title: [Advances in catecholamine analysis in biological samples].
abstract: Catecholamines are important neurotransmitters in human organism. Catecholamine levels in plasma and urine are utilized to diagnose hypertension, pheochromocytoma and neuroblastoma. This review reports different analytical methods for catecholamines, such as high performance liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, mass spectrometric detection, electrochemical detection, chemiluminescence detection and fluorescence detection.
authors.affiliation: National Chromatographic R. & A. Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Xianzhe
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Guowang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000652:urine; D000818:Animals; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000652:urine; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000652:urine; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines