title: A method for determining concentrations of retinol, tocopherol, and five carotenoids in human plasma and tissue samples.
abstract: To explore the relation between plasma and tissue concentrations of seven fat-soluble micronutrients (retinol, alpha-tocopherol, lutein, cryptoxanthin, lycopene, alpha-carotene, and beta-carotene), we developed methods for clarifying plasma and tissue samples and quantitating these seven analytes simultaneously by using HPLC with ultraviolet detection. Clarification of tissue samples was performed by using enzymatic digestion followed by mechanical homogenization; saponification was avoided and tocopherol nicotinate was used as an internal standard. Precision and sensitivity for small samples of plasma and solid tissues were determined. Accuracy for plasma samples was assessed by comparing results obtained by using this method with those obtained by using older, standardized methods. Results from application of this method to patient samples of plasma and various tissues are presented. This method will be of interest to investigators seeking to quantitate these seven micronutrients in solid tissue samples, but desiring to avoid the usual saponification step required in most other reported techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Nierenberg
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Nann
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000737:chemistry; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003106:Colon / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000737:chemistry; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012867:Skin / Q000737:chemistry; D013010:Sonication; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D014801:Vitamin A; D014810:Vitamin E; D002338:Carotenoids