Simultaneous determination of retinol, retinyl palmitate and β-carotene in rat serum treated with 7,12-dimethylbenz [a]anthracene and Hypericum Perforatum L. by high-performance liquid chromatography with diode-array detection C. Diode-array detection was conducted at 325 and 450 nm for retinol and retinyl palmitate, and β-carotene, respectively with a running time of 26 min. The high-performance liquid chromatography assay and extraction procedure proposed are simple, rapid, sensitive and accurate. This method was then applied to determine the amounts of retinol, retinyl palmitate and β-carotene in rat serum. Results of this study demonstrated that at 60 th day in the 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-treated group there was a significant decrease (p<0.001), (p<0,01), (p<0.05) in levels of retinol, retinyl palmitate and vitamin C, respectively compared to the control group levels. A significant decrease (p<0.01) in retinyl palimitate was observed in the 7,12 dimethylbenz [a] anthracene + Hypericum Perforatum L. treated group compared to the control group.. Warsaw and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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