Rapid identification and quantitation of urinary metabolites of phenylalanine in phenylketonuria by gas chromatography

Vavich, J.M.; Howell, R.R.

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine 77(1): 159-167

1971


ISSN/ISBN: 0022-2143
PMID: 5540425
Document Number: 41565
The main metabolites of phenylalanine present in phenylketonuric urine, phenylpyruvic, phenyllactic, o-hydroxyphenylacetic and phenylacetic acids, can be identified by gas chromatography as the trimethylsilyl derivatives, after treatment of the urine with hydroxylamine. Extraction from acidified urine with ethyl acetate and ether is followed by reaction with hexamethyldisilazane and chlorotrimethylsilane in pyridine.

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