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  • Title: Measurement of N-acetylneuraminic acid in human serum and urine by high performance liquid chromatography with chemiluminescence detection.
    Author: Ishida J, Nakahara T, Yamaguchi M.
    Journal: Biomed Chromatogr; 1992; 6(3):135-40. PubMed ID: 1525488.
    Abstract:
    A highly sensitive method for the determination of N-acetylneuraminic acid in human serum and urine is investigated. This method employs high performance liquid chromatography with chemiluminescence detection. N-Acetylneuraminic acid, released by hydrochloric acid hydrolysis of serum and urine, and N-glycolylneuraminic acid (internal standard) are converted into chemiluminescent derivatives with 4,5-diaminophthalhydrazide dihydrochloride, a chemiluminescence derivatization reagent for alpha-keto acids. The derivatives are separated within 35 min on a reversed phase column, TSKgel ODS-120T, with isocratic elution, followed by chemiluminescence detection; the chemiluminescence is produced by the reaction of the derivatives with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) in alkaline solution. The detection limit for N-acetylneuraminic acid is 9 fmol (signal-to-noise ratio = 3). This sensitivity permits precise determination of N-acetylneuraminic acid in 10 nL of serum or 50 nL of urine. The method is applied to the determination of the N-acetylneuraminic acid in human sera from normal subjects and cancer patients and in normal urine.
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