Abstract
Ion exchange chelation chromatography is an effective means to extract metals from coordination complexes and biological samples; however there is a lack of data to verify the nature of metal complexes that can be successfully analysed using such a procedure. The aim of this study was to assess the capability of pyridine 2,6-dicarboxylic acid (PDCA) to extract and quantify Ga(III) from a range of environments using standard liquid chromatography apparatus. The PDCA chelation method generated a single Ga(III) peak with a retention time of 2.55 +/- 0.02 min, a precision of <2% and a limit of detection of 110 mu M. Ga(III) hydroxide complexes (highest stability constant 15.66) were used to successfully cross-validate the chelation method with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The PDCA assay extracted 96.9 +/- 1.2% of the spiked Ga(III) from porcine mucus and 100.7 +/- 2.7% from a citrate complex (stability constant 10.02), but only ca 50% from an EDTA complex (stability constant 22.01). These data suggest that PDCA chelation can be considered a suitable alternative to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for Ga(III) quantification from all but the most strongly bound coordinated complexes i.e. a stability constant of >15. Copyright (C) 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1015-1022 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Biomedical Chromatography |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2010 |
Keywords
- gallium
- ion exchange
- liquid chromatography
- coordination
- 300 DEGREES-C
- GALLIUM NITRATE
- METAL-IONS
- TRANSITION-METALS
- SEPARATION
- SPECIATION
- EXCHANGE
- BINDING
- INDIUM
- SOLUBILITY