Abstract
A high-performance liquid chromatographic technique for ethyl alcohol determination in body fluids is proposed. Ethyl alcohol is quantitatively converted into acetaldehyde-phenylhydrazone by oxidation in the presence of alcohol dehydrogenase, nicotinamide–adenine dinucleotide and phenylhydrazine. The derivative is suitable for reversed-phase liquid chromatography and ultraviolet detection at 276 nm. The limits of linearity, detection and quantification as well as accuracy and reproducibility were investigated in water, serum and whole blood. Analytical responses were linear within the 0.008 to 5 g/l range, and the limit of quantification was 0.02 g/l both in aqueous standard and in biological matrix assays. Mean analytical recovery of ethyl alcohol in blood serum averaged 98.2±4.2%, imprecision (CV%) at 0.80 g/l was 2.2%, and the limit of quantification was 0.02 g/l. Serum concentrations of persons that avoided alcoholic beverages for a week were less than the limit of quantification. Ethyl alcohol concentrations in serum and whole blood compared well with those obtained by headspace gas chromatography. This simple and reliable procedure, which was also used for a urine assay, could be suitable for validation of the screening procedures used to monitor ethanol abuse.
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