PMID- 37875416 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231027 LR - 20231027 IS - 1872-2059 (Electronic) IS - 1000-8713 (Print) IS - 1000-8713 (Linking) VI - 41 IP - 10 DP - 2023 Oct TI - [Surface-modified microchip electrophoretic separation and analysis of functional components in health care products]. PG - 937-948 LID - 10.3724/SP.J.1123.2023.08019 [doi] AB - Microchip electrophoresis (MCE) is widely applied in food, environment, medicine, and other fields, owing to its high separation efficiency, low consumption of reagents and samples, and ease of integrating multiple operating units. Polymer microchip materials like cycloolefin copolymer (COC) are low-cost and easy to fabricate. However, their practical applications are limited by the non-specific adsorption on channel surface during electrophoresis and the instability of electroosmotic flow. These shortcomings can be solved by COC surface modification. In this study, a static coating and dynamic/static coating combined strategy was used to develop a channel-surface-modified COC microchip. Combined with laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) detection, a MCE-LIF separation and analysis method was developed for detecting functional components in health care products. The separation performance of MCE was improved by the static coating microchannel surface modification method. The static coating was constructed by hydrophobic amino acid adsorption, glutaraldehyde immobilization, and hydrophilic amino acid functionalization on the COC microchannel surface. The separation performance of MCE was improved by microchannel surface modification combined with dynamic/static coating. The static coating was constructed by valine adsorption, carboxyl activation, and ethylenediamine functionalization on the COC microchannel surface. The dynamic coating is automatically formed by introducing a buffer solution containing hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and sodium dodecyl sulfate into the microchannel. The physical and chemical properties of surface-modified microchannels and the factors governing electrophoretic separation were studied. Combined with LIF detection, the MCE-LIF separation and analysis of lysine and gamma-aminobutyric acid present in children's health care products, as well as aspartic acid and taurine in sport drinks, were developed. The recoveries of lysine and gamma-aminobutyric acid in children's health care products were 84.8%-118%, and the relative standard deviations (RSDs) were less than 7.2% (n=3). The recoveries of aspartic acid and taurine in sport drinks were 97.5%-118%, and the RSDs were less than 6.4% (n=3). The analysis results are consistent with the HPLC results, and the method has potential for application in the separation and analysis of anionic amino acids in health care products. FAU - Lau, Wai-Chun AU - Lau WC AD - School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China. FAU - Chen, Ya-Li AU - Chen YL AD - School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China. FAU - Xia, Ling AU - Xia L AD - School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China. FAU - Xiao, Xiao-Hua AU - Xiao XH AD - School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China. FAU - Li, Gong-Ke AU - Li GK AD - School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China. LA - chi PT - English Abstract PT - Journal Article PL - China TA - Se Pu JT - Se pu = Chinese journal of chromatography JID - 9424804 RN - 30KYC7MIAI (Aspartic Acid) RN - K3Z4F929H6 (Lysine) RN - 0 (Polymers) RN - 0 (Amino Acids) RN - 1EQV5MLY3D (Taurine) RN - 56-12-2 (gamma-Aminobutyric Acid) SB - IM MH - Child MH - Humans MH - *Electrophoresis, Microchip/methods MH - Aspartic Acid MH - Lysine MH - Polymers MH - Amino Acids MH - Taurine MH - gamma-Aminobutyric Acid PMC - PMC10598572 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cycloolefin copolymer (COC) OT - electrophoresis OT - health care products OT - microchips OT - surface modification EDAT- 2023/10/25 00:42 MHDA- 2023/10/27 06:42 PMCR- 2023/10/08 CRDT- 2023/10/24 22:23 PHST- 2023/10/27 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/10/25 00:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/10/24 22:23 [entrez] PHST- 2023/10/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3724/SP.J.1123.2023.08019 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Se Pu. 2023 Oct;41(10):937-948. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1123.2023.08019.