Determination of Dipicolinic Acid in “Natto” by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled With Postcolumn Photoirradiation With Zinc Acetate

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Abstract

A system was developed for determining dipicolinic acid in “natto” using liquid chromatography with fluorometric detection. The compound was separated by reversed-phase chromatography using a mobile phase of 0.1 mol/L disodium hydrogen phosphate, 0.05 mol/L citric acid buffer (adjusted to pH 3.0) containing 3.0 mmol/L zinc acetate and 35 mmol/L perchloric acid. The compound in the column effluent was irradiated with ultraviolet light to produce fluorescence. This fluorescence was monitored at an excitation at 336 nm and an emission at 448 nm. The calibration curve for dipicolinic acid was observed to be linear in a range of 0.2 to 112 ng. The dipicolinic acid content of natto was 7.24 ± 0.54 mg/100 g (wet weight, mean ± standard deviation [SD], n = 6).

Original languageEnglish
JournalInternational Journal of Tryptophan Research
Volume12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2019

Keywords

  • dipicolinic acid
  • fluorescence detection
  • high performance liquid chromatography
  • UV irradiation
  • zinc acetate

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