Determination of tryptophan and kynurenine in human plasma by liquid chromatography-electrochemical detection with multi-wall carbon nanotube-modified glassy carbon electrode |
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Authors: | Liu Lihong Chen Ying Zhang Yulin Wang Fang Chen Zilin |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China. |
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Abstract: | A novel method was developed for the simultaneous determination of kynurenine and tryptophan by high‐performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection at multi‐wall carbon nanotube (MWCNT)‐modified glassy carbon electrode. The separation and detection conditions were optimized. The typical HPLC experiments were conducted by using a reversed‐phase ODS column with a mobile phase consisting of stock acetate buffer (pH 5)–methanol (4:1, v/v) using an isocratic elution at the flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The obtained LODs for kynurenine and tryptophane were 0.5 and 0.4 µmol/L, respectively. The analytical method for human plasma samples was validated and confirmed by LC‐UV and LC‐MS. The recoveries were in the range of 84.8–110%, and the precision was lower than 5.9%. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Keywords: | kynurenine tryptophan high‐performance liquid chromatography electrochemical detection chemically modified electrodes |
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