A fast method for the determination of tropane alkaloids, using a portable CE instrument with a capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detector (CE-C4D) was developed and validated for determination of atropine and scopolamine in seeds from Solanaceae family plants. Separation was obtained within 5 min, using an optimized background electrolyte consisting of 0.5 M acetic acid with 0.25% (w/v) β-CD. The limit of detection and quantification was 0.5 µg/mL and 1.5 µg/mL, respectively, for both atropine and scopolamine. The developed method was validated with the following parameters-precision (CV): 1.07-2.08%, accuracy of the assay (recovery, RE): 101.0-102.7% and matrix effect (ME): 92.99-94.23%. Moreover, the optimized CE-C4D method was applied to the analysis of plant extracts and pharmaceuticals, proving its applicability and accuracy.

Central European Institute of Technology and Faculty of Science Masaryk University 62500 Brno Czech Republic

Department of Bioanalytical Instrumentation Institute of Analytical Chemistry Czech Academy of Sciences 60200 Brno Czech Republic

Laboratory for Forensic Chemistry Department of Analytical Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry Jagiellonian University 30 387 Krakow Poland

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