Abstract

A simple, reliable high-performance liquid chromatographic method was developed to measure ascorbic acid (ASC), with ultraviolet detection (250 nm), in human plasma and urine. Immediately following blood withdrawal, the heparinized plasma samples were deproteinized with 10% m-phosphoric acid, while the freshly voided urine samples were diluted with m-phosphoric acid. ASC was separated on a reversed-phase column by elution with 0.1 M KH 2PO 4 adjusted to pH 2.35. In urine, after reduction of dehydroascorbic acid to ASC, total ASC was measured using the same mobile phase. The method was sensitive down to 0.1 and 0.4 mg ASC per litre of urine and plasma, respectively. In patients with idiopathic calcium urolithiasis, both plasma and urinary ASC were within the range observed in age-matched controls.

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