[Determination of plasma homocysteine in normal adults by high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection]

Se Pu. 1999 May;17(3):310-2.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

A rapid, isocratic high performance liquid chromatographic(HPLC) method with fluorescence detection was used for the determination of total homocysteine (Hcy) levels in human plasma. Prior to reversed-phase HPLC analysis, the plasma thiols were derivatized with ABDF(7-fluoroben30-2-oxa-1,3-diazole-4-sulfonamide), a thiol specific fluorogenic probe. A mobile phase consisted of 0.1 mol/L potassium dihydrogen phosphate (pH 2.1, containing 10% of acetonitrile) ensured base line separation of plasma Hcy. The mean recovery of this method was 97.75%. The intraday and interday coefficient of variations were 4.49% and 9.79%, respectively. The method is simple, sensitive, reproducible and very suitable for routine determination of plasma Hcy in human.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Blood Chemical Analysis / methods*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Female
  • Homocysteine / blood*
  • Humans
  • Limit of Detection
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence
  • Time Factors
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Homocysteine