Abstract

A simple and efficient method for the separation of phosphosphingolipids including phosphonosphingolipids by high-performance liquid chromatography is described. A mixture of authentic lipids consisting of sphingomyelin, ceramide phosphorylethanolamine, ceramide 2-aminoethylphosphonate, and ceramide N-methylaminoethylphosphonate was completely separated using a silica gel (Zorbax SIL) column with acetonitrile-methanol-water 72:40:10 (v/v) as eluting solvent. The elution of these sphingolipids was monitored directly with an ultraviolet spectromonitor at 207 nm. The practical limit of detection of each sphingolipid was about 0.2 microgram or 0.3 nmol. Using this method, we found that from one to four different phosphono- and/or phosphosphingolipids in fresh-water shellfish can be routinely identified and reproducibly quantified.

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