This experiment was carried out to determine the separation condition of 1-dimethylaminonaphthalene-5-sulfony(Dansyl) derivatives of amino acids by reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography with Nova-Pak C18 column. Determined solvent system was solvent A(200mA phosphate buffer pH 6.8 15%, acetonitrile 11%, water 74%) and solvent B(acetonitrile 65%, methanol 28%, water 7%). Linear gradient of solvent B was applied from 12% to 80% for 50min. Complete separation of 20 amino acids including asparagine and glutamine which constitute protein was achieved within 50min. As the detection limit was the range of picomole, the resolution power was excellent. Reproducibility of the retention time was less than mean $pm$0.05min. According to the above optimum chromatographic conditions, the amino acid composition of some food and human blood was examined. The most affluent amino acid was alanine in human blood, aspartic acid and glutamic acid in soy sauce, alanine and threonine in soy milk and proline in milk and yoghurt.