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Table 3. Effect of various pH value on migration time and resolution of catechins
Migration time (min) Resolution
pH Caffeine (-)-EGC (-)-EC (-)-EGCG EGC / EC EGCG / ECG
7.0 4.29 5.78 5.78 6.88 – –
7.5 4.95 6.91 6.98 8.44 0.35 0.50
8.0 5.51 8.13 8.28 10.11 0.51 0.64
8.5 7.74 13.10 13.57 16.71 1.30 1.60
9.0 10.65 20.73 21.59 26.01 1.70 1.73
Table 4. Effect of various methanol concentration on migration time and resolution of catechins
Methanol Migration time (min) Resolution
concentration Caffeine (-)-EGC (-)-EC (-)-EGCG (-)-ECG EGC / EC EGCG / ECG
5% 6.21 10.03 10.31 13.33 13.84 0.97 1.15
10% 7.46 12.49 12.90 17.24 18.03 1.16 1.33
15% 9.13 15.87 16.51 22.90 24.23 1.34 1.58
20% 10.77 19.71 20.69 30.12 32.43 1.59 1.88
Table 5. Effect of various ethanol concentration on migration time and resolution of the catechins
Migration time (min) Resolution
Ethanol Caffeine (-)-EGC (-)-EC (-)-EGCG (-)-ECG EGC / EC EGCG / ECG
5% 6.37 10.24 10.53 13.47 13.98 0.99 1.22
10% 7.78 12.82 13.23 17.03 17.72 1.17 1.34
15% 9.84 16.90 17.55 23.06 24.15 1.42 1.58
20% 12.66 22.60 23.65 31.57 33.45 1.67 1.81
Table 6. Effect of various voltage on migration time and resolution of catechins
Migration time (min) Resolution
Voltage (kV) Caffeine (-)-EGC (-)-EC (-)-EGCG (-)-ECG EGC / EC EGCG / ECG
+15 19.95 33.50 34.72 44.73 46.87 1.58 1.71
+20 13.97 23.24 24.08 30.74 32.16 1.44 1.60
+25 9.84 16.90 17.55 23.06 24.15 1.42 1.57
+30 7.96 13.41 13.84 17.49 18.17 1.26 1.38
Table 7. Optimum conditions for capillary electrophoresis experiment
Experiment conditions
Buffer 360 mM borate with 200 mM tris (pH8) Organic modifier 15% ethanol
Applied voltage +30 kV
Table 8. Migration time, LOD, LOQ, linear range and R square of the caffeine and catechins
Migration Time (min)
LOD (μM)
LOQ
(μM) Linear range (μM) Slope Intercept R
2Caffeine 7.96 75 90 90 – 500 108.2 7061.4 0.9993
(-)-EGC 13.41 0.9 5 5 – 500 998.7 2918.4 0.9994
(-)-EC 13.84 1.6 5 5 – 500 881.3 2776.9 0.9904
(-)-EGCG 17.49 0.9 2.5 2.5 – 500 2830.6 8128.2 0.9992
(-)-ECG 18.17 1 5 5 – 500 2711.7 10857 0.9988
Table 9. Adsorption ratio of the (-)-EC in various adsorption time
a)Adsorption time (min)
Concentration after absorption (M)
Absorption ratio (%)
5 1.1×10-5 89.01
10 <5×10-6 > 95 15 <5×10-6 > 95
20 0 100 25 0 100 30 0 100 a) Original concentration: 10-4 M
Table 10. Formation constants of iron (III) – carboxylate complexes
[43]carboxylate Log β
1a)Log β
2Log β
3Log β
4Temp. Ionic strength (μ, M)
Formate 1.85 3.61 3.95 5.4 25 1
Acetate 3.38 7.1 9.7 25 0
Oxalate 7.54 14.59 20 ─ 0.5
Tartrate 6.49 11.87 9.48 20 0.1
Citrate 11.04 21.2 20 0.1
a) The overall (cumulative) formation constant, β
n, is the equilibrium constant for the reaction
M + nL ML
n: β
n=[ML
n]/([M][L]
n). β
nis related to stepwise formation constants (K
i) by β
n=K
1K
2...K
n.
Table 11. Recovery of (-)-EC desorbed in various pH of tartrate buffer
a)Tartrate buffer pH value
Concentration after
desorption (M) Recovery (%) 3 4.36×10-5 43.56 3.4 4.37×10-5 43.74
4 4.77×10-5 47.67 5.3 5.16×10-5 51.62
11.2 0 0 a) Original concentration: 10-4 M
Table 12. Recovery of (-)-EC desorbed in various tartrate buffer
concentration a)Tartrate buffer concentration (mM)
Concentration
after desorption(M) Recovery (%) 10 4.29×10-5 42.91 20 4.31×10-5 43.10 40 4.41×10-5 44.14 60 4.57×10-5 45.72 80 5.15×10-5 51.58
100 5.16×10-5 51.62
a) Original concentration: 10-4 M
Table 13. Recovery of (-)-EC in various desorbed time
a)Reaction time (min)
(-)-EC
concentration (M) Recovery (%)
5 4.52×10-5 42.55
10 5.21×10-5 52.08 20 5.16×10-5 51.61 40 4.99×10-5 49.93 60 5.19×10-5 51.99 a) Original concentration: 10-4 M
Table 14. Recovery of (-)-EC in various desorbed times
a)Desorption times
Concentration
after desorption (M) Recovery (%) 1st 5.21×10-5 52.08 2nd 8.81×10-6 8.81 3rd < 5×10-6 < 5 4th < 5×10-6 < 5 a) Original concentration: 10-4 M
Table 15. Recovery of (-)-EC desorbed in tartrate buffer with various organic solvent
a)10% organic solvent
Concentration 1
stdesorption (M)
Concentration 2
nddesorption (M)
1
strecovery (%)
2
ndrecovery (%)
1
st+2
ndrecovery (%)
none 5.21×10
-58.81×10
-652.08 8.81 60.89 Methanol 5.96×10
-57.33×10
-659.59 7.33 61.92
Ethanol 6.11×10
-58.15×10
-661.14 8.15 69.29
1-propanol 5.32×10
-56.61×10
-653.24 6.61 59.85
2-propanol 4.99×10
-55.27×10
-649.90 5.27 55.17
a) Original concentration 10
-4M
Table 16. Concentration of catechins and caffeine in real samples
Real
sample Caffeine (M) (-)-EGC (M) (-)-EC (M) (-)-EGCG (M) (-)-ECG (M) A 1.01×10
-38.17×10
-41.60×10
-44.57×10
-48.17×10
-5B 1.84×10
-31.52×10
-44.69×10
-51.34×10
-43.42×10
-5C 9.8×10
-42.92×10
-45.87×10
-52.27×10
-43.87×10
-5D 2.66×10
-31.25×10
-33.51×10
-49.92×10
-42.04×10
-4E 7.0×10
-45.91×10
-41.30×10
-43.88×10
-46.45×10
-5F 1.86×10
-31.34×10
-33.10×10
-48.87×10
-41.70×10
-4G 1.72×10
-39.84×10
-42.56×10
-45.80×10
-41.29×10
-5Table 17. Adsorption ratio of the real sample in various MNPs concentration MNPs
concentration Catechin concentration (μM) Adsorption ratio (%)
(pmole) (-)-EGC (-)-EC (-)-EGCG (-)-ECG (-)-EGC (-)-EC (-)-EGCG (-)-ECG 0.096 30.11 5.84 7.26 <5 62.7 63.5 84.1 >38.8 0.192 27.93 5.35 2.72 N.D. 65.4 66.5 94.0 100 0.480 8.31 5.07 N.D. N.D. 90.0 68.3 100 100 0.768 2.56 <5 N.D. N.D. 96.9 >68.8 100 100 0.960 <5 N.D. N.D. N.D. >93.9 100 100 100 1.152 N.D.
a)N.D. N.D. N.D. 100 100 100 100
1.440 N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. 100 100 100 100
a)Not detected
Table 18. Recovery of real sample A with optimum extract method
Recovery (%)Desorption
times (-)-EGC (-)-EC (-)-EGCG (-)-ECG
1st 6.8% 79.0% 0% 0%
2nd 2.6% 7.0% 0% 0%
1st +2nd 9.4% 86.0% 0% 0%
2.03g FeCl
2‧4H
2O 4.88g FeCl
3‧6H
2O
0.887mL 37% HCl
Sonic
N
2155mL dH
2O + 8.3mL 30% NH
4OH 350 rpm
Stir
Keep in a brown bottle
Fe
2++2Fe
3++8OH
-→ FeO‧Fe
2O
3+4H
2O
Reaction formula :
Fig. 4. Scheme of Magnetic nano-particles synthesis.
shake Catechin Solution
CE-UV
Tartarate buffer Solution absorption
desorption MNPs
Solution
shake Static 20min
Static 10min
Fig. 5. Scheme of sample preparation process.
Fig. 6. UV absorbance of catechins and caffeine. Samples: 5×10
-5M(A) caffeine; (B) (-)-EGCG; (C) (-)-ECG; (D) (-)-EGC;
(E) (-)-EC.
200 220 240 260 280 300
Absorbance (a. u .)
W avelength (nm )
240 260 280 300
0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15
(C)
Abs
Wavelength (nm)
(D)
(E)
(A)
(B)
O OH
OH
O
O
OH
B OH HO
Fig. 7. The probable structure of the borate - catechin complex.
0 2 4 6 8 10
(2)
(3) (4) (1) (5)
(A)
(B)
mV
(C)
(D)
Time (min)
Fig. 8. Electropherograms of the catechins and caffeine in various borate
buffer concentration. Samples: 5×10-5 M of (1)caffeine; (2) (-)-EGC; (3) (-)-EC; (4) (-)-EGCG; and (5) (-)-ECG. Separation electrolyte: (A)60 mM; (B)70 mM; (C)80 mM; and (D)90 mM, pH9 borate buffer. Total length of capillary 65 cm (53 cm effective length); Voltage, +15 kV; UV detection at 275 nm.0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 (3) (4) (5)
(2)
(1)
mV
(A)
(B)
(C) (D)
Time (min)
Fig. 9. Electropherograms of the catechins and caffeine in various
tris-borate buffer concentration. Samples: 5×10-5 M of (1)caffeine; (2) (-)-EGC; (3) (-)-EC; (4) (-)-EGCG; and (5) (-)-ECG. Separation electrolyte: (A)200 mM; (B)150 mM;(C)100 mM; and (D)50 mM, pH8 Tris-borate buffer. Total length of capillary 65 cm (53 cm effective length); Voltage, +25 kV; UV detection at 275 nm.
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Fig. 10. Electropherograms of the catechins and caffeine
in various tris-borate buffer pH value. Separation electrolyte: (A)pH 7;(B)pH 7.5; (C)pH 8; (D)pH 8.5; and(E)pH 9, 200 mM tris-borate buffer. Total length of capillary 65 cm (53 cm effective length);
Voltage: +25 kV; UV detection at 275 nm; Samples: 5×10-5 M of (1)caffeine; (2) (-)-EGC; (3) (-)-EC; (4) (-)-EGCG; and (5) (-)-ECG.
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
(2) (3)(4) (5)
(1)
(A)
(3)(4) (5)
mV (1) (2) (B)
(3) (4) (5)
(1) (2)
(C)
(3) (4) (5)
(1) (2)
(D)
(3) (4) (5)
(2)
(E)
(1)
Time (min)
Fig. 11. Electropherograms of the catechins and caffeine
in various methanol concentration. Separation electrolyte: pH 8, 200 mM tris-borate buffer with (A)0%; (B)5%; (C)10%; (D)15% and (E)20% methanol. Total length of capillary 65 cm (53 cm effective length); Voltage: +25 kV; UV detection at 275 nm;Samples: 5×10-5 M of (1)caffeine; (2) (-)-EGC; (3) (-)-EC; (4) (-)-EGCG; and (5) (-)-ECG.
0 10 20 30
Fig. 12. Electropherograms of the catechins and caffeine in
various ethanol concentration. Separation electrolyte: pH 8, 200 mM tris-borate buffer with (A)0%; (B)5%; (C)10%; (D)15% and (E)20% ethanol. Total length of capillary 65 cm (53 cm effective length); Voltage: +25 kV; UV detection at 275 nm;Samples: 5×10-5 M of (1)caffeine; (2) (-)-EGC; (3) (-)-EC; (4) (-)-EGCG; and (5) (-)-ECG.
10 20 30 40 50
(4) (5) (2)(3)
(1)
(A)
(4) (5) (2)(3)
mV (1)
(B)
(2)(3)
(4) (5) (1)
(C)
(2) (3)
(4) (5)
(1)
(D)
Time (min)
Fig. 13. Electropherograms of the catechins and caffeine in various
voltage. Separation electrolyte: pH 8, 200 mM tris-borate buffer with 15% ethanol. Total length of capillary 65 cm (53 cm effective length); Voltage. (A)+15 kV; (B)+20 kV; (C) +25 kV;(D)+30 kV; UV detection at 275 nm; Samples: 5×10-5 M of (1)caffeine; (2) (-)-EGC; (3) (-)-EC; (4) (-)-EGCG; and (5) (-)-ECG.
0 5 10 15 20
(4) (5) (3)
mV
(2)
(1)
Time (min)
Fig. 14. Electropherograms of the catechins and caffeine under optimum
conditions. Sample: 10-4 M of (1) caffeine; (2) (-)-EGC; (3) (-)-EC; (4) (-)-EGCG; and (5) (-)-ECG . Separation electrolyte:200 mM Tris-borate buffer containing 15% ethanol. Total length of capillary 65 cm (53 cm effective length); Voltage, +30 kV; UV detection at 275 nm.
0 100 200 300 400 500
(A)
(B)
Peak Area (a.u.)
(C) (D) (E)
Concentration (μM)
Fig. 15. The calibration curves of the catechins and caffeine. (A)
(-)-EGCG; (B) (-)-ECG; (C) (-)-EGC; (D) (-)-EC; and (E) caffeine . Separation electrolyte: 200 mM tris-borate buffer containing 15% ethanol. Total length of capillary 65 cm (53 cm effective length); Voltage, +30 kV; UV detection at 275 nm.Fig. 16. TEM of the magnetic nano-particles.
240 260 280 300 320
Absorption (a.u.)
(A)
(B)
Wavelength (nm)
Fig. 17. UV absorbance of 5×10
-5 M (-)-EC. (A) Without; (B)After MNPs adsorption.5 10
mV
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D) (E) (F)
Time (min)
Fig. 18. Electropherograms of (-)-EC absorbed by various MNPs
concentration. (A)0; (B)0.032; (C)0.16; (D)0.32; (E)0.64, and (F)0.98 pmole . Separation electrolyte as Fig. 15.0 5 10
(A)
(B) mV(C)
(D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I)
Time (min)
Fig. 19. Electropherograms of caffeine absorbed by various MNPs
concentration. (A)0; (B)0.032; (C)0.16; (D)0.32 (E)0.64; and (F)0.98; (G)1.92; (H)2.56; (I)3.2 pmole. Separation electrolyte asFig. 15.
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0
20 40 60 80 100
Absorption %
0.64 pmole
EC Caffeine EGC ECG EGCG
pmole
Fig.20. Adsorption ratio of 10
-4 M catechins and caffeine adsorbed by various mole of MNPs.15
5 10
(A)
mV (B)(C) (D) (E) (F)
Time (min)
Fig. 21. Electropherograms of (-)-EC after various adsorption time. (A)0;
(B)5; (C)10; (D)15; (E)20, and (F)25 min . Sample: 10-4 M (-)-EC. Separation electrolyte as Fig. 15.
O
Fig. 22. The structure of the (a)oxalate; (b)tartrate and probable structure
of the (c) iron - oxalate complex; (d) iron - tartrate complex.6 8 10 12 14
(A)
mV (B)(C) (D) (E) (F)
Time (min)
Fig. 23. Electropherograms of (-)-EC desorbed by various tartrate buffer
pH value. (A) 1×10-4 M (-)-EC; (B) pH 3.0; (C) pH 3.4; (D) pH 4; (E) pH 5.3, and (F)pH 11.2 . Separation electrolyte as Fig.15.
6 8 10 12 14
(A)
mV (B)(C) (D) (E) (F) (G)
Time (min)
Fig. 24. Electropherograms of (-)-EC desorbed by various tartrate buffer
concentration. (A) 1×10-4 M (-)-EC; (B) 10; (C) 20; (D) 40; (E) 60, (F)80; and (G)100 mM . Separation electrolyte as Fig. 15.15
5 10
(A)
mV (B)
(C) (D) (E) (F)
Time (min)
Fig. 25. Electropherograms of (-)-EC desorbed by tartrate buffer in
various time. (A) 1×10-4 M (-)-EC; (B) 5; (C) 10; (D) 20; (E) 40, and (F) 60 min. Separation electrolyte as Fig. 15..6 8 10 12 14
mV
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D) (E)
Time (min)
Fig. 26. Electropherograms of (-)-EC after various desorbed times.
(A) 1×10-4 M (-)-EC; (B) 1st; (C) 2nd; (D) 3rd; and (E) 4th. Separation electrolyte as Fig. 15.
15
5 10
(A)
mV (B)
(C)
(D) (E)
Time (min)
Fig. 27. Electropherograms of (-)-EC desorbed by tartrate buffer with
10% various organic solvent. (A) 1×10-4 M (-)-EC; (B) methanol;(C) ethanol; (D) 1-propanol; and (E) iso-propanol. Separation electrolyte as Fig. 15.
2 4 6 8 10 12 14
(A)
mV(B)
(C)
Time (min)
Fig. 28. Electropherograms of 50 mL 2 μM (-)-EC concentrated by MNPs.
(A) 2×10-6 M (-)-EC; (B) 1st desorption; and (C) 2nd desorption.
Separation electrolyte as Fig. 15.
2 4 6 8 10 12 14
mV
(A)
(B)
(C)
Time (min)
Fig. 29. Electropherograms of 100 mL, 1 μM (-)-EC concentrated by
MNPs. (A) 1×10-6 M (-)-EC; (B) 1st desorption; and (C) 2nd desorption. Separation electrolyte as Fig. 15.5 10 15 20
mV
(2) (4)
(3) (5) (1)
Time (min)
Fig. 30. Electropherograms of the real sample A diluted 10-fold. Sample:
(1) Caffeine; (2) (-)-EGC; (3) (-)-EC; (4) (-)-EGCG; and (5) (-)-ECG . Separation electrolyte as Fig. 15.
5 10 15 20
mV
(2) (4)
(1) (3) (5)
Time (min)
Fig. 31. Electropherograms of the real sample B diluted 10-fold. Sample:
(1) Caffeine; (2) (-)-EGC; (3) (-)-EC; (4) (-)-EGCG; and (5) (-)-ECG . Separation electrolyte as Fig. 15.
5 10 15 20
mV
(2) (4)
(1) (3) (5)
Time (min)
Fig. 32. Electropherograms of the real sample C diluted 10-fold. Sample:
(1) Caffeine; (2) (-)-EGC; (3) (-)-EC; (4) (-)-EGCG; and (5) (-)-ECG . Separation electrolyte as Fig. 15.
5 10 15 20
(4)
mV (2)
(3) (5) (1)
Time (min)
Fig. 33. Electropherograms of the real sample D diluted 10-fold. Sample:
(1) Caffeine; (2) (-)-EGC; (3) (-)-EC; (4) (-)-EGCG; and (5) (-)-ECG . Separation electrolyte as Fig. 15.
5 10 15 20
mV
(2) (4)
(3) (5) (1)
Time (min)
Fig. 34. Electropherograms of the real sample E diluted 10-fold. Sample:
(1) Caffeine; (2) (-)-EGC; (3) (-)-EC; (4) (-)-EGCG; and (5) (-)-ECG . Separation electrolyte as Fig. 15.
5 10 15 20
mV
(2) (4)
(3) (5)
(1)
Time (min)
Fig. 35. Electropherograms of the real sample F diluted 10-fold. Sample:
(1) Caffeine; (2) (-)-EGC; (3) (-)-EC; (4) (-)-EGCG; and (5) (-)-ECG . Separation electrolyte as Fig. 15.
5 10 15 20
(2) (4) mV
(3) (5) (1)
Time (min)
Fig. 36. Electropherograms of the real sample G diluted 10-fold. Sample:
(1) Caffeine; (2) (-)-EGC; (3) (-)-EC; (4) (-)-EGCG; and (5) (-)-ECG . Separation electrolyte as Fig. 15.
5 10 15 20
(2) (4)
mV
5 10
(1)
(3) (5) (1)
(A)
(B)
Time (min)
Fig. 37. Electropherograms of the 10-fold diluted real sample (A) without;
and (B) after MNPs adsorption . Sample: (1) Caffeine; (2) (-)-EGC; (3) (-)-EC; (4) (-)-EGCG; and (5) (-)-ECG . Separation electrolyte as Fig 15.
20
5 10 15
(2)
(3) (4) (5)
(1)
(A)
(B) mV
(C) (D) (E) (F) (G)
Time (min)
Fig. 38. Electropherograms of the 10-fold diluted real sample A adsorbed
by various MNPs concentration. (A)0.096; (B)0.192; (C)0.48;(D)0.768; (E)0.96; (F)1.152 and (G) 1.44 pmole. Sample: (1) Caffeine; (2) (-)-EGC; (3) (-)-EC; (4) (-)-EGCG; and (5) (-)-ECG . Separation electrolyte as Fig 15.
20
5 10 15
mV
(A)
(B)
(C)
Time (min)
Fig. 39. Electropherograms of the real sample concentrated by MNPs. (A)
Original real sample concentration; (B) 1st; and (C) 2nd of 100 mM pH5.3 tartrate buffer with 10% ethanol desorption.Separation electrolyte as Fig. 15.