scholarly journals Determination of Dipicolinic Acid in “Natto” by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled With Postcolumn Photoirradiation With Zinc Acetate

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 117864691985212
Author(s):  
Ken-ichi Mawatari ◽  
Motomasa Atsumi ◽  
Fumiya Nakamura ◽  
Makoto Yasuda ◽  
Tomoko Fukuuchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Zinc Acetate ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Dipicolinic Acid ◽  
Reversed Phase ◽  
Fluorometric Detection ◽  
Disodium Hydrogen Phosphate ◽  
Citric Acid Buffer ◽  
Wet Weight

A system was developed for determining dipicolinic acid in “natto” using liquid chromatography with fluorometric detection. The compound was separated by reversed-phase chromatography using a mobile phase of 0.1 mol/L disodium hydrogen phosphate, 0.05 mol/L citric acid buffer (adjusted to pH 3.0) containing 3.0 mmol/L zinc acetate and 35 mmol/L perchloric acid. The compound in the column effluent was irradiated with ultraviolet light to produce fluorescence. This fluorescence was monitored at an excitation at 336 nm and an emission at 448 nm. The calibration curve for dipicolinic acid was observed to be linear in a range of 0.2 to 112 ng. The dipicolinic acid content of natto was 7.24 ± 0.54 mg/100 g (wet weight, mean ± standard deviation [SD], n = 6).

Developing a High-performance Liquid Chromatography Method for Simultaneous Determination of Loratadine and its Metabolite Desloratadine in Human Plasma

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (13) ◽  
pp. 1053-1059
Author(s):  
Mahmoud M. Sebaiy ◽  
Noha I. Ziedan
Keyword(s):  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Human Plasma ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Allergic Diseases ◽  
Reversed Phase ◽  
Hplc Method ◽  
H1 Receptor ◽  
Chromatography Method

Background: Allergic diseases are considered as the major burden on public health with increased prevalence globally. Histamine H1-receptor antagonists are the foremost commonly used drugs in the treatment of allergic disorders. The target drug in this study, loratadine, belongs to this class of drugs and its biometabolite desloratadine which is also a non-sedating H1 receptor antagonist with anti-histaminic activity being 2.5 to 4 times greater than loratadine. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel isocratic Reversed-phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (RP-HPLC) method for rapid and simultaneous separation and determination of loratadine and its metabolite, desloratadine in human plasma. Methods: The drug extraction method from plasma was based on protein precipitation technique. The separation was carried out on a Thermo Scientific BDS Hypersil C18 column (5μm, 250 x 4.60 mm) in a mobile phase of MeOH: 0.025M KH2PO4 adjusted to pH 3.50 using orthophosphoric acid (85: 15, v/v) at an ambient temperature. The flow rate was maintained at 1 mL/min and maximum absorption was measured using the PDA detector at 248 nm. Results: The retention times of loratadine and desloratadine in plasma samples were recorded to be 4.10 and 5.08 minutes, respectively, indicating a short analysis time. Limits of detection were found to be 1.80 and 1.97 ng/mL for loratadine and desloratadine, respectively, showing a high degree of sensitivity of the method. The method was then validated according to FDA guidelines for the determination of the two analytes in human plasma. Conclusion: The results obtained indicate that the proposed method is rapid, sensitive in the nanogram range, accurate, selective, robust and reproducible compared to other reported methods.

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