STABILITY OF PYRIDOXAL-5-PHOSPHATE SEMICARBAZONE - APPLICATIONS IN PLASMA VITAMIN-B6 ANALYSIS AND POPULATION SURVEYS OF VITAMIN-B6 NUTRITIONAL-STATUS
STABILITY OF PYRIDOXAL-5-PHOSPHATE SEMICARBAZONE - APPLICATIONS IN PLASMA VITAMIN-B6 ANALYSIS AND POPULATION SURVEYS OF VITAMIN-B6 NUTRITIONAL-STATUS
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DOI:
10.1016/s0378-4347(00)84518-1
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
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DEVILLIERS, LS
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UBBINK, JB;SERFONTEIN, WJ;DEVILLIERS, LS
The determination of pyridoxal-5-phosphate (PLP) and pyridoxal (PL) in plasma requires the availability of dark room facilities, due to the photosensitivity of these vitamin B6 vitamers. The fact that the semicarbazone forms of PL and PLP are more strongly fluorescent than the underivatized B6 vitamers has been exploited in plasma analyses, but it was not previously realised that these semicarbazone forms are also very stable even under conditions that lead to rapid decomposition of free PL and PLP. The stabilisation of PLP and PL obtained in this manner is sufficient and fully adequate to meet the practical requirements of clinical field studies. We report a high-performance liquid chromatographic method for plasma PLP and PL determinations based on precolumn semicarbaxone formation and fluorescence detection. The method is sensitive enough for quantitative plasma PLP determinations even in B-deficient patients.