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The histamine H3 receptor has been the focus of a great deal of research over the past four decades and in this context, substantial progress has been made in developing H3R-related ligands. The involvement of H3Rs in many neurological disorders has been documented by several lines of evidence in preclinical studies. In view of this, several non-imidazole based drug candidates as H3R antagonists/inverse agonists are currently undergoing stringent assessments to be entered into the pharmaceutical market. Considering the enormous promise for therapeutic potential of these H3R targeting clinical candidates, it is expected to witness the marketing of these agents as stand-alone or add-on therapy in the near future.
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Acknowledgements
This work forms part of the PhD thesis of Nakisa Ghamari at the School of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. The authors would like to thank the Research Office and Biotechnology Research Center of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences for providing financial support under the Postgraduate Research Grant scheme for the PhD thesis of NG (Grant Number: 57572).
Introduction
Histamine (HA) is an organic compound (biogenic amine) which exists in lots of nutrition [1]. HA can be gained by two means of resources from inside the body (Biosynthesis) and by intake from the foodstuff [2]. The first physiological role of histamine, mimic smooth muscle-stimulating and vasodepressor action was reported [3,4]. HA also plays an important role in gut mucosal immune regulation [5] neurotransmitter [6] cholesterol and bile Spadin metabolism [7]. However, a high concentration of HA in foods, alcohol, and drinks produce many complications and toxic effect. High level of HA by self or in the presence of putrescine and cadaverine caused scombroid poising and produced much foodborne illness [8] allergy [9] proliferation of breast cancer cells [10] diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, palpitations, respiratory distress, headache, myocardial ischemia, and acute pulmonary edema. Many life-threatening cases have been reported in the case of sensitive subjects [11]. Therefore the concentration of HA is considered as a quality indicator of foods.
According to the Commission Regulation (EC), No 2073/2005 the recommended level of histamine must not be exceeded than 200 mg/kg in fish species and 200–400 mg/kg in the fishery products which have undergone enzyme maturation treatment in brine [12]. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Union have set, 50 and 100 mg/kg, the maximum level of the HA in fish and fishery products respectively [13,14]. Due to the toxic effect of HA, its level keeps under control in the wine. Therefore many countries set their threshold for HA, i.e. Germany (2 mg/L), Belgium (5–6 mg/L) and France (8 mg/L) [15]. However, unfortunately, histamine and others BAs level still not regulated in China. Due to the potential threat to human health, it might be regulated according to EU regulation guidelines [16].
As the histamine does not have adequate absorption properties in the visible and ultraviolet range [17], Therefore, the sample contains HA undergoes pre-derivatization step before sending to analysis. The method in the European Union (EU) Regulation No (2073/2005) is the oldest, popular and widely accepted RP-HPLC method for HA [18]. EU validated this method by using derivatization agent dansyl chloride, which was used to react with HA at 60 °C and detected by UV wavelength at 254 nm. The LOD of this method varied from 1 to 3.6 mg/kg, LOQs from 4 to 21 mg/kg and recovery rate from 93 to 143% (without internal standard) depending upon the sample nature of fish [19].
Due to the high-resolution power, sensitivity, flexibility, and reproducibility amongst all, HPLC is the most common, inexpensive method used for the analysis of HA and other BAs [20]. Another fast alternative method is the capillary electrophoresis (CE) for the determination of histamine. Recently He Lili determined HA along with 12 others BAs by using the indirect CE-UV technique without derivatization of the sample [21]. She used Imidazole as UV absorbing probe in the background electrolyte (BGE) and get LOD from 0.4 to 3.7 μmol/L and LOQs from 1.2 to 12.2 μmol/L depending upon the kind of BAs. Nevertheless, the major drawback of CE is that it is a costly technique and required high technical skills. As the CE is a new emerging technique, so most of the CE method has not gone through validation and also not applied as suitable methods of analysis by AOAC international. Parallel to the HPLC and CE, investigators also proposed others different methods e.g. by thin layer chromatography [22] nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) [23] photoluminance CdTe quantum dots [24] colorimetry [25] Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) [26] electrochemical [27] and nanogold (AuNPs) particles etc. [28].