An improved method for the determination of galactosaminitol, glucosaminitol, glucosamine, and galactosamine on an amino acid analyzer

Pi wan Cheng, Thomas F. Boat

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Abstract

Existing methods for the separation and quantitation of galactosaminitol, glucosaminitol, glucosamine, and galactosamine with an amino acid analyzer have been improved substantially by (1) addition of 15% ( v v) 1-propanol to the citrate-borate buffer, (2) utilization of a two-buffer system, (3) doubling the length of the ninhydrin reaction coil, and (4) inclusion of an internal standard, ε-amino-n-eaproic acid, in each sample. These modifications decrease the time for the separation of these compounds to 110 min and increase the sensitivity for hexosaminitols to 3-4 nmol, and that for hexosamines, to 2 nmol.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)276-282
Number of pages7
JournalAnalytical Biochemistry
Volume85
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1978
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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