Quantitative analysis of epinephrine in human plasma samples using kinetic fluorometric method combined with second-order calibration.
A kinetic fluorometric method was proposed for the quantitative determination of epinephrine (EP) in human plasma samples with the aid of second-order calibration methods based on alternating trilinear decomposition (ATLD) and alternating fitting residue (AFR) algorithms. It was based on that EP could be gradually converted to a highly fluorescent intermediate product by an oxidation reaction, and further to a non-fluorescent degradation product (o-quinone). These methodologies fully exploit the second-order advantage of the employed three-way kinetic fluorescence data, allowing the concentrations of EP to be quantified even in the presence of uncalibrated interferences. The average recoveries obtained from ATLD and AFR with a factor number of 2 (N = 2) were 100.7 +/- 3.3 and 100.4 +/- 2.2%, respectively. In addition, elliptical joint confidence region (EJCR) tests as well as figures of merit (FOM) were employed to evaluate the accuracy of the two algorithms.
Li
Shu-Fang
SF
State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China.
Wu
Hai-Long
HL
Xia
A-Lin
AL
Zhu
Shao-Hua
SH
Nie
Jin-Fang
JF
Yu
Yong-Jie
YJ
Yu
Ru-Qin
RQ
D000465:Algorithms; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D002138:Calibration; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry; D005470:Fluorometry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D057230:Limit of Detection; D011809:Quinones / Q000737:chemistry
D011809:Quinones; D004837:Epinephrine