Purification and Resolution of the Optical Isomers of Labeled Tryptophan Metabolites on Powdered Paper Columns

Abstract
Procedures are presented illustrating methods of preparing glass columns (3.5 to 9.9 cm in diameter and 117 to 170 cm in height) packed with powdered paper for chromatography. A reaction mixture of anthranilic acid-l-C14, 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid-l-C14 and 5-hydroxyanthranilic acid-1-C14 was placed on a powdered paper column and the components separated by passing different organic solvent systems through the column. DL-Kynurenine-keto-C14, DL-Kynurenine-ring-2-C14, Hydroxy-DL-Kynurenine-keto-C14, and DL-Tryptophan-7a-C14 were resolved into the pure D- and L-isomers by the use of the powdered paper columns with very little loss of material.