Development of CE-dual opposite carbon-fiber micro-disk electrode detection for peak purity assessment of polyphenols in red wine

Electrophoresis. 2010 Jul;31(13):2192-9. doi: 10.1002/elps.200900713.

Abstract

A new dual opposite carbon-fiber micro-disk electrode detector was fabricated and tested for hyphenation with CE in the polyphenol determination. Under optimized conditions, CE-dual opposite carbon-fiber micro-disk electrode was found able to baseline separate and determine five important polyphenols (trans-resveratrol, (+)-catechin, (-)-epicatechin, quercetin and gallic acid) in red wine within 16 min with low detection limit (0.031-0.21 mg/L) and satisfactory repeatability (2.0-3.3% RSD, n=5). The opposite dual electrode enables simultaneous determination of CE eluents for current ratio measured at +0.8 and +1.0 V versus Ag/AgCl for the peak purity assessment. The capability to identify the presence of co-migrating impurities in given polyphenol peaks was demonstrated in a mixed standard solution with overlapping (+)-catechin and (-)-epicatechin peaks and in commercial red wine with unknown impurities and confirming the reliability for polyphenol quantitation in red wine with matching migration time and current ratio.

MeSH terms

  • Catechin / analysis
  • Catechin / isolation & purification
  • Electrophoresis, Capillary* / instrumentation
  • Electrophoresis, Capillary* / methods
  • Equipment Design
  • Flavonoids / analysis*
  • Flavonoids / isolation & purification
  • Food Analysis / methods*
  • Gallic Acid / analysis
  • Gallic Acid / isolation & purification
  • Linear Models
  • Microelectrodes
  • Phenols / analysis*
  • Phenols / isolation & purification
  • Polyphenols
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Wine / analysis*

Substances

  • Flavonoids
  • Phenols
  • Polyphenols
  • Gallic Acid
  • Catechin