Separation, quantification and identification of non-volatile organic acids in body fluids by gas chromatography
1Faculty of General Medicine of the Charles' University, Diagnostic Centre for Congenital Metabolic Disorders, 121 11 Praha 2, Karlovo nám. 32, Czechoslovakia.
Abstract:
The present paper concentrates on the analysis of non-volatile organic acids in physiological fluids. The solvent extraction and DEAE-Sephadex extraction of organic acids, respectively, seem to be the most widely used methods for isolation of this group of compounds from the biological matrix. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) is the preferred method for the separation, quantification and identification. In three tables organic acids are divided into the classes according to a functional group, a survey of alkylation methods is given and retention indices of common urinary organic acids on various GC columns are summarized.
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