Determination of paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins in cultured microalgae by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection

Hong-Zhi He, Hua-Bin Li, Yue Jiang, Feng Chen*

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Abstract

A novel method for the determination of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins using high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection was developed. The fluorescent derivates of neosaxitoxin (neoSTX), saxitoxin (STX), gonyautoxins 1 and 4 (GTX1+4), and gonyautoxins 2 and 3 (GTX2+3) were separated on a μBondapak NH2 column (300 mm × 3.9 mm, 10 μm) using water and acetate buffer (pH 6.5) as the mobile phase (1.00 mL min-1) in gradient mode with fluorescence detection at 390 nm (excitation at 330 nm). The linear ranges of neoSTX, STX, GTX1+4 and GTX2+3 were 3.31-331, 0.952-95.2, 3.78-378 and 0.124-12.4 ng mL-1, respectively. The detection limits of neoSTX, STX, GTX1+4 and GTX2+3 were 1.10, 0.32, 1.26 and 0.041 ng mL-1, respectively. The method was successfully applied to the determination of PSP toxins in microalgae. The recoveries ranged from 88±2% to 107±4% and the relative standard deviations were 0.16% to 4.4%. The procedure is also environmentally friendly because no organic solvent is used in the mobile phase.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1014-1017
Number of pages4
JournalAnalytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Volume383
Issue number6
Early online date18 Oct 2005
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2005
Externally publishedYes

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Biochemistry

User-Defined Keywords

  • Fluorescence detection
  • High performance liquid chromatography
  • Microalgae
  • Paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins

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