Analysis of tea catechins in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography with solid-phase extraction |
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Authors: | Unno Tomonori Sagesaka Yuko M Kakuda Takami |
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Institution: | Central Research Institute, ITO EN, Ltd., 21 Mekami, Makinohara-shi, Shizuoka 421-0516, Japan. t-unno@itoen.co.jp |
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Abstract: | Accurate monitoring of tea catechins in biological samples might provide a means of better evaluation of their benefits. The aim of the present study was to develop a rapid method for extracting tea catechins from human plasma samples with a solid-phase extraction technique and to subsequently measure their concentrations using an HPLC system. A human plasma sample spiked with known concentrations of the analyte standards was passed through a Waters Oasis HLB cartridge. After repeated washing, tea catechins were eluted with 70% dimethylformamide containing 0.1% phosphoric acid, and the resulting eluate was injected into an HPLC system. Analytes were separated on a reverse-phase C18 column using an isocratic mobile phase and detected electrochemically. The coefficient of variation for inter- and intraday reproducibility was less than 5.0% and 6.4%, respectively. Linearity was established for the concentration range of 0.01-1.0 microM. The method was successfully applied to measure tea catechin concentrations in the plasma of two healthy subjects who received a single ingestion of a green tea beverage. The proposed method enables the rapid and accurate quantitation of plasma tea catechins and might prove useful for the evaluation of beneficial health effects of tea consumption. |
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