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Simple and rapid determination of serotonin and catecholamines in biological tissue using high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection

Simple and rapid determination of serotonin and catecholamines in biological tissue using high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection
Simple and rapid determination of serotonin and catecholamines in biological tissue using high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection
Using the CNS of Lymnaea stagnalis a method is described for the rapid analysis of neurotransmitters and their metabolites using high performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrochemical detection. Tissue samples were homogenised in ice-cold 0.1 M perchloric acid and centrifuged. Using a C18 microbore column the mobile phase was maintained at a flow rate of 100 ?l/min and consisted of sodium citrate buffer (pH 3.2)–acetonitrile (82.5:17.5, v/v) with 2 mM decane-sulfonic acid sodium salt. The potential was set at +750 mV versus Ag|AgCl reference electrode at a sensitivity of 50 nA full scale deflection. The detection limit for serotonin was 11.86 ng ml?1 for a 5 ?l injection. Preparation of tissue samples in mobile phase reduced the response to dopamine and serotonin compared with perchloric acid. In addition it was found that the storage of tissue samples at ?20 °C caused losses of dopamine and serotonin. As a result of optimising the sample preparation and mobile phase the total time of analysis was substantially reduced resulting in a sample preparation and assay time of 15–20 min.
microbore hplc, serotonin, catecholamines, lymnaea stagnalis
1570-0232
269-276
Patel, Bhavik Anil
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Arundell, Martin
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Parker, Kim H.
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Yeoman, Mark S.
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Parker, Kim H.
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Patel, Bhavik Anil, Arundell, Martin, Parker, Kim H., Yeoman, Mark S. and O’Hare, Danny (2005) Simple and rapid determination of serotonin and catecholamines in biological tissue using high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. Journal of Chromatography B, 818 (2), 269-276. (doi:10.1016/j.jchromb.2005.01.008).

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Using the CNS of Lymnaea stagnalis a method is described for the rapid analysis of neurotransmitters and their metabolites using high performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrochemical detection. Tissue samples were homogenised in ice-cold 0.1 M perchloric acid and centrifuged. Using a C18 microbore column the mobile phase was maintained at a flow rate of 100 ?l/min and consisted of sodium citrate buffer (pH 3.2)–acetonitrile (82.5:17.5, v/v) with 2 mM decane-sulfonic acid sodium salt. The potential was set at +750 mV versus Ag|AgCl reference electrode at a sensitivity of 50 nA full scale deflection. The detection limit for serotonin was 11.86 ng ml?1 for a 5 ?l injection. Preparation of tissue samples in mobile phase reduced the response to dopamine and serotonin compared with perchloric acid. In addition it was found that the storage of tissue samples at ?20 °C caused losses of dopamine and serotonin. As a result of optimising the sample preparation and mobile phase the total time of analysis was substantially reduced resulting in a sample preparation and assay time of 15–20 min.

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Published date: 25 April 2005
Keywords: microbore hplc, serotonin, catecholamines, lymnaea stagnalis
Organisations: Biological Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 155835
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/155835
ISSN: 1570-0232
PURE UUID: 37fa42b8-5194-479a-bfd5-efc08a099251

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Date deposited: 02 Jul 2010 08:18
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 01:40

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Author: Bhavik Anil Patel
Author: Martin Arundell
Author: Kim H. Parker
Author: Mark S. Yeoman
Author: Danny O’Hare

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