title: Development of a new diagnostic method for galactosemia by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection.
abstract: We developed a new non-derivatization analytical method for the determination of galactose in the diagnosis of galactosemia by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography (HPAEC)-pulsed amperometric detection (PAD). With an anion-exchange column, the analytes were separated efficiently using 3mM NaOH containing 1mM NaOAc, and 200mM NaOH was added for post-column reagent. The limit of detection (S/N=3) and limit of quantification (S/N=10) for galactose were 25ng/mL and 83ng/mL, respectively. Linear dynamic range was from 4.67mg/dL to 53.46mg/dL (r(2)=0.9999). The mean recovery of galactose for intra-, inter-day assays were found to be of satisfactory results (98.14-101.42%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Oriental Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemoon-gu Hoegi-dong #1, Seoul 130-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Ji-Seon
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Hye-Ran
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Seon-Pyo
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange / Q000379:methods*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D005690:Galactose / Q000097:blood*; D005693:Galactosemias / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D006599:UDPglucose-Hexose-1-Phosphate Uridylyltransferase / Q000172:deficiency
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D006599:UDPglucose-Hexose-1-Phosphate Uridylyltransferase; D005690:Galactose