title: Determination of nicotinamide and metabolic products in urine by high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A high-performance liquid chromatographic procedure has been developed for the quantitation of nicotinamide, nicotinic acid, nicotinuric acid, 1-methylnicotinamide and 1-methyl-2-pyridone-5-carboxamide in rat and human urines. The procedure utilizes a Varian Model 5020 liquid chromatograph with a UV detector, and an Altex 15 cm X 4.6 mm Ultrasphere-ODS column, employing a linear ion-pair mobile phase gradient. Solvent A contains 10 mM concentrations of pentanesulfonic acid (PSA), tetramethylammonium chloride (TMA) and KH2PO4, and solvent B contains PSA, TMA and acetonitrile. Different pH values for solvent A vary the retention times and thus the separation of the five compounds. Temperature of the system is critical. The conditions found most satisfactory were pH 3.30 and 24.5 degrees C.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009536:Niacinamide / Q000378:metabolism / Q000652:urine*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012016:Reference Values; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D009536:Niacinamide