Measurement of Purine Content in Foods Using HPLC

Purine generally means all nucleic acids, nucleotides, nucleosides, and purine bases that have a purine structure. Purines are eventually metabolized into uric acid. It is known that if the excretion and production of uric acid falls out of balance, uric acid accumulates in the body (resulting in high uric acid levels) and causes hyperuricemia as well as gout. Controlling the amount of dietary purine intake such as by implementing a low-purine diet for patients with hyperuricemia is important.
This article introduces analyses of purine content in foods using the Prominence-i.