title: [Studies on purine-pyrimidine metabolism (1)--Quantitation of purine-pyrimidine metabolites and allopurinol-oxipurinol in biological fluids].
abstract: A reversed-phase high-performance liquid-chromatography method for determining simultaneous quantitation of purine-pyrimidine metabolites, allopurinol and oxipurinol in plasma and urine samples was studied. Separation was optimal with phosphate buffer (10 mmol/l, pH 5.0) containing 1% methanol as an eluent and mu Bondapak C18 as a column. An isocratic separation of a standard mixture of 13 compounds was achieved within 40 minutes with adequate reproducibilities (coefficient of variation: 2.49% for 1.63 mumol/l orotidin-0.12% for 50 mumol/l uridine). A simple ultrafiltration of plasma yielded quantitative recoveries (uric acid: 101.7-107.5%, hypoxanthine: 90.4-102.8%, xanthine: 95.9-99.5%, oxipurinol: 104.4-107.1%, allopurinol: 97.4-103.4%). Compounds were identified by their retention times, absorbance ratios, co-elution with standards and enzymic shifts. In addition to the above compounds, simultaneous quantitation of pseudouridine, uridine, adenine and inosine in the plasma would be possible under the same conditions.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiroshige
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kunifuji
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takasugi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuroiwa
mesh_terms: D000493:Allopurinol / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D019271:Hypoxanthine; D007042:Hypoxanthines / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D010117:Oxypurinol / Q000032:analysis*; D011687:Purines / Q000378:metabolism*; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000378:metabolism*; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D019820:Xanthine; D014970:Xanthines / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D007042:Hypoxanthines; D011687:Purines; D011743:Pyrimidines; D014970:Xanthines; D019820:Xanthine; D014527:Uric Acid; D019271:Hypoxanthine; D000493:Allopurinol; D010117:Oxypurinol