Separation and determination of carnitine and its esters in human serum.

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Abstract
A colorimetric method for the deter-mination of carnitine and its derivatives is described. Free carnitine, acetylcarni-tine and palmitoylcarnitine were extracted with chloroform-methanol. After evaporation, the residue was dissolved in n-butanol and water; palmitoylcarnitine in the organic phase, and free carnitine and acetylcarnitine in the aqueous phase. Acetylcarnitine was separated from free carnitine by passing the aqueous phase through a column of Amberlite CG-120 (H+). Separated carnitine derivatives were hydrolyzed to free carnitine which was followed by the Amberlite column chromatography. After eluting with 2N NH4OH solution, the samples were esterified and determined colorimetrically.

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