title: A sensitive and selective determination method of histamine by HPLC with intramolecular excimer-forming derivatization and fluorescence detection.
abstract: A highly sensitive, selective and simple method is described for the determination of histamine by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection. The method is based on an intramolecular excimer-forming fluorescence derivatization of histamine with 4-(1-pyrene)butyric acid N-hydroxysuccinimide ester (PSE), followed by reversed-phase HPLC. Histamine, having two amino moieties in a molecule, was converted to the dipyrene-labeled derivative by reaction with PSE. The derivative afforded intramolecular excimer fluorescence (450-540 nm), which can clearly be discriminated from the monomer fluorescence (370-420 nm) emitted from PSE. Typically, a 10 micro L sample solution was mixed with 100 micro L of derivatization reagent solution, which was a mixture of 0.5 mm PSE in acetonitrile and 0.5 mm potassium carbonate in water (8:2, v/v). The derivatization was carried out at 100 degrees C for 90 min. The PSE derivative of histamine could be separated by reversed-phase ODS column with isocratic elution using acetonitrile:water (82:18, v/v) containing 0.03% triethylamine. The detection limit (singnal-to-noise ratio = 3) of histamine was 0.5 fmol for a 30 micro L injection. The method was successfully applied to the determination of histamine in human urine, and had enough selectivity and sensitivity for urinary histamine quantification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshitake
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ichinose
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Ken-ichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Todoroki
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kehr
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nohta
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006632:Histamine / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D006632:Histamine