Environmentally Sustainable Achiral and Chiral Chromatographic Analysis of Amino Acids in Food Supplements

Two LC methods were developed for the achiral and chiral reversed-phase (RP) analysis of an amino acid (AA) pool in a food supplement, in compliance with the main paradigms of Green Chromatography. A direct achiral ion-pairing RP-HPLC method was optimized under gradient conditions with a water-ethanol (EtOH) eluent containing heptafluorobutyric acid (0.1%, v/v), to quantify the eight essential AAs (Ile, Leu, Lys, Met, Phe, Thr, Trp, and Val) contained in the food supplement. Thus, the usually employed acetonitrile was profitably substituted with the less toxic and more benign EtOH. The method was validated for Leu and Phe. The chiral LC method performed with a teicoplanin chiral stationary phase was developed with a water-EtOH (60:40, v/v) eluent with 0.1%, v/v acetic acid. The enantioselective analysis was carried out without any prior derivatization step. Both developed methods performed highly for all eight AAs and revealed that: (i) the content of six out of eight AAs was consistent with the manufacturer declaration; (ii) only L-AAs were present. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that a two-dimensional achiral-chiral configuration is possible in practice, making it even more environmentally sustainable. A molecular modelling investigation revealed interesting insights into the enantiorecognition mechanism of Lys.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 27(2022), 22 vom: 09. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Varfaj, Ina [VerfasserIn]
Carotti, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Mangiapelo, Luciano [VerfasserIn]
Cossignani, Lina [VerfasserIn]
Taticchi, Agnese [VerfasserIn]
Macchiarulo, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Ianni, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Sardella, Roccaldo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

059QF0KO0R
3K9958V90M
Acetic Acid
Amino Acids
Antifibrinolytic Agents
Enantiorecognition mechanism
Ethanol
Green chromatography
Ion-pairing agent
Journal Article
Q40Q9N063P
Teicoplanin-based stationary phase
Water

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Date Completed 29.11.2022

Date Revised 13.12.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/molecules27227724

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349447756