title: High-performance liquid chromatographic method for determination of vanillin and vanillic acid in human plasma, red blood cells and urine.
abstract: A simple high-performance liquid chromatographic method was developed for the determination of vanillin and its vanillic acid metabolite in human plasma, red blood cells and urine. The mobile phase consisted of aqueous acetic acid (1%, v/v)-acetonitrile (85:15, v/v), pH 2.9 and was used with an octadecylsilane analytical column and ultraviolet absorbance detection. The plasma method demonstrated linearity from 2 to 100 microg/ml and the urine method was linear from 2 to 40 microg/ml. The method had a detection limit of 1 microg/ml for vanillin and vanillic acid using 5 microl of prepared plasma, red blood cells or urine. The method was utilized in a study evaluating the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic effects of vanillin in patients undergoing treatment for sickle cell anemia.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Hypertension, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0160, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Farthing
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sica
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abernathy
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fakhry
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Swerdlow
mesh_terms: D001547:Benzaldehydes / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000652:urine*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014641:Vanillic Acid / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine*
chemical_list: D001547:Benzaldehydes; C100058:vanillin; D014641:Vanillic Acid