Abstract

The methods of analysis, origins, and clinical significance of urinary nucleosides are reviewed through 1997. Structures, chromatographic and mass spectral data and references to the clinical literature are presented for each of the 57 nucleosides currently identified in normal and pathogenic human urine samples. Data from the HPLC separation and GC/MS analysis of 37 individual HPLC fractions are presented and discussed. Methods, including sample preparation techniques, used for the analysis of urinary nucleosides including GC, HPLC, GC/MS, HPLC/MS and immunoassays are compared and the advantages and limitations of each method described. The conclusion is drawn that the urinary nucleosides do serve as biomarkers of cancer and other diseases, but analytical methods need further improvement if clinical decisions are to be made based on the levels of nucleosides in human urine.

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