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A reversed phase high performance liquid chromatographic (RP-HPLC) method for the analysis of amino acids in kelp, using precolumn derivatization, is described. Phenylisothiocyanate (PITC) was used as the reagent for derivatization. The kelp samples were prepared by microwave hydrolysis in only 5 min; seventeen PTC amino acids were separated after hydrolysis and derivatization within 12 min. The coefficients of variation were >1.94 and the correlation coefficients for concentration versus response were >0.999 for all derivatives. The ratio of branched amino acid (BAA) to aromatic amino acid (AAA) was also studied. The method has the advantage of shorter hydrolysis and analysis times with optimum separation. In addition, it gives high repeatability of retention times and peak areas for all the amino acids present.
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Shang, S.F., Wang, H. Sensitive determination of amino acids in kelp by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography with precolumn derivatization using phenylisothiocyanate. Chromatographia 43, 309–312 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02271001
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