We describe a direct method for determining four sulfates and seven glucuronides of 17-oxosteroids (17OS) in urine without hydrolysis, by use of "high-performance" liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorometric detection. After pretreatment of urine samples with a Sep-Pak C18 cartridge, four 17OS sulfates and seven 17OS glucuronides in the pretreated urine samples were reacted with tetrapentyla...

A procedure is described for the determination of the following 19 metabolites in 200 mg gastrocnemius muscle from guinea pig: glucose 1-phosphate and 6-phosphate, fructose 6-phosphate, fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, dihydroxyacetone phosphate, 3-phospho- and 2-phosphoglyceric acid, phosphoenolpyruvate, pyruvate, glycerol, glycerol 3-phosphate, AMP, ADP, ATP, inorganic p...

In the existence of appropriate amount of disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA), precipitation would not occur in seawater and other natural waters even if the sample solution was adjusted to strong basicity, and the NH3-OPA-sulfite reaction at the optimal pH range could be used to determine ammonium in natural waters. Based on this, a modified o-phthalaldehyde fluorometric analytical met...

BACKGROUND Magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies have suggested above-normal turnover of membrane phospholipids in brains of patients with schizophrenia. One possible explanation for these findings is increased activity of the phospholipid-catabolizing enzyme phospholipase A2 (PLA2). However, attempts to demonstrate higher PLA2 activity in the serum of subjects with schizophrenia have led to ...

This review article provides a detailed overview of pyrene containing colorimetric and fluorometric chemosensors based on different binding mechanisms which fulfill the criteria affinity, selectivity sensitivity.