Optimized liquid-chromatographic method for fluorometric determination of urinary delta-aminolevulinic acid in workers exposed to lead.

Abstract:

:We developed a fluorometric method for determining delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) in urine of lead workers. A high-performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC) equipped with a fluorescence HPLC monitor is used. The detection limit for aqueous ALA is 20 micrograms/L (15 pmol of ALA in the 100-microL sample). The working linear range of urinary ALA concentration was 0.1 to 100 mg/L. In 25 lead-exposed workers, ALA values by the present method for urine correlated well with those obtained by a conventional colorimetric method (r = 0.996). The advantage of the present method for micro-determination of urinary ALA is its high sensitivity.

journal_name

Clin Chem

journal_title

Clinical chemistry

authors

Tomokuni K,Ichiba M,Hirai Y,Hasegawa T

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1987-09-01 00:00:00

pages

1665-7

issue

9

eissn

0009-9147

issn

1530-8561

journal_volume

33

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