“…The HPLC apparatus used was a Varian ProStar 210 (Palo Alto, CA, USA) equipped with a fluorimeter (821-FP, Jasco, Japan spectroscopic Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) recording wavelengths of 285 nm for excitation and 345 nm for emission [28,29] and a reverse phase column (Kinetex, 5 µm particle, 150 × 4.6 mm, 100 Å, Phenomenex Inc., Torrance, CA, USA) set at 25 • C and preceded by a SecurityGuard ULTRA guard cartridge (UHPLC C18, Phenomenex Inc., Torrance, CA, USA). Chromatographic separation was performed using a binary gradient consisting of (A) aqueous formic acid (0.1% v/v), and (B) methanol.…”