1. Determination of vitamin K1 in plasma by solid phase extraction and HPLC with fluorescence detection.
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Paroni R, Faioni EM, Razzari C, Fontana G, and Cattaneo M
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- Adult, Aged, Analysis of Variance, Female, Fluorescence, Humans, Linear Models, Male, Middle Aged, Reference Standards, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid methods, Solid Phase Extraction methods, Vitamin K 1 blood
- Abstract
We describe a procedure for quantification of vitamin K(1) in human plasma by HPLC. Samples, enriched with a vitamin K derivative as internal standard, were deproteinized, purified on polymeric RP-SPE cartridges and injected into HPLC equipped with a post-column on-line zinc metal reactor and a fluorometric detector. Median level in blood donors (n=87) was 1.967 nmol/L (0.93-4.01, 5th-95th percentiles), with a significant correlation between plasma levels and age (r=0.276, p=0.00958) and a lower (not significant) value in women than in men. This method, easy-to-handle and with a high throughput, can be used to identify covert states of vitamin K intake deficiency in patients thus at risk of alterations in blood clotting or bone mineralization.
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- 2009
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