An Improved Fluorometric Method for the Determination of Tryptophan in Urine Using Sephadex G-10 Extraction
- 1 January 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation
- Vol. 23 (3) , 249-254
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365516909077657
Abstract
Substances interfering with the fluorometric determination of tryptophan (Try) were removed from the urine by a Sephadex G-10 column. Try was eluted with 0.1 N HCI and H2O and determined by the plasma method of Denckla & Dewey instead of their more laborious extraction method used for urine analyses. There was a fairly good correspondence between the urine method of Denckla & Dewey as modified by Lehmann, and the Sephadex method. Recoveries were within the limits ± 10 per cent for 50–500 nanomols Try added to urines and the reproducibility was good. The method was especially useful when combined with the analysis of 5-hydroxytryptamine and 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid eluted from the same columns.Keywords
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