Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Hydrophilic Interaction Chromatography (HILIC) × Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography Coupled to High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry (RP-LC-UV-MS) Analysis of Anthocyanins and Derived Pigments in Red Wine.

Changes in anthocyanin chemistry represent some of the most important transformations involved in red wine aging. However, accurate analysis of the derived pigments, as required to study the evolution of anthocyanins and tannins during aging, is hampered by their extreme structural diversity, low levels, and the fact that many of these compounds have identical mass spectral characteristics. In this context, chromatographic separation is critical.

Comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatographic analysis of anthocyanins.

Anthocyanins are naturally occurring plant pigments whose accurate analysis is hampered by their complexity and unique chromatographic behaviour associated with on-column conversion reactions. This paper reports the evaluation of off-line comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography (LC×LC) for the analysis of anthocyanins. Hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) was used in the first dimension in combination with reversed phase liquid chromatography (RP-LC) in the second dimension.

Combined size exclusion chromatography, supercritical fluid chromatography and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for the analysis of complex aliphatic polyesters.

Aliphatic polyesters are complex products of polycondensation that are distributed regarding the degree of polycondensation, the end group functionality and the molecular topology. To address the molecular heterogeneity of polyesters based on phthalic acid and propylene glycol, for the first time the combination of SEC, SFC and ESI-MS have been used. In a first set of experiments, samples were fractionated by SEC and the collected fractions analyzed by SFC for a tentative assignment of the degrees of polycondensation.

Hydrophilic interaction chromatographic analysis of anthocyanins.

Hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) provides an alternative separation mode for the analysis of phenolic compounds, in which aqueous-organic mobile phases with polar stationary phases are used. This paper reports the evaluation of HILIC for the analysis of the natural pigments anthocyanins, which are of importance because of their chromophoric properties and a range of health benefits associated with their consumption. Several HILIC stationary phases (silica, diol, amine, cyanopropyl and amide) and mobile phase combinations were evaluated, with the latter proving particularly important due to the distinctive chromatographic behaviour of anthocyanins.

Metallo-graphene nanocomposite electrocatalytic platform for the determination of toxic metal ions.

A Nafion-Graphene (Nafion-G) nanocomposite solution in combination with an in situ plated mercury film electrode was used as a highly sensitive electrochemical platform for the determination of Zn(2+), Cd(2+), Pb(2+) and Cu(2+) in 0.1 M acetate buffer (pH 4.6) by square-wave anodic stripping voltammetry (SWASV).