A Rapid Method for Separating Hippuric Acid from Urine

Colorimetric method for hippuric acid.

FTIPPURIC ACID 1S an important metabolic product normally present in urine in amounts determined by tile ingestion of benzyl-containing foods and medicinals (ii). Because this compound is comparatively inert chemically, identification requires isolation and the determination of physical constants after extensive purification. There has long been need for a reliable and sensitive color reaction ...

A modified method for the determination of hippuric acid and free benzoic acid in the urine of cattle.

Colorimetric determination of hippuric acid in urine and liver homogenate.

To a dried extract Containing hippuric acid (HA), 1.0 mL of acetic anhydride and 2.0 mL of 0.5% p-dlmethyiamlnobenzaldehyde (DAB) solution In pyridine were added, and the solution was kept at 40 O C for 1 h after thorough mlxing. The absorbance was then determlned at 458 nm agalnst a blank containing acetic anhydride, DAB, and pyridine. This method was in good agreement with Beer’s law within 1...

Direct colorimetric determination of hippuric acid in urine.

In 1963 Umberger and Fiorese (1) introduced a colorimetric method for HA,1 based on the color reaction of HA, dissolved in anhydrous pyridine, with BSC. Therefore, for applying their method to determine HA in urine, HA must first be extracted from the urine. We found that HA dissolved in water-pyridine (1:1, by vol) produces a red-orange color when BSC is added at room temperature. The absorpti...

Hippuric acid analysis of urine using the Hofmann rearrangement.

1. METHOD FOR THE determination of hippuric acid based on the formatioll of a bromine derivative was deScrii)ed by Deniges (1). This bromine derivative has been determined in our laboratory to be Nbromobenzamide. N-bromobenzamide is the hydrolysis and bromination product of hippuric acid, being produced when hippuric acid is subjected to the Hofniann rearrangement, tile first step of which is a...