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Screening for amino acid disorders by thin-layer chromatography of the dansyl amino acids

Analytischer Nachweis von Störungen des Aminosäurestoffwechsels durch Dünnschicht-Chromatographie der Dansylverbindungen

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A procedure is described for the screening of disorders of amino acid metabolism or tranpsort. The amino acids and other reactive constituents present in a small volume of deproteinized plasma or urine are derivatized with dansyl chloride. Desalting or concentrating of urine is not required. The fluorescent derivatives are separated by two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography and visualized by ultraviolet radiation. The time of development is less than 1 hr. The derivatives of thirty-seven amino acids and related constituents found in physiological fluids have been mapped in the system. A standard, reflective of normal plasma, is used to aid in identification of those derivatives generally observed on plasma and urine chromatograms and in detection of aminoacidemias. Aminoacidurias are detected by observing derivatives that in relation to others are present in greater than normal amounts.

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Dansylderivate von Aminosäuren und anderen reaktionsfähigen Stoffen in kleinen Volumina enteiweißten Plasmas oder Harns wurden hergestellt. Entsalzung oder Einengung des Harns ist nicht notwendig. Die fluoreszierenden Derivate werden durch zweidimensionale Dünnschichtchromatographie getrennt und im UV nachgewiesen. Die dazu erforderliche Zeit ist kürzer als 1 Stunde. Die Derivate von 37 Aminosäuren und verwandten Verbindungen in physiologischen Flüssigkeiten wurden erfaßt. In üblicherweise zur Beobachtung gelangenden Plasma- bzw. Harnchromatogrammen feststellbare Aminosäuren dienen zum Vergleich mit abnormalen Ergebnissen.

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Wesenberg, J.C., Walpole, J.E. Screening for amino acid disorders by thin-layer chromatography of the dansyl amino acids. Mikrochim Acta 74, 1–7 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01196480

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