Enantioseparation of vinclozolin by gamma-cyclodextrin-modified micellar electrokinetic chromatography

J Agric Food Chem. 2002 Feb 27;50(5):1312-7. doi: 10.1021/jf011238p.

Abstract

Cyclodextrin-modified micellar electrokinetic chromatography was applied to the enantioseparation of vinclozolin, which has been used as a fungicide and has an anti-androgenic activity, using gamma-cyclodextrin together with sodium dodecyl sulfate. Factors affecting the chiral resolution and migration time of vinclozolin were studied. The optimum running conditions were found to be 20 mM phosphate-5 mM borate buffer (pH 8.5) containing 50 mM gamma-cyclodextrin and 100 mM sodium dodecyl sulfate with an effective voltage of 20 kV at 20 degrees C using direct detection at 203 nm. Under these conditions, the resolution (Rs) of racemic vinclozolin was approximately 2.1. The sample was concentrated by solid-phase extraction and was fractionated by HPLC. The peak area ratio of (+)- and (-)-vinclozolins in wine was found to be 2:3, namely, not racemic, suggesting that degradation rates were different between (+)- and (-)-vinclozolins. The anti-androgenic activities of (+)- and (-)-vinclozolins on dihydrotestosterone-induced transcription were also investigated. The anti-androgenic activity of (+)-vinclozolin tended to be stronger than that of (-)-vinclozolin, suggesting the possibility that vinclozolin can act as an enantioselective anti-androgen.

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Cyclodextrins
  • Electrophoresis, Capillary / methods
  • Fungicides, Industrial / chemistry*
  • Fungicides, Industrial / isolation & purification
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Micelles
  • Oxazoles / chemistry*
  • Oxazoles / isolation & purification
  • Stereoisomerism
  • gamma-Cyclodextrins*

Substances

  • Cyclodextrins
  • Fungicides, Industrial
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Micelles
  • Oxazoles
  • gamma-Cyclodextrins
  • vinclozolin
  • gamma-cyclodextrin