Karege F, Gaillard J M, Tissot R, Azorin J M, Valli M
Service de la Recherche Biologique et de Psychopharmacologie Clinique, Institutions Universitaires de Psychiatrie-Genève, Chene-Bourg Switzerland.
Biomed Chromatogr. 1987 Feb;2(1):30-3. doi: 10.1002/bmc.1130020109.
A method for determining plasma 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethyleneglycol (DHPG), a central noradrenaline (NA) metabolite, is described. The method used HPLC with dual coulometric detection set in screen mode of operation. The isolation of DHPG and related catecholamines (noradrenaline, dopamine and dihydroxybenzylamine) was performed on acid washed alumina extracted with 0.2 M HCIO4 containing EDTA (0.2%), and reduced glutathione as stabilizer. A reversed phase column with an eluting system containing 0.025 M citric acid-sodium hydrogen phosphate buffer in the ratio 3:2 (v:v) and 5% methanol was used. The experimental results of plasma DHPG levels compared favourably with the results from the literature, and a positively significant correlation with plasma MHPG was found. This method could be used as an alternative in central NA assessment.
