Abstract
This chapter describes improvements in a sequential injection method to automate the fluorimetric determination of amino acids by pre-column derivatization with o-phthaldialdehyde in presence of 2-mercaptoethanol. Separation is achieved by reversed-phase liquid chromatography in a 50 × 4.6 mm C18 silica-based monolithic column. The method is low-priced, and the separation is performed by stepwise gradient elution using six mobile phases. The mobile phase used for the first elution step is composed of methanol/tetrahydrofuran/10 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.2) at volumetric ratio 8:1:91. Additional elution steps use mobile phases containing methanol and 10 mM phosphate buffer at volumetric ratios of 17.5:82.5, 25:75, 35:65, 50:50, and 65:35. Nineteen chromatographic peaks are observed in a mixture of twenty amino acids. The only complete co-elution is between tryptophan and methionine. The entire cycle of amino acid derivatization, chromatographic separation, and column conditioning at the end of separation lasts for 30 min. The method is successfully applied to quantify the major intracellular dissolved free amino acids in the marine microalgae Tetraselmis gracilis, Phaeodactium tricornutum, and Synechococcus elongatus.
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This work was supported by São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP, grant 2013/18507-4) and National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq, grant 30340/2017-4).
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Rigobello-Masini, M., Masini, J.C. (2019). Enhanced Separation Capability of Sequential Injection Chromatography for Fluorimetric Determination of Intracellular Dissolved Free Amino Acids in Marine Microalgae. In: Alterman, M. (eds) Amino Acid Analysis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2030. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9639-1_26
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