Abstract
A method to measure total hydroxyproline in human urine was developed. Primary amino acids were derivatized with ortho-phthaldialdehyde, followed by derivatization of imino acids with 9-fluorenylmethyl chloroformate. The fluorescent 9-fluorenylmethyl chloroformate derivatives were separated by reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography. 3,4-Dehydroproline was used as internal standard. Calibration curves for hydroxyproline and internal standard were linear from 1 to 200 pmol injected. Both within- and between-run precision were below 3.2%. Analytical recovery of hydroxyproline added to urine samples was 99.2 ± 2.6%. Values for excreted hydroxyproline were determined by analysis of urine samples from adult volunteers. The hydroxyproline creatinine ratio was found to be 15.8 ± 4.6 mmol/mol (range 7.0–27.3) with no significant sex-related difference.
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