Taurine in energy drinks

[alex007]

I read a post on a method to analyze taurine in energy drinks, that used a derivatization with dansyl chloride. can someone give me a little more information to make this analysis??? tanx

[zokitano]

Hi alex007

I hope this reference could help you:

Optimization of dansyl derivatization and chromatographic conditions in the determination of neuroactive amino acids of biological samples
Clinica Chimica Acta, Volume 366, Issues 1-2, April 2006, Pages 352-356
Xuejun Kang, Jing Xiao, Xiao Huang, Zhongze Gu

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Regards

[Bryan Evans]

Below is an LC-ELSD application for underivatized taurine in
supplement drink using Unison UK-Amino:

http://www.silvertonesciences.com/files/TI360E.pdf