High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid

Abstract
A high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method was developed for the detection and quantitation of nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA). Very low concentrations of NDGA in various extracts are detectable, thus making the method more sensitive than other previously reported analytical techniques. NDGA was extracted from leaves of Larrea divaricata as well as from rodent food containing NDGA. Since rats are fed NDGA in studies that examine the development of renal cystic disease, we modified extraction procedures to permit isolation of NDGA from tissue and serum samples.