Publications by authors named "A P J P Vaas"

An in-line sample concentration method for capillary electrophoresis called admicelle to solvent microextraction was proposed. In this technique, analytes were trapped in the cetyltrimethylammonium bromide admicelles formed in situ on the negatively charged capillary surface. A solvent plug was then partially injected hydrodynamically to collapse the admicelles, which liberated and focused the analytes at the solvent front.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The 2-iodoxybenzoic acid (IBX)-controlled oxidative dearomatization of pyrroles occurs very slowly (or not all) in many organic solvents, including DMSO in which IBX is soluble. Interestingly, although IBX is only partially soluble in acetic acid, this solvent mediates the pyrrole oxidative dearomatization. With the aid of density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we have discovered a new mode of reactivity, termed the periodinane oxy-assisted (POA) oxidation mechanism, which explains this observation.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Cyclodextrins (CDs) as a pseudophase in pseudophase-to-pseudophase microextraction (PME) in capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) are proposed. In this PME mode called CD to admicelle ME, a long plug of dilute analyte solution prepared in cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) at the critical micellar concentration was injected into the capillary. This formed CTAB admicelles at the interface between the solution and the negatively charged capillary surface, where the analytes were trapped.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

A stacking technique is proposed to improve the poor detection sensitivity of capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) with UV detection. A long injection (e.g.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

This study involves enzymatic extraction of fucoidan from and further purification via ion-exchange chromatography. The chemical and molecular characteristics of isolated fucoidan is evaluated concerning its anti-inflammatory potential in RAW 264.7 macrophages under LPS induced conditions.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF