Separation and detection of narcotic drugs on a microchip using micellar electrokinetic chromatography and electrochemiluminescence

David Attwood, Yan Du, Erkang Wang

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    Abstract

    A new approach for fast and sensitive electrochemiluminescence (ECL) detection of narcotic drugs on a microchip after separation by micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) is presented, taking the cocaine and its hydrolysate ecgonine as the test analytes. The mixture of hydrophilic BMIMBF4 ionic liquid (IL) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was used directly as the buffer of MEKC with less noisy baselines, lower electrophoretic current and satisfactory separation performance. This developed microchip MEKC-ECL system was successfully applied to the determination of two very similar narcotics, heroin and codeine, within 100s in urine sample and was demonstrated as a promising method in clinical and forensic analysis. © 2008 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)643-647
    Number of pages4
    JournalElectroanalysis
    Volume20
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Mar 2008

    Keywords

    • Electrochemiluminescence (ECL)
    • Micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC)
    • Microchip
    • Narcotic drugs

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