title: Microanalytical screening of all major stratum corneum lipids by sequential high-performance thin-layer chromatography.
abstract: For rapid and sensitive screening of lipid biochemical abnormalities of scaling skin disorders a sequential, one-dimensional high-performance thin-layer chromatographic method (HPTLC) has been developed. All major human stratum corneum lipid classes, i.e., cholesterol sulfate, glucosylceramides, six major ceramide fractions, free sterols, free fatty acids, triglycerides, sterol esters, squalene, and n-alkanes, are separated and quantitated after a stepwise development of a single silica gel 60 HPTLC-plate using three consecutive solvent systems. Reproducible results have been obtained by degradative charring as well as fluorescence detection. By fluorescence detection the method is particularly suitable for the determination of minor amounts of cholesterol sulfate and other sterols.
authors.affiliation: Lipid Research Laboratory, Department of Dermatology, University of Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Melnik
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hollmann
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Erler
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Verhoeven
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Plewig
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis*; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids