CZE with UV-absorption detection has been used for the separation and determination of enkephalin-related peptides. The experimental conditions, such as pH and concentration of running buffer, applied voltage, injection method, and time, were investigated in detail. Excellent separation efficiency could be obtained for ten enkephalin-related peptides with a 50 microm (ID) x 58 cm capillary using sodium dihydrogen phosphate as the running buffer (pH 3.11) when 20 kV of applied voltage was used. The concentration detection limits were found to be in the range of 0.31-1.94 microg/mL (defined as S/N = 3). The proposed method has been applied to analyze the spiked cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample, and the results showed that CZE is a powerful technique for separation and detection of the above biological peptides.
The effect of hair dyes, i.e., temporary, semi-permanent, or permanent hair dyes, or hair bleach on the isoelectric focusing (IEF) hair protein patterns was studied. A permanent hair dye (metallic, alkaline oxidative, or acidic oxidative) and hair bleach induced changes in the IEF hair protein patterns and in the intensity of hair protein bands. The changes in the IEF patterns, caused by the alkaline oxidative dye or the bleach, are considered to result from the combined effect of an alkaline agent and an oxidative agent in the alkaline oxidative dye and in the hair bleach.
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