Two methods of capillary electrophoresis with contactless conductivity detection have been developed for monitoring the levels of glucose and lactate in clinical samples. The separations are performed in uncoated fused silica capillaries with inner diameter 10 or 20 μm, total length 31.5 cm, length to detector 18 cm, using an Agilent electrophoretic instrument with an integrated contactless conductivity detector. Glucose is determined in optimized background electrolyte, 50 mM NaOH with pH 12.6 and 2-deoxyglucose is used as an internal standard; the determination of lactate is performed in 40 mM CHES/NaOH with pH 9.4 and lithium cations as an internal standard. Both substances are determined in minimal volumes of (1) nutrient media after cell incubation, and (2) microdialysates of human adipose tissue; after dilution and filtration as the only treatment of the sample. The migration time of glucose is 2.5 min and that of lactate is 1.5 min with detection limits at the micromolar concentration level. The developed techniques are suitable for sequential monitoring of glucose and lactate over time during metabolic experiments.

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