Table 2 Critical comparison of the proposed method with reported methods for determination of MDA.

From: Sensitive determination of malondialdehyde in rat prostate by high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection

Method

Reagent

Reaction conditions

Linear range (nmol/L)

LOD (nmol/L)

Recovery (%)

Ref

UV-vis spectrophotometry

TBA

100 °C, 60 min

1000–5000

80

66–71

13

Fluorescence spectrophotometry

TBA

90 °C, 60 min

14–1400

4.51

95.5–96.8

8

HPLC-UV

TBA

100 °C, 15 min

86–9100

34

90–94

14

HPLC-UV

DNPH

Room temperature, 30 min

200–20000

200

96.3–99.8

17

HPLC-UV

DAN

37 °C, 180 min

76–608

<50

93–108

19

HPLC-FLD

FMOC- hydrazine

50 °C, 4 h

500–10000

4

90.2–100.4

15

HPLC-FLD

TBA

100 °C, 60 min

150–2430

15

100.4

22

HPLC-FLD

AHAD

80 °C, 30 min

2–2500

0.25

95.7–101.2

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