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. 2017 Feb 9;7(1):7. doi: 10.3390/metabo7010007

Table 5.

QSRR models, based on Equation (1), describing the retention of tryptophan and its major metabolites for each chromatographic column using the other column as a reference one.

Three-Parameter QSRR Model
EVO Gemini
MDs/tR(R) G1 G2 G3 G4 G1 G2 G3 G4
pKa1 0.15 ± 0.27 −0.07 ± 0.21 0.42 ± 0.28 −0.03 ± 0.26 −0.33 ± 0.23 −0.08 ± 0.26 −0.37 ± 0.11 −0.08 ± 0.34
pKa2 −0.20 ± 0.33 0.08 ± 0.21 −0.82 ± 0.45 0.08 ± 0.19 0.46 ± 0.26 0.13 ± 0.26 0.70 ± 0.14 0.08 ± 0.25
logP −0.31 ± 0.68 0.50 ± 0.49 −1.61 ± 0.82 0.82 ± 0.60 0.82 ± 0.57 −0.13 ± 0.68 1.33 ± 0.26 −0.54 ± 0.91
tR(R) 0.90 ± 0.21 0.72 ± 0.18 1.44 ± 0.35 0.69 ± 0.17 0.91 ± 0.22 1.11 ± 0.28 0.56 ± 0.14 1.17 ± 0.28
0.6/0.9/0.9 1 0.6/1.2/1.0 1 0.5/0.7/0.7 1 1.0/1.5/1.6 1 0.6/1.0/0.9 1 0.7/1.6/1.3 1 0.3/0.6/0.5 1 1.2/2.4/2.0 1

1 Average absolute difference of experimental and calculated tR/Maximum absolute difference of experimental and calculated tR/Standard error of the estimate SEE.