title: [Determination of isothiocyanates in human urine by high performance liquid chromatography].
abstract: A reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatographic method (HPLC) was established for determination of isothiocyanates in human urine, which used the reaction of propyl isothiocyanate with 1,2-benzenedithiol as reference instead of the synthesis of 1,3-benzodithiole-2-thione. The linear regression of the standard curve was determined to be y = 0.418 2 x + 2.821 (r2 = 0.999 3), that was well matched with the regression of methyl isothiocyanate, y = 0.412 2x + 2.442 3(r2 = 0.996 6). The detection limit (at approximately S/N = 2.5) was 0.08 micromol/L. The mean relative standard deviation (RSD) (n = 21) for the intra-day reproducibility was (4.7 +/- 2.9)%. The mean RSD (n = 4) for inter-day reproducibility of three samples was (7.0 +/- 5.0)%. The recovery of four propyl isothiocyanate standards was (91.3 +/- 7.9)% (mean RSD 8.7%). The initial results obtained by this method may provide useful information regarding to the kinetics of isothiocyanates in dietary consumption and excretion of individuals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai 200032, China. xdchu@sci.shmu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Xingdi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Lifang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yutang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017879:Isothiocyanates / Q000652:urine*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D017879:Isothiocyanates; C037152:isothiocyanic acid; C005227:methyl isothiocyanate