A novel capillary electrophoresis with electrochemiluminescence determination method was developed for the determination of two alkaloids based on the electrochemiluminescence signal enhancement effect of the tertiary amine group on tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II). A linear relationship between the electrochemiluminescence peak area and concentrations of galanthamine and lycorine in the range of 0.07 ∼ 17 μg/mL and 0.07 ∼ 18 μg/mL was obtained and the detection limit was 0.008 and 0.002 μg/mL, respectively. The method is selective, simple, and convenient. It had been successfully applied to the analysis of galanthamine and lycorine in Lycoris radiata samples purchased from a local market.
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