title: High-performance liquid chromatography of cardiolipin.
abstract: Resolution of freshly prepared and of commercially available (degraded) samples of cardiolipin into 15-30 components has been accomplished by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography using a 3-micron particulate Microsorb C18 column irrigated with linear gradients of acetonitrile--methanol--10 mM phosphate buffer pH 7.4. Selected resolved components were crystallized and characterized by infrared absorption spectra. Saponification of other components and identification of component fatty acids by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography demonstrated the presence of ten fatty acids (14:0, 14:1, 16:0, 16:1, 18:0, 18:1, 18:2, 18:3, 20:0, 20:4), with linoleic acid (18:2) identified in all resolved components. From fatty acid composition data it appears that several resolved fractions consist of single cardiolipin molecular species.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002308:Cardiolipins / Q000032:analysis*; D002417:Cattle; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D007668:Kidney / Q000032:analysis; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000032:analysis; D009206:Myocardium / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: D002308:Cardiolipins; D005227:Fatty Acids