Determination of L-Cysteine in Enzymatic Reaction Mixture with Pre-column Derivatizatization by High Performance Liquid Chromatography
5,5′-二硫硝基苯甲酸柱前衍生高效液相色谱法测定酶促反应液中的L-半胱氨酸

A new sensitive high performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of L-cysteine in an enzymatic reaction mixture using ultra violet spectrometric detection was developed. The sample reacted with 5,5'-dithio-bis-nitrobenzoic acid (DTNB) and was analyzed on a Shimadzu VP-ODS column at room temperature, using gradient elution with detection at 330 nm. The L-cysteine chromatographic peak was determined in comparison with derivatives of 2-mercapto ethanol and dithiothreitol. The linear range was 5-950 micromol/L. The recoveries were 99.7%-100.5% and the relative standard deviations (RSDs) were less than 1.3%. The detection limit was 0.8 micromol/L. The method is simple and accurate.