Abstract
A method for quantification of N-acetyl-l-aspartic acid by isotope dilution gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using15N-[2H3]acetyl-l-aspartic acid is described. The method is sufficiently sensitive to be used with solvent extraction techniques commonly employed for urinary organic acid analysis. The mean concentration of N-acetyl-l-aspartic acid in 80 normal and abnormal control urine specimens was 19.7±10.8 mg/g creatinine (12.7±7.8 mmol/mol creatinine). Seven patients, ages 9 months to 7 years, with Canavan-van Bogaert syndrome had urinary N-acetyl-l-aspartic acid levels from 606 to 4760 mg/g creatinine. The method can also be used with cerebrospinal fluid, in which the concentration of N-acetyl-l-aspartic acid is about one-tenth of that in urine.
Original language | English (US) |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 97-104 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1992 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Genetics
- Genetics(clinical)