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Development of a method for the separation of corrinoids in ovine tissues by HPLC.

Kelly RJ, Gruner TM, Sykes AR

Keratec Limited, 1375 Springs Road, Lincoln, Canterbury 8152, Private Bag 4749, Christchurch, New Zealand.

A method has been developed using a combination of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and a radioisotope dilution assay (RIDA) to routinely estimate the distribution of corrinoids (the cobalamins hydroxocobalamin, methylcobalamin and 5'-deoxyadenosylcobalamin, and cobalamin analogues) in liver, plasma, milk, intestinal fluid and faeces. Corrinoids were extracted with a sodium acetate buffer, separated by HPLC and quantified by RIDA. Recoveries of corrinoids were 29% for hydroxocobalamin, 50% for 5'-deoxyadenosylcobalamin and 64% for methylcobalamin. The method allows the routine analysis of many samples and maintains good standards of precision.

Published 15 June 2005 in Biomed Chromatogr, 19(4): 329-33.
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