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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B-ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 780, Issue 2, Pages 261-267Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-0232(02)00529-9
Keywords
retinol; tocopherols
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A sensitive HPLC assay for all-trans-retinol, a-tocopherol, and gamma-tocopherols in human serum and plasma is reported. Sample preparation is performed in one step and involves precipitation of proteins and extraction of lipids with two volumes of an ethanol-chloroform mixture (3:1, v/v) without I.S. addition. After removal of the precipitated protein, 20 mul aliquots of the supernatant (equivalent to 6.7 mul of serum or plasma) were injected into the HPLC system and analyzed using fluorometric detection. RP-HPLC was performed using a C-18 S3 ODS2 column with a methanol-water step gradient (97:3 to 100) at 1.0 ml/min. The quantification limit expressed as nanograms of analyte per milliliter of serum or plasma was approximately 30 ng for all-trans-retinol, 300 ng for alpha-tocopherol and 250 ng for -gamma- and delta-tocopherol. The method was validated and applied to human serum and plasma from a total of 120 subjects. This procedure requires a small volume of serum or plasma and can therefore be a valuable tool for measuring low concentrations of these vitamins in preterm infants with sensitivity, precision and accuracy. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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