Further, the modified screen-printed carbon electrode was found to be promising as an amperometric detector for the flow injection analysis (FIA) of NADH, typically with a dynamic range of 5-100 muM.

Electrochemiluminescent determination of L-cysteine with a flow-injection analysis system

A flow-injection electrochemiluminescent method for L-cysteine determination has been developed based on its enhancement of the electrochemiluminecence of luminol at a glassy carbon electrode. This method is simple and sensitive for cysteine determination. Under the selected experimental parameters, the linear range for cysteine concentration was 1.0 x 10(-6) - 5.0 x 10(-5) mol/l, and the detection limit was 0.67 mumol/l (SIN = 3). The relative standard deviation for 11 measurements of 1.0 x 10(-5) mol/l cysteine was 4.5%. The proposed method has been applied to. the detection of cysteine in pharmaceutical injections with satisfactory results.

Flow injection analysis of histidine with enhanced electrogenerated chemiluminescence of luminol

A simple and sensitive flow injection method is presented for the determination of histidine based on its enhancement of electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) of luminol. After optimization of the experimental parameters, the working range for histidine was in 1.0 x 10(-6) to 1.0 x 10(-3) mol/L with a detection limit (S/N = 3) of 0.56 mumol/L. The relative standard deviation was 1.6% for 11 measurements of 5 x 10(-5) mol/L histidine solution. The proposed method has been successfully applied to the determination of histidine in real pharmaceutical preparation.

Improvements in the selectivity of electrochemical detectors for liquid chromatography and flow injection analysis using the self-assembled n-alkanethiol monolayer-modified au electrode

4-Aminophenol (4-AP), paracetamol (PRCT), norepinephrine (NE), and dopamine (DA) (all somewhat hydrophobic compounds) were HPLC electrochemically detected while the signals from uric acid (UA) and ascorbic acid (AA) (both hydrophilic compounds at the pH studied) were minimized, taking advantage of the permselectivity of the self-assembled n-alkanethiol monolayer (C-10-SAM)-modified Au electrodes based on solute polarity, The effects of various factors, such as the chain length of the n-alkanethiol modifier, modifying time, and pH value, on the permeability of C-10-SAM coatings were examined, The calibration curves, linear response ranges, detection limits, and reproducibilities of the EC detector for 4-AP, PRCT, NE, and DA were obtained, The result shows that the EC detector can be applied in the chromatographic detection of 4-AP, PRCT, NE, and DA in urine, effectively removing the influence of UA and AA in high concentrations existing in biological samples. As a result, a great improvement in the selectivity of EC detectors has been achieved by using Au electrodes coated with neutral n-alkanethiol monolayer.

HIGHLY SENSITIVE AND SELECTIVE DETERMINATION OF RIBOFLAVIN BY FLOW-INJECTION ANALYSIS USING PARALLEL DUAL-CYLINDER MICROELECTRODES

A novel wall-jet cell with parallel dual cylinder (PDC) microelectrodes was constructed and used for flow injection analysis (FLA). The detector takes the advantages of ''redox recycling'' between bipotentiostated microcylinder electrodes (- 0.4 V/SCE an

AMPEROMETRIC FLOW-INJECTION ANALYSIS OF HYDRAZINE BY ELECTROCATALYTIC OXIDATION AT COBALT TETRAPHENYLPORPHYRIN MODIFIED ELECTRODE WITH HEAT-TREATMENT

Chemically modified electrodes prepared by treating the cobalt tetraphenylporphyrin modified glassy-carbon electrode at 750-degrees (HCME) are shown to catalyze the electrooxidation of hydrazine. The oxidation occurred at +0.63 V vs. Ag/AgCl (saturated potassium chloride) in pH 2.5 media. The catalytic response is evaluated with respect to solution pH, potential scan-rate, concentration dependence and flow-rate. The catalytic stability of the HCME is compared with that of the cobalt tetraphenylporphyrin adsorbed glassy-carbon electrode. The stability of the HCME was excellent in acidic solution and even in solutions containing organic solvent (50% CH3OH). When used as the sensing electrode in amperometric detection in flow-injection analysis, the HCME permitted sensitive detection of hydrazine at 0.5 V. The limit of detection was 0.1 ng. The linear range was from 50 ng to 2.4-mu-g. The method is very sensitive and selective.

THE USE OF CHEMICALLY MODIFIED ELECTRODES FOR LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY AND FLOW-INJECTION ANALYSIS

The use of chemically modified electrodes (CMEs) for liquid chromatography and flow-injection analysis is reviewed. Electrochemical detection with CMEs based on electrocatalysis, permselectivity, ion flow in redox films, and ion transfer across the water-solidified nitrobenzene interface is discussed in terms of improving the stability, selectivity, and scope of electrochemical detectors, and the detection of electroinactive substances. More than 90 references are included.

Effects of starvation on larval growth, survival and metamorphosis of Ivory shell Babylonia formosae habei Altena et al., 1981 (Neogastropoda : Buccinidae)

The impact of starvation on larvae of Ivory shell Babylonia formosae habei was studied in a laboratory experiment. Newly hatched veligers showed considerable tolerance to starvation due to their endogenous yolk material, and time to the point-of-no-return (PNR; the threshold point during starvation after which larvae can longer metamorphose even if food is provided) was calculated to be 104.5 h. However, starvation still affected larval growth, survival, and metamorphosis. Mean shell length of larvae increased 49.77 mum day(-1) for nonstarved, but only 11.13 mum day (-1) for larvae starved for 108 h. After larvae began feeding, their growth rates rapidly recovered to the level of the nonstarved following short periods of starvation (less than 48 h), but were inhibited and unable to ever reach the level of the nonstarved when being starved beyond 48 h. Percent metamorphosis was 53.75% for the nonstarved, but all larvae died before 10 days for those starved for 108 h. Starvation not only affected larval time to reach metamorphosis, but also caused the delay in the time to metamorphosis. For the nonstarved, larvae took only 11.5 days to reach spontaneous metamorphosis, but they took 20 days to reach spontaneous metamorphosis when starved for 96 h, and this duration of delayed metamorphosis reached 8.5 days. Furthermore, the importance of yolk material for maintaining larval survival of B. formosae habei during starvation periods is also discussed. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

百合科黄精族的系统学研究

黄精族隶属于广义的百合科，通过对其研究历史的回顾，指出了它目前存在的问题，即(1)族的概念和范围不清、(2)属间的界限模糊、(3)族内各属的系统排列不明确．针对这些问题，本文从形态、解剖、胚胎、孢粉和细胞方面对族内各类群进行了野外调查和一些实验工作，本此基础上，并结合前人的工作，对黄精族的系统发育进行了探讨． 一, 形态本文通过黄精族各属大量标本，尤其是国产类群标本的认真研究，并结合6个多月的野外调查资料，分析了本族植物21个形态性状及其状态在属间和属内的分布，指出了一些性状的稳定性及其系统学价值， 二，解剖本文对黄精族5属17个种的茎、根状茎及子房进行了解剖学观察，同时对7属41种植物的叶表皮进行光镜观察，并对5属12种的叶表皮进行扫描电镜的观察，结果表明：(1)七筋姑属花葶的维管柱缺乏纤维鞘，这和本族其它类群不同．(2)扭柄花属、黄精属、竹根七属和鹿药属植物子房中具草酸盐针晶，而七筋姑属和万寿草属未发现这种晶体．(3)本族植物的气孔器均为无规则型，但邻近细胞及其周壁的形状在不同类群中是不同的，据此我们将本族叶表皮划分为七个类型，并认为叶表皮邻近细胞呈多边形、周壁直是黄精族叶表皮最基本的形式． 三，胚胎本文对黄精族3属4种植物以及铃兰(Convallaria majalis)进行了胚胎学研究，其中小玉竹(Polygonatum humile)和铃兰得到了完整的胚胎学资料，实验结果显示(1)黄精族植物小孢子发生过程中胞质分裂均为连续型，胚乳发育为核型;(2)小玉竹的胚囊发育方式为葱型，鹿药(Smilacina japonica)为英地百合型．万寿竹(Disporum cantoniense)和长蕊万寿竹(D. bodinicri)为蓼型，铃兰为葱型或英地百合型;(3)周缘细胞的有或无在小玉竹，鹿药和铃兰中是不稳定的． 四，孢粉本文对6属42种植物花粉进行了扫描电镜观察，结果表明(1)萌发孔的类型和数目在本族中不稳定，系统价值不大;(2)花粉外壁纹饰比较稳定，是一个十分重要的分类学性状．我们将黄精族植物的花粉外壁纹饰划分为9种类型．并认为孔穴型是一种原始类型，其它类型是由它演化而成， 五，细胞在前人工作的基础上，通过与其它性状的综合分析，本文认为黄精族植物有五种原始染色体基数：七筋姑属x=7;万寿竹属和扭柄花属x=8;黄精属x＝9：鹿药属和舞鹤草属x＝ 18;竹根七属x=20． 在上述实验结果的基础上，结合前人的工作，对黄精族的各种性状进行了分析，本文得出如下结论： 1．包括万寿竹属、扭柄花属、七筋姑属、黄精属、竹根七属、鹿药属和舞鹤草属的黄精族是一个单系类群． 2．本文赞同Dahlgren et al．(1985)，Tahktajan (1987)对黄精族系统位置的处理，即它与铃兰族，蜘蛛抱蛋族和沿阶草族关系较近，且共同组成铃兰科．相比之下，黄精族是该科中比较原始的一个族. 3．本文在性状分析的基础上，总结出20个比较稳定、系统价值较大的性状，并指出了它们的演化趋势;同时总结出黄精族原始类群应具有如下特征：(1).具细线形根状茎;(2).地上茎具分枝;(3).叶茎生;(4).具腋生的圆锥或总状花序;(5).花为三基数，花被片离生;(6).花被片具多条开放型脉;(7) .胚珠多数;(8).胚囊发育为单孢子型;(9).厚珠心胚珠;(10) .花粉外壁具覆盖层． 4．本文认为黄精族植物可分为三支：一是以染色体基数x＝9及其衍生的类群，包括黄精属，竹根七属、鹿药属和舞鹤草属;二是以x=8为基数的一支，它包括万寿竹属和扭柄花属;三是七筋姑属单独形成的一支，它的染色体基数x＝7．同时认为万寿竹属是本族比较原始的一个类群． 5．本文认为东亚北方是黄精族植物起源地． 6．本文赞同汤彦承(1978．见汪发缵、唐进1978)对卵叶扭柄花(Streptopus ovalis (Ohwi) Wang et Y.C．Tang)的分类学处理，而不赞同汪发缵、唐进(1983)把金佛山鹿药(Smilacina jinfoshanica Wang et Tang)从鹿药属转隶至黄精属的观点． 7．本文认为鹿药属和舞鹤草属亲缘关系较近，但区别特征明显，从而不赞同LaFrankie (1986),李恒(1990)将二者合并的观点。