The first gas chromatographic resolution of carnitine enantiomers.
The enantiomers of carnitine are converted on-line in the injection port of a gas chromatograph into beta-hydroxy-gamma-butyrolactones and are separated on a derivatized beta-cyclodextrin chiral stationary phase.
Dipartimento di Chimica, Ingegneria Chimica e Materiali, Università de L'Aquila, Via Assergi 6, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Alessandra
A
Di Tullio
Ilaria
I
D'Acquarica
Francesco
F
Gasparrini
Paola
P
Desiderio
Fabio
F
Giannessi
Sandra
S
Muck
Fabrizio
F
Piccirilli
Maria Ornella
MO
Tinti
Claudio
C
Villani
D015107:4-Butyrolactone; D002331:Carnitine / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D003505:Cyclodextrins; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013237:Stereoisomerism
D003505:Cyclodextrins; D015107:4-Butyrolactone; D002331:Carnitine