Rapid assay for amino acids in serum or urine by pre-column derivatization and reversed-phase liquid chromatography.
- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Chemistry
- Vol. 28 (3), 527-531
- https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/28.3.527
Abstract
This method for estimating clinically important amino acids in serum or urine within 40 min involves o-phthalaldehyde/2-mercaptoethanol derivatization and reversed-phase "high-pressure" liquid chromatography. Homocysteic acid is an internal standard, and homoserine and norvaline are reference peaks. For all the amino acids estimated, the between-run coefficients of variation ranged from 2.0 to 13.5%, and the mean analytical recoveries from both serum and urine samples was 101%. Peak areas vary linearly with concentration up to 1500 mumol/L for all the amino acids assayed. The limit of detection for each amino acid was estimated to be 38 fmol.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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