Fast, Reproducible Method
In this Method Urea was retained when a 100% DI Water Mobile Phase was used. DI Water can be used as the complete Mobile Phase without fear of phase “de-wetting” and subsequent loss of retention time.
This Method has the advantage of being very simple, without time consuming derivatization or reaction steps when compared to other methods. Urea can be determined in complex mixtures using this fast, reproducible (see insert on the chromatogram) Method which could also be useful in the analysis of biological samples for diagnostic purposes.
Peak:
Urea
Method Conditions
Column: Cogent Bidentate C18™, 4μm, 100Å
Catalog No.: 40018-15P
Dimensions: 4.6 x 150mm
Mobile Phase: DI Water (Isocratic run: 100% A)
Flow rate: 0.5mL /minute
Detection: UV @ 210nm
Injection vol.: 10μL
Sample Preparation: 1mg of Urea standard was added to 1ml of DI Water.
Note: There is growing demand for a sensitive and reliable procedure for the determination of Urea in many matrices such as milk, soil extracts, seawater and wine. In addition there are several clinical applications for the analysis of this compound. The most common approach for measurement of Urea involves detection of ammonia (after hydrolysis) by color forming reactions – enzymatic, colorimetric Methods. The other techniques require noxious reagents and produce an unpleasant odor [1]. Newer Methods involve high-performance thin layer chromatography-densitometry, alkalimetric titration. HPLC is the most specific method but either organic Normal Phase Chromatography or Ion Pairing Chromatography have to be used to retain this very polar compound until this Method.
[1] “Determination of urea using HPLC with fluorescence detection after automated derivatization with xanthydrol”, S. Clark, P.S. Francis, X.A. Conlan, N.W. Barnett, J. Chromatography A, 1161 (2007) 207-213.
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