title: Determination of levodopa and biogenic amines in urine samples using high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A chromatographic system is developed for the separation and determination of levodopa, biogenic amines, and their metabolites from the catecholamines group: dopamine (DA), epinephrine (E), normetanephrine (NMN), metanephrine (MN), 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOMA), 3-metoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl-glycol (MHPG), and homovanillic acid (HVA); and indoloamines group: serotonin (5HT) and 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid (5HIAA) in urine. The limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantitation (LOQ) are determined for all compounds with signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) of 3 and 10, respectively. LOD 10 (ng/mL) and LOQ 30 (ng/mL) are determined for L-DOPA, DOMA, E, NMN, DA, MN, and MHPG, as well as LOD 8 (ng/mL) and LOQ 24 (ng/mL) for HVA, 5HT, and 5HIAA. A fluorescence detector is used. Gradient elution with acetate buffer (pH=4.66) with methanol is applied. In urine samples from patients treated with levodopa, the following concentrations (microg/mL) of analytes are determined: L-DOPA 3.73-46.80, DOMA 1.43-28.43, E 0.83-13.57, NMN 2.58-8.81, DA 24.07-62.11, MN 0.89-66.20, MHPG 6.72-63.64, 5HT 22.96-95.27, 5HIAA 1.45-14.77, and HVA 0.21-15.07.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical and General Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, 7 M.Strzody Str. 44-100 Gliwice, Poland. irena.baranowska@polsl.pl
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Baranowska
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Płonka
mesh_terms: D001679:Biogenic Amines / Q000652:urine*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000652:urine*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000652:urine; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D001679:Biogenic Amines; D007980:Levodopa