title: Thin-layer chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography for the assay of fatty acid compositions of individual phospholipids in platelets from non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients: effect of eicosapentaenoic acid ethyl ester administration.
abstract: Eight major phospholipids were separated by a TLC method with a one-dimensional developing system without any pretreatment of the plate and the fatty acids incorporated into each phospholipid class were analysed by an improved HPLC method with a simple elution system, which has advantages with respect to resolution and analysis time. The fatty acid compositions of individual phospholipids in platelets were investigated following administration of ethyl cis-5,8,11,14,17-eicosapentaenoate for more than 13 weeks to patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. The cis-5,8,11,14,17-eicosapentaenoic acid compositions of all phospholipid classes were significantly increased with decreasing platelet aggregation rates after the administration. These results suggested that the present method provides the complete separation of individual phospholipids in sufficient amounts to allow fatty acid analysis on the isolated phospholipid moieties.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miwa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Futata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asano
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer / Q000379:methods*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood*; D015118:Eicosapentaenoic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; C035276:eicosapentaenoic acid ethyl ester; D015118:Eicosapentaenoic Acid