“…The first description on the use of lanthanide ions as luminescent detection chromophores in liquid chromatography was by DiBella et al [39] for the detection of aromatic ketones and aldehydes. Since then, the method has been extended to a number of other compounds including tetracyclines [40,41], single-stranded nucleic acids [42], nalidixic acid and bleomycins [43], indoles and heterocyclics [44], orotic acid [45,46], steroids such as progesterone and testosterone [47,48], diphacinone [49], fluoroquinolines [50], propyl gallate [51], ochratoxin A and citrinin [52], theopylline [53], and hydrolysis products of dexrazoxane [54]. Inorganic ions have been measured using quenched lanthanide luminescence detection in electrophoretic techniques has also been described [46,48,55].…”