The Determination of Oxalic Acid in Urine by High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Electrochemical Detection

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Abstract
A system for the determination of oxalic acid in human urine using ion exchange-ion pair, high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection (HPLCEC) is described. Urine is acidified with HCl, and excess CaCl2 is added to precipitate oxalate ion. The precipitate is isolated, redissolved in dilute sulfuric acid and separated on a strong cation exchange column using an acetic acid-solium acetate-tetrabutylammonium tetrafluoroborate mobile phase adjusted to pH 2.8. Using an electrochemical detector at 1.25 V vs. the saturated calomel electrode, oxalic acid exhibits a linear dynamic range from 1 to 1000 mg/l with a detection limit of 0.1 mg/l. Quantitative data were obtained by the method of standard addition in the clinically significant range from 5 to 40 mg/l. Percentage recovery for spiked urine samples was 97.8% with a relative SD of 2.5%.