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Title: Partial characterization of endogenous digoxinlike substance in human urine

Journal Article · · Ther. Drug Monit.; (United States)

Urinary samples were collected from individuals not taking cardiac glycosides. Aliquots of 30 ml were passed through preparative octadecylsilane-bonded phase columns and eluted in fractions by stepwise increasing concentrations of acetonitrile. Eluted fractions were analysed for their contents of endogenous digoxinlike substance (EDLS) by radioimmunoassay of digoxin and by a bioassay of cardiac glycosides, which measures the uptake of rubidium (/sup 86/Rb) by erythrocytes as an index of Na+, K+-ATPase activity. In both assays, digoxinlike activity was found in several fractions, but the highest values were consistently measured in the fractions eluted with 40% acetonitrile. Greater amounts of EDLS were recovered from the urine of pregnant women than from the urine of men and nonpregnant women.

Research Organization:
University Hospital, Lund (Sweden)
OSTI ID:
6924633
Journal Information:
Ther. Drug Monit.; (United States), Vol. 10:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English