“…Before chromatographic analysis, perchloric extracts were passed through a 0.22 lm filter (GHP, Waters Corp, Milford, MA). Twelve biogenic amines and polyamines, namely octopamine, dopamine, TY, PU, CA, HI, agmatine (AG), serotonin, PHE, SPD, TR and SPM, were determined following the method described by Latorre-Moratalla et al (2009). Amine separation was performed through a Acquity UPLC BEH C-18 reverse phase column (Waters corp., Milford, MA, USA), followed by a post-column derivatization with o-phthalaldehyde and spectrofluorimetric detection (ex: 340 nm and em: 445 nm).…”