title: HPLC assay of conjugated bile acids in human fluids using on-line sample pretreatment on a standard isocratic chromatograph.
abstract: A rapid and simple on-line purification procedure was developed for determining the conjugated bile acids in human fluids by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Biological samples were diluted and directly injected without further treatment onto a pre-column dry-packed with 40-microns octadecylsilica and installed at the injector loop position. After washing the pre-column with 40% methanol in acetate buffer and then with water, the retained compounds were back-flushed by the mobile phase onto the analytical column during the normal course of chromatography. The method was found to be accurate and reproducible. The levels of conjugated bile acids in serum, duodenal bile and gastric juice from patients with hepatobiliary and gastric diseases were determined by on-line pre-column clean-up and reversed-phase HPLC.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scalia
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pazzi
mesh_terms: D001646:Bile / Q000737:chemistry; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D002845:Chromatography; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005750:Gastric Juice / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D007202:Indicators and Reagents