title: [HPLC analysis of urinary metabolites of catecholamines and serotonin for routine laboratory practice].
abstract: A simple high performance liquid chromatographic technique has been developed to analyze urinary metabolites of catecholamines along with ultraviolet detection. The metabolites were extracted in ethyl acetate when a biospecimen was saturated with ammonium sulfate. Separation was effected on a column containing 5 microm of Diasphere C16 in the two-stage low-pressure gradient. The eluents were based on acetonitrile-isopropanol-0.02 M citric acid, added by potassium perchlorate, 5 g/l (3 and 10% of its organic phase). The complete chromatographic cycle was about 30 min. The extraction degree was 86-106%. The sensitivity (detection limit) of the technique at a signal/noise ratio of > 3 was 2 ng (vanilylmandelic acid), 3 ng (iso-vanilylmandelic acid) and 3,4-dioxyphenylacetic acid), 1 ng (5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid), and 5 ng (homovanillic acid). The linear dependence was in the range of 5 to 1,000 ng. The author presents his own findings and the data available in the literature on the content of metabolites of catecholamines and serotonin in healthy individuals and in patients with catecholamine-secreting tumors (pheochromocytoma and neuroblastoma).
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Dutov
mesh_terms: D002395:Catecholamines / Q000652:urine*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012701:Serotonin / Q000652:urine*
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D012701:Serotonin