Abstract
Histidine (His) is an essential amino acid that plays an important biological role and associated with various pathological conditions. A simple and reliable method for the determination of endogenous histidine in human saliva was optimized and validated. The analyte was separated from the saliva matrix by cation exchange chromatography and detected fluorimetrically (λex/λem = 360/440 nm) after online, specific post-column derivatization (PCD) reaction with o-phthalaldehyde. The chemical and instrumental variables of the post-column reaction were optimized using Box–Behnken experimental design to achieve maximum sensitivity. Method validation was carried out employing the total-error concept. Histidine could be analyzed reliably in the range of 0.5–5.0 μΜ, with an LOD (S/N = 3) of 50 nM. Monte Carlo simulations and capability analysis were used to investigate the ruggedness of the PCD reaction. The sampling strategy, sample preparation and stability were also investigated. Seventeen saliva samples were successfully analyzed with histidine levels being in the range of 2.7–19.5 μΜ.
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Abbreviations
- HPLC:
-
High-pressure liquid chromatography
- PCD:
-
Post-column derivatization
- His:
-
Histidine
- OPA:
-
o-Phthalaldehyde
- BISM:
-
Binary inlet static mixer
- LOD/LOQ:
-
Limits of detection/quantitation
- β-ΕΤΙ:
-
β-Expectation tolerance intervals
- ANOVA:
-
Analysis of variance
- BBD:
-
Box–Behnken design
- LoF:
-
Lack of fit
- LLOQ:
-
Lower limit of quantitation
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Gkantiri, AM., Tsiasioti, A., Zacharis, C.K. et al. HPLC method with post-column derivatization for the analysis of endogenous histidine in human saliva validated using the total-error concept. Amino Acids 54, 399–409 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-022-03135-7
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