| Literature DB >> 21079352 |
Sei Higuchi1, Keiichi Irie, Takafumi Nakano, Yuya Sakamoto, Yoshiharu Akitake, Maiko Araki, Makiko Ohji, Riyo Furuta, Mai Katsuki, Ryuji Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Matsuyama, Kenji Mishima, Kenichi Mishima, Katsunori Iwasaki, Michihiro Fujiwara.
Abstract
Endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) regulates several important physiological processes in the brain. 2-AG is commonly quantified by gas chromatography mass spectrometry after an initial purification step. The most precise and rapid purification utilizes C(18) solid-phase extraction, but quantification problems can arise with acyl migration from 2-AG to 1-arachidonoylglycerol. We found that extraction with methanol promoted this migration, but acetone and diethyl ether (Et(2)O) did not. Acetone and Et(2)O were used to develop a purification method for the direct determination of 2-AG.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 21079352 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.26.1199
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anal Sci ISSN: 0910-6340 Impact factor: 2.081