Document Detail


Facile analysis of short-chain fatty acids as 4-nitrophenyl esters in complex anaerobic fermentation samples by high performance liquid chromatography.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21782191     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Short-chain fatty acids are crucial intermediates in the conversion of biomass to methane. Due to the complexity of raw biomass, volatile fatty acids (including n- and branched-chain compounds) as well as arylacetic and arylpropionic acids arise from digestion of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids. The development of a simple extraction procedure in combination with internal standardization and facile 4-nitrophenyl-labelling via oxalylchloride-generated acylchlorides enabled robust separation and quantification of the target compounds in crude biological samples like raw cattle manure and biogas fermenter contents. Detection limits of <100μM and error rates of less than 4% for the quantification of individual compounds in a concentration range up to 50mM for non-diluted samples suggest that the novel method might be of general advantage for the routine quantification of short-chain fatty acids in complex biological samples including complex fermentation media.
Authors:
Johannes Schiffels; Marcus E M Baumann; Thorsten Selmer
Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-7-3
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of chromatography. A     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1873-3778     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-7-25     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9318488     Medline TA:  J Chromatogr A     Country:  -    
Other Details:
Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Affiliation:
FH Aachen, Institut für Nano- und Biotechnologien, Heinrich-Mußmann-Str. 1, 52428 Jülich, Germany.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Micelle to solvent stacking of two alkaloids in nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis.
Next Document:  A complementary mobile phase approach based on the peak count concept oriented to the full resolutio...