Simultaneous Determination of Theobromine,Paraxanthine, Theophylline,and Caffeine in Urine by Reversed-Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Diode Array UV Detection |
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Abstract: | A reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatographic method was improved for the simultaneous determination of theobromine, paraxanthine, theophylline, and caffeine in urine. The method includes a liquid-liquid extraction at alkaline pH with ethylacetate. The 7-(2,3-dihidroxypropyl) theophylline was used as an internal standard (ISTD). The separation was achieved on a C18 column using 14:86 methanol:buffer (25 mM KH2PO4 adjusted to pH 4 with ortho-phosphoric acid) solution as mobile phase under isocratic conditions at a flow rate 1 mL min?1. An ultraviolet absorption at 274 nm was monitored. In these conditions, the LOD was 0.03 μg mL?1 for theobromine, 0.02 μg mL?1 for paraxanthine, 0.04 μg mL?1 for theophylline, and 0.08 μg mL?1 for caffeine. The method has been applied to urine samples. |
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Keywords: | Caffeine Human urine Paraxanthine RP-HPLC/DAD Theobromine Theophylline |
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