title: HPLC determination of polyamines in the femtomole range.
abstract: A new method for the chromatographic determination of polyamines is presented. The procedure consists of the reaction of 9-fluorenylmethyl chloroformate (FMOC-Cl) with polyamines at 50 +/- 1 degrees C for 10 min, followed by stepwise elution chromatography. The reaction is simple and the derivatives are stable. All the polyamine-FMOC derivatives can be separated within 13 min. The linearity of this method is satisfactory in the range of 0.5-100 pmol. The detection limits for putrescine, cadaverine, spermidine and spermine are 83.3 fmol, 109 fmol, 25.5 fmol and 22.7 fmol respectively.
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D005449:Fluorenes; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D011073:Polyamines / Q000032:analysis*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D005449:Fluorenes; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D011073:Polyamines; C054007:1-(9-fluorenyl)methyl chloroformate