• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.210-217
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• 2014

For ex-vivo diabetic control, the voltammetric diagnosis of glucose (GU) was conducted with a modified carbon nanotube paste electrode, using handheld analytical circuits. The optimum analytical conditions were attained within the 0.5-4.0 ug/L working range and at the 0.06 ug/L detection limit, which system was interfaced to the feedback circuits and was applied to human urine for diabetic-patient diagnosis. It can be used for ex-vivo flow control analysis, vascular flow detection, and other medicinal assays.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제23권10호
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• pp.1389-1393
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• 2002

The non-spectroscopic interference effects that occurred in inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrometry were studied for Ge, As and Se in human urine and serum. Many biological samples contain Na, K, Cl and organic compounds, which may cause the enhancement and depression on the analyte signal. The effect of 1% concomitant elements such as N, Cl, S, P, C, Na, and K on a 100 ㎍/L germanium, arsenic and selenium signal has been investigated by ICP/MS. The interference effects were not in the same direction. It appeared that concomitant elements such as Cl, S, and C induce an enhancement effect, whereas N and P did not show any significant effect. And, Na and K caused a depression. We have found a link between the abundance of analytes and the ionization potential of concomitant elements (eV), except carbon and nitrogen.

• 약학회지
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.266-270
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• 2003

We evaluated four commercially available methamphetamine immunoassays for their relative cross-reactivities of amphetamine analogues in human urine: Abbott TDx, Vitalab Selectra and on-site test kits (Accusign MET, SD bioline MET). High cross-reactivities were shown at designer's drugs such as methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and methylenedioxyethylamphetamine (MDEA) in all of the tested immunoassays. Methoxyphenamine, fenfluramine and phentermine were positive in TDx and Selectra, but were not positive in on-site test kits. Pseudoephedrine, norpseudoephedrine, ephedrine, norephedrine, MDMA, MDA, fenfluramine and phentermine were detected by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry(GC/MS) in false positive urines. Since the overall specificity of any of the devices was not 100％, we found it is important to confirm any positive screening test result, so we developed simultaneous determination of amphetamine analogues in urines. After alkalinization of the urine samples with 6-N NaOH, the analytes were extracted using ethyl acetate, derivatized with pentafluoropropyl anhydride (PFPA) prior at GC/MS analysis.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권7호
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• pp.2156-2162
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• 2012

Many literatures focus on the biological relevance and the identification of biomarkers for disease activity assessment while less attention has been paid to the development of standard procedures for sample preparation and storage based on liquid chromatography technique. The influencing factors including protein precipitation, storage temperature, storage time, and reconstitution by ultra pure water were analyzed employing HPLC-DAD. The effects were investigated from five participants over three months by principal components analysis (PCA) and the values of percent changes (PC). The samples with protein precipitation might slow the rate of bacterial enzymatic conversion. After protein precipitation, the average PC of urine samples ($0.136{\pm}0.013$, n = 5) is relatively less than that of the serum samples ($0.173{\pm}0.026$, n = 5) for three months. Minimal effects on metabolic profiles of serum and urine (PC < 0.15) are reasonable for metabolomic studies after protein precipitation and storage at $-20^{\circ}C$ for two months.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.165-170
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• 2006

Objectives : The determination of oxalate in urine is required for the diagnosis and treatment of primary hyperoxaluria, idiopathic stone disease and various intestinal diseases. We examined the possibility of using Fourier transform near-infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopy analysis to quantitate urinary oxalate. The practical advantages of this method include ease of the sample preparation and operation technique, the absence of sample pre-treatments, rapid determination and noninvasiveness. Methods : The range of oxalate concentration in standard urine solutions was $0-221mg/{\ell}$. These 80 different samples were scanned in the region of 780-1,300 nm with a 0.5 nm data interval by a Spectrum One NTS FT-NIR spectrometer. PCR, PLSR and MLR regression models were used to calculate and evaluate the calibration equation. Results : The PCR and PLSR calibration models were obtained from the spectral data and they are exactly same. The standard error of estimation (SEE) and the % variance were $10.34mg/{\ell}$ and 97.86%, respectively. After full cross validation of this model, the standard error of estimation was $5,287mg/{\ell}$, which was much smaller than that of the pre-validation. Furthermore, the MCC (multiple correlation coefficient) was 0.998, which was compatible with the 0.923 or 0.999 obtained from the previous enzymatic methods. Conclusions : These results showed that FT-NIR spectroscopy can be used for rapid determination of the concentration of oxalate in human urine samples.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.23.1-23.10
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• 2020

The identification of biomarkers that distinguish diseased from healthy individuals is of great interest in human and veterinary fields. In this research area, a metabolomic approach and its related statistical analyses can be useful for biomarker determination and allow non-invasive discrimination of healthy volunteers from breast cancer patients. In this study, we focused on the most common canine neoplasm, mammary gland tumor, and herein, we describe a simple method using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography to determine the levels of tyrosine and its metabolites (epinephrine, 3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, and vanillylmandelic acid), tryptophan and its metabolites (5-hydroxyindolacetic acid, indoxyl sulfate, serotonin, and kynurenic acid) in canine mammary cancer urine samples. Our results indicated significantly increased concentrations of three tryptophan metabolites, 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid (p < 0.001), serotonin, indoxyl sulfate (p < 0.01), and kynurenic acid (p < 0.05), and 2 tyrosine metabolites, 3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine (p < 0.001), and epinephrine (p < 0.05) in urine samples from the mammary gland tumor group compared to concentrations in urine samples from the healthy group. The results indicate that select urinary tyrosine and tryptophan metabolites may be useful as non-invasive diagnostic markers as well as in developing a therapeutic strategy for canine mammary gland tumors.

• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.42-48
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• 2014

A specific and sensitive liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry method (LC-ESI-MS/MS) was developed and validated for the simultaneous quantification of porphyrins (coproporphyrin, pentacarboxylporphyrin, hexacarboxylporphyrin, heptacarboxylporphyrin, and uroporphyrin) in human plasma and urine. Acidified plasma samples and urine samples were prepared by using liquid-liquid extraction using ethyl acetate and protein precipitation with acetonitrile, respectively. The separation was achieved onto a Synergi Fusion RP column ($150mm{\times}2.0mm$, $4{\mu}m$) with a gradient elution of mobile phase A (0.1% formic acid in 2 mmol/L ammonium acetate, v/v) and mobile phase B (20% methanol in acetonitrile, v/v) at a flow rate of $450{\mu}L$/min. Porphyrins and the internal standard (IS), coproporphyrin I-$^{15}N_4$, were detected by a tandem mass spectrometer equipped with an electrospray ion source operating in positive ion mode. Multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) transitions of the protonated precursor ions and the related product ions were optimized to increase selectivity and sensitivity. The proposed method was validated by assessing selectivity, linearity, limit of quantification (LOQ), precision, accuracy, recovery, and stability. The calibration curves were obtained in the range of 0.1-100 nmol/L and the LOQs were estimated as 0.1 nmol/L for all porphyrins. Results obtained from the validation study of porphyrins showed good accuracy, precision, recovery, and stability. Finally, the proposed method was successfully applied to clinical studies on the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis of 203 Korean children.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.27-33
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• 1987

삼중수소 ($^{3}H$) 에 관한 환경 및 생물학상의 연구는 1950년대 중반부터 선진국에서 수행되오고 있다. 삼중소소에 대한 잠재적 노출의 경우 통상적 처리절차는 삼중수소의 신체부하량이라고 일컬어지는 이른바 신체내에 축적된 삼중수소의 양을 결정하기 위하여 삼중수소수로서 오줌속에 포함되는 삼중수소 방사능의 생리분석이다. 전신에 있어서 삼중수소의 최대허용신체부하량은 신체조직에 대하여 약 $30{\mu}Ci/{\ell}$ 이다. 생리분석에서 오줌속에 삼중수소를 검출하는데 가장 보편적인 조사준위(照射准尉)는 최대허용신체부하량의 1/10 이다. 이러한 생리분석 연구계획을 위해서는 소광보정(消光補正) 곡선을 그리는 것이 가장 우선적이다. 이것은 검뇨용 오줌의 색깔이 일정하지 않기 때문에 필요한 것이다. 이 경우에서 소광효과는 주로 오줌시료에 의한 섬광빛의 흡수에 기인된다. 소광보정곡선으로 판단된 공식은 통계적 근거에서 최소자승법에 의하여 Y (%) = 0.771 + 1.836 ${\tmes}10^{-4}$X(count)로 얻어졌다. 여기서 Y는 섬광계수 효율로서 약 12%에서 31% 범위의 값으로 나타났다. 본 논문에서는 삼중수소의 생물학적 반감기와 신체계통적으로 분포된 삼중수소에 적용되고 있는 정체(停滯) 공식에 관한 간략한 이론에 관하여 서술된다.

• 분석과학
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.102-109
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• 2003

오줌시료 중 미량 알루미늄을 혹연로 원자흡수 분광광도법 정량하기 위한 마이크로파삭힘 및 고체상 추출에 관하여 연구하였다. 시료에 질산과 과산화수소를 가하고 가정용 전자레인지로 유기물을 파괴시킨 다음 오븐에서 건조시킨다. 건조된 찌기를 황산으로 녹이고, 이를 8-hydroxyquinoline (Oxine, HQ)이 흡착된 XAD-4 수지의 칼럼에 통과시켜 Al(III)-8-hydroxyquinolinate 착물을 형성시켜 흡착시킨다. 칼럼으로부터 0.5 M 질산으로 용리한 Al(III)을 정량하였다. 이 실험과정에서 찌기를 녹이기 위한 산의 종류, 수지에 흡착시키는 HQ의 양, 녹인 시료용액의 pH, 칼럼에 고정된 착물의 용리를 위한 산의 종류와 농도 등의 실험조건을 검토하여 최적화 시켰다. 인공 오줌 시료를 바탕으로 최적화 실험을 하였으며 검정곡선을 작성하였다. 실제 시료 중 알루미늄을 정량하였고, 표준용액을 일정량 첨가한 시료에서 구한 회수율은 94~101% 이였다. 바탕 세기에 대한 표준 편차의 3배 세기에 해당하는 검출한계는 0.05 ng/mL 이었다. 이로서 본 방법이 오줌시료 중 알루미늄을 분리하여 정량하는데 응용될 수 있음을 알 수 있다.

• 분석과학
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.41-47
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• 2008

소변 중 암페타민계 5성분(amphetamine; AP, methamphetamine; MA, 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; MDA, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine; MDMA, 3,4-methylenedioxyethylamphetamine; MDEA)의 동시분석을 위하여 기존의 액체상추출(liquid-liquid extraction; LLE) 방법과는 달리 감정과정의 자동화가 가능한 고체상추출(solid-phase extraction, SPE) 방법을 도입하였다. 시험관에 소변 3 mL와 0.1 M 인산완충액 1 mL (pH 7.0)를 넣고, 자동추출장치를 이용하여 추출하고, 증발 건고하여 유도체화 한 다음 GC/MS로 분석하였다. 그 결과 검정곡선의 직선성 상관계수 ($r^2$)는 AP와 MDA [농도범위 34.0 (AP), 28.0 (MDA)~1000.0 ng/mL] 및 MA, MDMA, MDEA (농도범위 50.0~2000.0 ng/mL)에서 0.994 이상으로 나타났다. 그리고 각 성분들의 검출한계 (LOD)는 4.0~10.0 ng/mL 범위였고, 정량한계 (LOQ)는 12.0~34.0 ng/mL 범위였다. 상대 회수율은 5성분 모두 93.5~107.7%로 측정되었다. 정밀도 (precision)와 정확도 (accuracy)는 각각 1.9~14.8%와 -8.7~14.8 % 범위 값을 나타냈다. 본 실험방법을 실제 남용자 소변에 적용한 결과 메스암페타민 또는 엑스터시 투약자를 신속하고 정확하게 동시에 확인할 수 있었다.