High-performance liquid chromatographic assay of L-alpha-glycerophosphorylcholine using a two-step enzymic conversion. |
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| Authors: | G Abbiati T Fossati M Arrigoni P Rolle G L Dognini C Castiglioni |
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| Institution: | Biopharmaceutical Department, LPB Research Institute, Cinisello Balsamo, Italy. |
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| Abstract: | A high-performance liquid chromatographic method using an enzymic reactor for determination of L-alpha-glycerophosphorylcholine in pharmaceutical forms is described. The procedure includes incubation of L-alpha-glycerophosphorylcholine with glycerophosphorylcholine phosphodiesterase (EC 3.1.4.2), giving choline and glycerophosphate, and subsequent chromatography of choline with a post-column enzymic reactor and electrochemical detection. The results obtained show a close linearity of the whole assay from 2 to 150 nmol/ml L-alpha-glycerophosphorylcholine, the sensitivity being 2 pmol per 20 microliters of injected sample. The precision of the method in the analysis of L-alpha-glycerophosphorylcholine in pharmaceutical forms, ampoules and capsules, was 1.34 and 1.21%, respectively. |
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