title: Determination of L-carnitine by flow injection analysis with NADH fluorescence detection.
abstract: A flow injection analysis method for determining L-carnitine is reported. The system uses the enzyme L-carnitine dehydrogenase covalently immobilized to Eupergit C. The NADH produced by the action of the enzyme, which is proportional to the L-carnitine concentration, is quantified using fluorescence detection. The system response was rapid and had a wide range of linearity. At a flow rate of 0.2 ml/min, a detection limit of 1 microM (20 pmol) was obtained for L-carnitine, peak areas were linear up to 100 microM, and samples could be injected every 4 min. The method performed well as a routine assay, showing high sensitivity (54,000 AU/microM), a precision of 0.96%, and the ability to carry out 144 consecutive assays with an RSD of 1.47% (good stability). Comparisons were made with other known methods for L-carnitine determination. Presence of D-carnitine had no effect on L-carnitine assay. The analysis was valid for determining L-carnitine concentrations in commercial pharmaceutical preparations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology B, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Spain. amanjon@fcu.um.es
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manjón
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Obón
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Iborra
mesh_terms: D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry; D002138:Calibration; D002331:Carnitine / Q000032:analysis*; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized / Q000737:chemistry; D017022:Flow Injection Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D009243:NAD / Q000032:analysis*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000737:chemistry; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D009243:NAD; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C019842:carnitine dehydrogenase; D002331:Carnitine