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Evaluation of a sensitive HPLC method for the determination of Malondialdehyde, and application of the method to different biological materials

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Reactive oxygen species (ROS), important mediators of cell and tissue injury during inflammation, are produced by several types of inflammatory cells. The formation of ROS can be monitored by detection of lipid peroxidation products. The extremely broad spectrum of biological effects of aldehydic lipid peroxidation products has necessitated the development of a technique that enables the sensitive routine quantitation of aldehydes formed in biological materials. Malondialdehyde (MDA) is a by-product of enzymatic eicosanoid formation and an end-product of nonenzymatic peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids with three or more bisallylic double bonds. The determination of the thiobarbituric acid derivative of MDA (TBA-MDA) is a widely used method for estimating overall lipid peroxidation. We describe a rapid, isocratic, simple, and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method with spectrofluorimetric detection for measurement of MDA-TBA in human biological samples such as plasma, urine, wound secretions, amniotic fluid, sputum and tissue samples. By use of this method, picomole quantities of MDA can be readily and specifically detected in different biological materials. Coefficients of variation of repeated MDA-TBA assays were 4.4% within run and 6.9% from run to run. Reference values are given for a variety of human body fluids and for rat tissues.

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Khoschsorur, G.A., Winklhofer-Roob, B.M., Rabl, H. et al. Evaluation of a sensitive HPLC method for the determination of Malondialdehyde, and application of the method to different biological materials. Chromatographia 52, 181–184 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02490453

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