본 연구는 세포막의 구성성분으로서 인체의 신진대사에 관여하는 물질인 인지질을 정량하기 위하여 인지질의 주요성분인 포스파티딜콜린에 대해 HPLC/ELSD를 이용한 신속, 정확한 분석법을 확립하였다. HPLC의 조건은 silica column을 사용하고 헥산:이소프로판올:물-30:60:8을 유속 0.5 ml/min으로 포스파티딜콜린을 분리하였고 ELSD 검출기를 사용하여 nebulizer온도는 $60^{circ}C$. drift tube온도는 $75^{circ}C$, carrier gas 30 psi로 하여 20 min내에 분리하였으며 검량선은 250 ppm$∼$1,000 ppm으로 하여 정량하였다. 시료의 회수율은 $80\%$이상으로 높게 나타났으며 정량한계는 0.15 ppm이였다. 또한 이 분석법을 이용하여 실제 유통되고 있는 레시틴제품(난황레시틴 2종, 대두레시틴8종)에 대해 인지질의 함량과 포스파티딜함량을 조사한 결과, 인지질의 함량은 각각 81.5$∼$83.3$\%$, $66.0∼88.0\%$로 나타났으며 포스파티딜콜린의 함량은 각각 74.8$∼$ 8.6$\%$및 $18.7∼62.3\%$로 난황레시틴의 함량이 높게 나타났다.
Lecithin is a naturally occurring group of phospholipids found in nearly every living cell and has been widely used as the ingredient of functional foods. Lecithin has high content of phosphatidylcholine(PC), pharmaceutical material which promotes metabolism through the cell membrane. This study was carried out to improve the present inconvenient analytical method of PC in law for health & functional foods. The commodities used in this experiment, were two kinds of egg yolk and eight kinds of soybean lecithin functional foods. PC was separated with isocratic elution with hexane : isopropanol : D.W (30:60:8) through silica column (2.1$ imes$150 mm) by HPLC with Evaporative Light-Scattering Detector (ELSD). The flow rate of the eluent was 0.5 ml/mim and infect volume was 10ul. The neubilizer temperature of detector was $60^{circ}C$, drift tube temperature of that was $75^{circ}C$ and gas flow was 30 psi. Quantification was carried out by external standardization. Limit of quantification was 0.15ppm. Lecithin contents of egg yolk and soybean Products were > $66\%$ and > $81\%$), respectively. Phosphatidylcholine contents of egg yolk and soybean products were > $74\%$ and > $18\%$, respectively.
