Evaluation of three minicolumn procedures for measuring hemoglobin A1.

1982 ◽  
Vol 28 (8) ◽  
pp. 1775-1778 ◽  
Author(s):  
G T Hammons ◽  
K Junger ◽  
J M McDonald ◽  
J H Ladenson

Abstract We have evaluated three commercially available column-chromatographic methods (Isolab, Helena, and Bio-Rad) for the determination of "fast" hemoglobin (HbA1). All three methods correlated with HbA1c measurements by "high-performance" liquid chromatography for 121 samples from diabetic patients, with the Isolab method showing the highest correlation (r = 0.921). The Isolab and Helena methods gave results that were linear with proportions of HbA1 as great as 30%; results by the Bio-Rad method were slightly nonlinear at values greater than 15%. The Isolab method showed better within- and between-assay precision (CV) than the other two methods and was considered the simplest to perform by each of four different technologists. We recommend use of the Isolab method over the other two tested and believe that this procedure will be valuable for monitoring long-term glycemic control in diabetic patients.

2011 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 1553-1558 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.M. Lasmar ◽  
M.O. Leite ◽  
L.M. Fonseca ◽  
M.R. Souza ◽  
M.M.O.P. Cerqueira ◽  
...  

High performance liquid chromatography was used in order to detect cheese whey in samples of raw milk preserved with Bronopol®. Six samples were collected and divided in 45 aliquots of 40mL. From these, 15 were used as control and stored frozen, 15 were added with Bronopol® and stored at 7ºC, and the other 15 were added with Bronopol® and stored at 30ºC. In all groups, five levels of cheese whey addition (0, 2, 5, 10, and 20%) were tested. The samples were submitted to high performance liquid chromatography on the 2nd, 4th, and 8th days of storage. A completely random design was used, following the factorial scheme (5x3x3) and the results were compared through the non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test. There was no difference among the treatments (P>0.05), which allows the conclusion that raw milk preserved with Bronopol® may be used for the determination of cheese whey addition in milk through high performance liquid chromatography.


2013 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cécile Renaud ◽  
Jacques Berger ◽  
Arnaud Laillou ◽  
Sylvie Avallone

Vitamin A deficiency is still one of the major public health problems in least developed countries. Fortification of vegetable oils is a strategy implemented worldwide to prevent this deficiency. For a fortification program to be effective, regular monitoring is necessary to control food quality in the producing units. The reference methods for vitamin A quantification are expensive and time-consuming. A rapid method should be useful for regular assessment of vitamin A in the oil industry. A portable device was compared to high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for three plant oils (rapeseed, groundnut, and soya). The device presented a good linearity from 3 to 30 mg retinol equivalents per kg (mg RE.kg- 1). Its limits of detection and quantification were 3 mg RE.kg- 1 for groundnut and rapeseed oils and 4 mg RE.kg- 1 for soya oil. The intra-assay precision ranged from 1.48 % to 3.98 %, considered satisfactory. Accuracy estimated by the root mean squares error ranged from 3.99 to 5.49 and revealed a lower precision than HPLC (0.4 to 2.25). Although it offers less precision than HPLC, the device estimates quickly the vitamin A content of the tested oils from 3 or 4 to 15 mg RE.kg- 1.


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