Use of High Pressure Liquid Chromatography and Thin Layer Chromatography for the Separation and Detection of Testosterone and its Metabolites from in vitro Incubation Mixtures

Abstract

Testosterone and its 6β-, 7α-, and 16α-hydroxylated metabolites were resolved by high pressure liquid chromatography and thin layer chromatography. Separation by HPLC was achieved in less than 45 min on a microparticulate silica gel column using isocratic elution with isopro-panol:tetrahydrofuran:hexane (5:15:80) as the mobile phase. TLC systems utilizing silica gel on glass and plastic plates, and polysilicic acid on glass fiber sheets are presented. The monohydroxylated metabolites of testosterone formed during incubation of (¹⁴C)-testosterone with liver postmitochondrial preparations from adult male rats pre-treated with phenobarbital or Aroclor 1254 were separated and quantitated by both HPLC and TLC. The results using both techniques are compared with those obtained by paper chromatography.