Analytical Sciences


Abstract − Analytical Sciences, 34(5), 623 (2018).

A Simple Colorimetric Method to Quantify Total Fecal Oil Using Oil-soluble Dyes in Laboratory Animals and Its Correlation with Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry Analysis
Yura JANG,* Jeongae LEE,** and Hesson CHUNG*
*Center for Neuro-Medicine, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 5 Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
**Molecular Recognition Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 5 Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
We developed a colorimetric method for measuring the amount of oil in mouse stool after co-administering an oil-soluble dye. When the amount of oil in the feces calculated from the amounts of Sudan III and Oil Red O was plotted against the amount of oil detected by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry, the graph was linear, showing a one-to-one correlation between two analyses. This method may be utilized to determine the efficacy of lipase inhibitors, or to assess fat malabsorption in vivo.