the purposes of this Article will be identified as Vendor 1 (
and Vendor 2 (
phosphate dibasic tetrahydrate, creatinine, formic acid, HPLC-grade water, and
acetonitrile were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.). The
Agilent Eclipse Plus C18 RRHD (2.1×50 mm, particle size 1.8 μm)
reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) column was purchased from Agilent
Technologies (Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.). The Phenomenex Luna CN column
(30×4.60 mm, particle size 3 μm) was purchased from Phenomenex
(Torrance, CA, U.S.A.). PhosphocycloCreatine was synthesized according to
literature procedure.20 (link)Identity and purity of the compound was confirmed by 1H and
31P NMR (