Simultaneous determination of 5-hydroxyindoles and catechols from urine using polymer monolith microextraction coupled to high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection

J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2009 Jul 1;877(20-21):1847-55. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2009.05.006. Epub 2009 May 13.

Abstract

To make analytes amenable for fluorescence (FL) detection, polymer monolith microextraction (PMME) coupled to high-performance liquid chromatography with FL detection was developed for the simultaneous determination of catechols and 5-hydroxyindoleamines (5-HIAs) from urine samples. In this method, a two-step pre-column derivatization method was employed to derivatize the analytes and a poly(methacrylic acid-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) monolithic capillary column was used as the extraction medium for PMME. The conditions for the derivatization and subsequent extraction of 5-HIAs and catechols derivatives were optimized. Using our optimum conditions, the detection limit of the target analytes were 0.11-21 nM. Reproducibility of the method was obtained with intra-day and inter-day relative standard deviations less than 12% and a recovery of higher than 82%. In this study, we show how our proposed method can be used as a rapid sensitive technique for the determination of catechols and 5-HIAs from urine samples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Catechols / urine*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Indoles / urine*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Solid Phase Microextraction / methods*
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence / methods*

Substances

  • Catechols
  • Indoles
  • 5-hydroxyindole