| Title | Liquid chromatographic determination of polythiols based on pre-column excimer fluorescence derivatization and its application to alpha-lipoic acid analysis. | | Author(s) | Inoue T, Sudo M, Yoshida H, Todoroki K, Nohta H, Yamaguchi M | | Institution | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma, Johnan, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan. | | Source | J Chromatogr A 2009 Feb 21. | | Abstract | We developed an LC method for the sensitive and selective fluorometric determination of polythiols. This method employs pre-column intramolecular excimer-forming fluorescence derivatization with N-(1-pyrene)iodoacetamide followed by LC separation. Polythiols were converted to the corresponding dipyrene-labeled derivatives, and the derivatives afforded intramolecular excimer fluorescence (440-540nm). After the optimization using dithiothreitol and dimercaprol as model polythiols, alpha-lipoic acid (LA) and alpha-lipoamide were determined with high sensitivity and selectivity. The detection limits for polythiols were 0.6-3.5fmol on column. Furthermore, this method could be successfully applied to the determination of LA in commercial dietary supplements and in human urine. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19268962 |
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