title: Simple and sensitive method for determination of glycoalkaloids in potato tubers by high-performance liquid chromatography with chemiluminescence detection.
abstract: A novel, simple and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of the potato glycoalkaloids, alpha-solanine and alpha-chaconine, based on the chemiluminescent reaction of tris(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(III) has been developed. The calibration graph was linear in the range of 5 ng/ml-10 microg/ml for both alpha-solanine and alpha-chaconine. The detection limits of alpha-solanine and alpha-chaconine were 1.2 and 1.3 ng/ml, respectively. This method was successfully applied to a potato tuber sample without cleanup, pre-concentration, and derivatization steps. The recoveries (mean +/- standard deviation, %) of alpha-solanine and alpha-chaconine spiked in tuber pith at 10 microg/g (n = 6) were 101.0 +/- 4.4% and 103.6 +/- 7.1%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Cultural Studies and Human Science, Kobe University, Nada, Japan.
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kodamatani
authors.forename: Keiitsu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Nobumitsu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Niina
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Youichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000032:analysis*; D002138:Calibration; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D049449:Luminescence; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011198:Solanum tuberosum / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids