title: Highly sensitive and simple liquid chromatographic determination in plasma of B6 vitamers, especially pyridoxal 5'-phosphate.
abstract: A simple and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic method for measuring the major vitamers of vitamin B6, i.e. pyridoxal and pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP), and 4-pyridoxic acid (4-PA) in plasma was developed. The vitamers and 4-PA from plasma were extracted with 0.8 mol/l perchloric acid. The separation by HPLC is accomplished using an ODS reversed-phase column and a mobile phase of 0.1 mol/l potassium dihydrogen phosphate containing 0.1 mol/l sodium perchlorate, 0.5 g/l sodium bisulfite adjusted to pH 3, at a flow-rate of 1.0 ml/min. The vitamers and 4-PA were eluted within 13 min and their concentration is determined with a fluorometric detector (excitation, 300 nm; emission, 400 nm). In this method, PLP in plasma can be determined with high sensitivity using derivatization with sodium bisulfite in the mobile phase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanehira
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokoi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002138:Calibration; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008297:Male; D011732:Pyridoxal Phosphate / Q000097:blood*; D011736:Pyridoxine / Q000097:blood*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013447:Sulfites
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D013447:Sulfites; D011732:Pyridoxal Phosphate; D011736:Pyridoxine; C009279:sodium bisulfite