ascorbic-acid and metaphosphoric-acid

Topics: Animals; Ascorbic Acid; Bees; Brassica; Camellia; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Dehydroascorbic Acid; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; Lotus; Phosphorous Acids; Pollen; Ultraviolet Rays

A redox-sensitive inter-conversion between ascorbic acid (ASC) and its oxidized form dehydroascorbic acid (DHA) in the intracellular environment has been of exceptional interest to recent metabolomics and pharmaceutical research. We developed a chromatographic protocol to instantly determine these vitamers with each identity from cellular extracts, without any labeling and pretreatments. Owing to its simplicity, one can readily continue the assay for hours, an otherwise difficult to cover timescale at which the intracellular DHA-ASC conversion comes into play. The method was validated for the analysis of pancreatic cancer cells, to our knowledge the first-ever study on a nucleated cell type, to trace in detail their kinetics of glucose transporter-dependent DHA uptake and, simultaneously, that for the intracellular ASC conversion. The simplest of all the relevant techniques and yet with the unique ability to provide each vitamer identity on a high-throughput basis, this method should offer the most practical option for VC-involved physiological and pharmaceutical studies including high-dose VC cancer therapy.

Topics: Ascorbic Acid; Cell Line, Tumor; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Dehydroascorbic Acid; Erythrocytes; Glucose Transporter Type 1; Humans; Oxidation-Reduction; Pancreas; Phosphorous Acids

Analysis of L-ascorbic acid (AsA) and erythorbic acid (ErA) in foods is generally performed by HPLC measurement after extraction with metaphosphoric acid solution. But this method can not always measure the concentrations of AsA and ErA precisely due to the presence of interfering compounds, and the reproducibility of retention time is poor. We considered that quantitative analysis by HPLC and confirmation by LC-MS/MS using an identical extraction solvent might be an effective approach for AsA and ErA analysis. Chelate fiber was added to the sample, followed by extraction with acetic acid solution containing ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt, purification with Oasis MCX, and 2-fold dilution with methanol. The resulting solution was used for quantification by HPLC using a ZIC-HILIC column and identification by LC-MS/MS. In recovery tests with 8 kinds of foods, the recovery of AsA was over 91%, and that of ErA was over 88%. The RSD was 5.1% or less for both analytes. Analysis of 8 kinds of foods by both methods showed that this method gave better RSD values than the conventional method. AsA and ErA in all samples were confirmed by product ion scanning and selected reaction monitoring of LC-MS/MS.

Topics: Antioxidants; Ascorbic Acid; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Chromatography, Liquid; Edetic Acid; Food Additives; Food Analysis; Liquid-Liquid Extraction; Phosphorous Acids; Sensitivity and Specificity; Solutions; Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Ascorbic acid (AA) has a strong anti-oxidant function evident as its ability to scavenge superoxide radicals in vitro. Moreover, AA is an essential ingredient for post-translational proline hydroxylation of collagen molecules. Dehydroascorbic acid (DHA), the oxidized form of AA, is generated from these reactions. In this study, we describe an improved method for assessing DHA in biological samples. The use of 35 mM tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride (TCEP) as a reductant completely reduced DHA to AA after 2 h on ice in a 5% solution of metaphosphoric acid containing 1 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) at pH 1.5. This method enabled us to measure the DHA content in multiple tissues and plasma of 6-weeks-old mice. The percentages of DHA per total AA differed markedly among these tissues, i.e., from 0.8 to 19.5%. The lung, heart, spleen and plasma had the highest levels at more than 10% of DHA per total AA content, whereas the cerebrum, cerebellum, liver, kidney and small intestine had less than 5% of DHA per total AA content. This difference in DHA content may indicate an important disparity of oxidative stress levels among physiologic sites. Therefore, this improved method provides a useful standard for all DHA determinations.

Topics: Animals; Antioxidants; Ascorbic Acid; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Dehydroascorbic Acid; Edetic Acid; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Organ Specificity; Oxidative Stress; Phosphines; Phosphorous Acids; Reducing Agents

Ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid are unstable in aqueous solution in the presence of copper and iron ions, causing problems in the routine analysis of vitamin C. Their stability can be improved by lowering the pH below 2, preferably with metaphosphoric acid. Dehydroascorbic acid, an oxidised form of vitamin C, gives a relatively low response on the majority of chromatographic detectors, and is therefore routinely determined as the increase of ascorbic acid formed after reduction. The reduction step is routinely performed at a pH that is suboptimal for the stability of both forms. In this paper, the reduction of dehydroascorbic acid with tris-[2-carboxyethyl] phosphine (TCEP) at pH below 2 is evaluated. Dehydroascorbic acid is fully reduced with TCEP in metaphosphoric acid in less than 20 min, and yields of ascorbic acid are the same as at higher pH. TCEP and ascorbic acid formed by reduction, are more stable in metaphosphoric acid than in acetate or citrate buffers at pH 5, in the presence of redox active copper ions. The simple experimental procedure and low probability of artefacts are major benefits of this method, over those currently applied in a routine assay of vitamin C, performed on large number of samples.

Topics: Ascorbic Acid; Copper; Dehydroascorbic Acid; Dithiothreitol; Drug Stability; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Kinetics; Oxidation-Reduction; Phosphines; Phosphorous Acids; Reducing Agents; Solutions

The accurate and reproducible measurement of ascorbic acid is essential in delineating the role of ascorbic acid as a diagnostic tool for human disease and for the comparison of data acquired by different laboratories. A stabilized pair of standards of ascorbic acid in human serum, which is compatible with most analytical methods, have been prepared.. The certification was based on the gravimetric addition of ascorbic acid to metaphosphoric acid-stabilized, ascorbic acid-depleted serum and NIST liquid chromatography-electrochemical measurements. The NIST results were analyzed statistically for homogeneity, and the expanded uncertainty of each SRM was calculated using all of the NIST data. An interlaboratory comparison exercise was also performed.. These materials, Standard Reference Material (SRM) 970 Ascorbic Acid in Serum, Level I and Level II, are homogeneous and are certified to contain (10.07 +/- 0.21) and (30.57 +/- 0.28) mmol ascorbic acid/L of solution (expanded uncertainty), respectively. In the interlaboratory comparison (n = 17), the relative SDs for the two materials were 22% and 19%.. Two lots of serum, each containing different amounts of ascorbic acid stabilized in metaphosphoric acid, have been prepared and characterized. Many laboratories provide inaccurate results.

Topics: Ascorbic Acid; Bias; Chromatography, Liquid; Electrochemistry; Gravitation; Humans; Laboratories; Phosphorous Acids

The most popular pretreatment method of plasma samples for the measurement of ascorbate (AsA) and dehydroascorbate (DHA) has been an acidic deproteinization via metaphosphoric acid or trichloroacetic acid. In general, DHA is absent in plasma samples prepared from human blood in a conventional manner. However, when these plasma samples were subjected to acidic deproteinization, DHA was detected in the acidified sample solutions. In the present study, we demonstrate that the oxidation of AsA to DHA in the solutions was promoted by at least two mechanisms, one involving catalysis by ferric ion released from transferrin, and the other involving catalysis by plasma hemoglobin. In the acidified transferrin solution by trichloroacetic acid, an oxidation of AsA to DHA proceeded with standing time, whereas the oxidation was not observed in that by metaphosphoric acid. This oxidation appeared to be catalyzed by ferric ion released from transferrin. In contrast, plasma hemoglobin functioned as a catalyst for AsA oxidation in both metaphosphoric acid and trichloroacetic acid solutions. Therefore, DHA content in the trichloroacetic acid-treated plasma sample was markedly higher than that in the metaphosphoric acid-treated one. These results suggest that DHA detected in acidified plasma samples is an artifact resulting from AsA oxidation.

Topics: Adult; Ascorbic Acid; Catalysis; Dehydroascorbic Acid; Hemoglobins; Humans; Oxidants; Oxidation-Reduction; Perchlorates; Phosphorous Acids; Transferrin; Trichloroacetic Acid

We demonstrate that total ascorbic acid (TAA, the sum of ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid) in properly prepared human plasma is stable at -70 degrees C for at least 6 years when preserved with dithiothreitol. TAA in human plasma or serum preserved with metaphosphoric acid degrades slowly, at the rate of no more than 1% per year. As assessed from our stability data and from data obtained from 23 laboratories over a period of > 2 years, the intralaboratory repeatability of TAA measurement is approximately 2 mumol/L, irrespective of TAA concentration. Nonchromatographic analytical methods involving dinitrophenylhydrazine and 0-phenylenediamine yield biased results relative to chromatographic methods. Within groups of laboratories that use roughly similar analytical methods, the interlaboratory measurement reproducibility CV for TAA is 15%.

Topics: Ascorbic Acid; Chromatography; Dehydroascorbic Acid; Dithiothreitol; Drug Stability; Freezing; Humans; Kinetics; Laboratories; Phenylenediamines; Phenylhydrazines; Phosphorous Acids; Plasma; Reproducibility of Results; Specimen Handling; Stereoisomerism; Time Factors

We describe a rapid method for accurately and precisely measuring ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid in plasma. Total analysis time is less than 10 min, replicate analyses of a single pool provide precision less than or equal to 2%, and values measured in supplemented samples agree with known concentrations of 4.68 and 11.83 mg/L. The stability and homogeneity of lyophilized plasma samples supplemented with ascorbic acid and dithiothreitol are documented. We also describe a procedure in which metaphosphoric acid (50 g/L) is used to prepare a reference material for the measurement of ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid. The procedure for both acids consists of first measuring the native ascorbic acid, then reducing the dehydroascorbic acid, at neutral pH, with dithiothreitol, and finally measuring the total ascorbic acid; dehydroascorbic acid is then determined by difference. The metaphosphoric-acid-treated samples were stable at -70 degrees C, but stability decreased with temperature over the range examined, 4-50 degrees C.

Topics: Ascorbic Acid; Blood Preservation; Dehydroascorbic Acid; Dithiothreitol; Drug Stability; Humans; Phosphorous Acids; Reproducibility of Results; Temperature

Topics: Ascorbic Acid; Blood; Humans; Phosphates; Phosphorous Acids