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ArticleMedicinal chemistry2015

Inositol Analysis by HPLC and Its Stability in Scavenged Sample Conditions.

Robert M Ward, John Sweeley, Ralph A Lugo

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Article in Medicinal chemistry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert M WardDivisions of Neonatology and Pediatric Pharmacology, Adjunct Professor, Pharmacology/Toxicology, University of Utah, 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.
John SweeleyDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Utah, 417 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.
Ralph A LugoDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Gatton College of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee 37614, USA.
University of Utah · US

Funding

University of Utah Pediatric Pharmacology Research UnitU10HD045986 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI WARD, ROBERT MARSHALL · 2004 to 2009
$2.1M
NICHD NIH HHS U10 HD045986
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inositol is a 6-carbon sugar alcohol that has been shown in limited studies to reduce retinopathy of prematurity and chronic lung disease in premature newborns. Developmentally it has a high concentration in the fetus that decreases with gestational age. It is transported from the fetus to the mother across the placenta. Although studies are underway to determine inositol kinetics in premature newborns treated therapeutically, the effects of gestational age, age after birth, and feeding on inositol concentrations after birth have not been studied adequately in premature newborns. Such studies would minimize blood removal and trauma in preterm newborns by using plasma samples scavenged from the clinical laboratory to measure inositol after birth, if they remain stable. This report describes a new high pressure liquid chromatographic assay for inositol and its use to study the stability of inositol in conditions of storage that might be encountered within the clinical laboratory. The assay is linear from 0 to 1000 Mm with a lower limit of quantitation of 50 μM. Inositol in human plasma remains stable in refrigeration and at room temperature for up to 14 days and is not affected by storage in red blood cells that are intact or lysed. Anticoagulants encountered in clinical blood samples do not interfere with the chromatograms. Thus, it is feasible to measure the changes in inositol concentrations in plasma from preterm newborns that is scavenged from the clinical laboratory after storage for as long as 14 days.

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