HPLC with charged aerosol detector (CAD) as a quality control platform for analysis of carbohydrate polymers

BMC Research Notes

Paul Kline¹  Rajarshi Ghosh¹ 

[1]0000 0001 2111 6385, grid.260001.5, Department of Chemistry, Middle Tennessee State University, MTSU Box 68, 1301 E Main Street, 37132, Murfreesboro, TN, USA

关键词: HILIC;    HPSEC;    QC of carbohydrates;    Hyaluronic acid;    Uronic acids;    Amino sugars;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13104-019-4296-y

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【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveQC analysis of carbohydrates has been historically cumbersome due to lengthy and laborious derivatization techniques and the requirement of complimentary instrumentation. HILIC-CAD has emerged as an effective platform for direct monosaccharide composition analysis of complex carbohydrates without derivatization. Although, several neutral sugars have been separated and detected using HILIC-CAD, there has not been any report on acidic and amino sugar analysis using this method. In this study, we developed a gradient method for simultaneous analysis of acidic, amino and select neutral monosaccharides. As an application of the HILIC-CAD method, we performed composition analysis of commercially purchased hyaluronic acid products. Additionally, since CAD is suitable for SEC experiments, we tested the homogeneity of hyaluronic acids using a SEC-CAD method.ResultsWe separated common uronic acids (GlcA, GalA, LIdoA and Neu5Ac), amino sugars (GlcN, GalN and GlcNAc) and select neutral sugars (LRha, LFuc, Man and Gal) using a gradient HILIC-CAD method. The optimized gradient method demonstrated good linearity (R2 > 0.99), precision (RSD < 8%), LOD (< 85 ng/mL) and LOQ (< 280 ng/mL). HILIC-CAD analysis of commercially purchased hyaluronic acid products indicated that samples were composed of GlcNAc and GlcA. Additionally, SEC-CAD chromatograms indicated the heterogeneous nature of the samples.

【 授权许可】

CC BY