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Improved method to extract and concentrate porphyrins from liver tissue for analysis by high-performance liquid
1Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Research Centre, Quebec.
Abstract:
A new method to extract and concentrate porphyrins from liver tissue for analysis by high-performance liquid chromatography is described. Porphyrins were extracted with acetonitrile-hydrochloric acid, concentrated on disposable octadecylsilyl columns, brought to dryness, and reconstituted in 1.2 M hydrochloric acid. Dried porphyrins were stable at -80 degrees C for at least three weeks, and porphyrins reconstituted in hydrochloric acid were stable for at least 20 h. Yields of uro-, heptacarboxyl-, hexacarboxyl-, pentacarboxyl- and coproporphyrin were > or = 90%. The method allows determination of porphyrin concentrations in small (10-100 mg) samples of liver tissue.
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