Improved HPLC method for the simultaneous determination of allantoin, uric acid and creatinine in cattle urine

An HPLC procedure developed for the rapid and simultaneous determination of purine derivatives (PD) in ruminants’ urine was investigated, since the adoption of a single method for the simultaneous detection of PD and creatinine was not carried out due to elution of polar co-extractives and also due to overlapping of the peaks of allantoin and creatinine. The experimental conditions chosen in the present study avoid the presence of chemically competitive compounds and afford a good separation of the peaks of allantoin and creatinine. The recoveries of the standard compounds added to urine samples were 94–104%. This method can be proposed as a possible reference method for the estimation of allantoin, uric acid and creatinine in cattle urine.