Analysis of Fluorescent Compounds in Urine by Liquid Chromatography

Abstract

High speed separation of fluorescent compounds was examined. The retention time of 21 compounds was measured in two reversed phase modes and an ion-exchange mode liquid chromatography. Furthermore, urine samples of new-born babies, cancer patients and normal subjects were analyzed by the above systems. Several peaks were positively identified from the retention time, however there were many unknown fluorescent compounds. Among them, two peaks were found on the chromatograms in the reversed phase modes. These compounds were very polar and could not be identified, however the ratio of these peak height was used for classification of urine samples. Furthermore, indole-3-acetic acid and 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid in urine were selectively analyzed on an ion-exchange resin with isocratic eluent after filtration.