A Rapid and Specific Ultramicro Method for Total Serum Cholesterol

1962 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 302-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E Bowman ◽  
Richard C Wolf
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Satisfactory Agreement ◽  
Glacial Acetic Acid ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Total Serum Cholesterol ◽  
High Cholesterol ◽  
Absorbance Spectrum ◽  
Human Sera ◽  
Color Reagent ◽  
Acid Reaction

Abstract A modification of the Zak cholesterol reaction is described in which ethanol is substituted for glacial acetic acid. This modification avoids the hazard of purifying glacial acetic acid and also increases the specificity of the reaction by eliminating interference from bromide or iodide salts. The ethanolic reaction has the absorbance spectrum, sensitivity, and stability of the usual acetic acid reaction. A rapid ultramicro method has been developed based on this ethanolic reaction. A 0.01- to 0.05-ml. sample of serum is extracted with 2.5 ml. of ethanol, and a 2.0-ml. aliquot of this extract is reacted directly with 2.0 ml. of a Zak color reagent. Cholesterol concentrations as determined by this procedure and by the Sperry-Webb method showed satisfactory agreement for monkey and human sera, including normal, hemolyzed, high cholesterol, and severely lipemic or jaundiced sera..

Observations on the Zak Cholesterol Reaction: Glacial Acetic Acid Purity, a More Sensitive Absorbance Peak, and Bromide Enhancement

1962 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 296-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E Bowman ◽  
Richard C Wolf
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Glacial Acetic Acid ◽  
Enhancement Effect ◽  
Optimum Conditions ◽  
Absorbance Spectrum ◽  
Iodide Ions ◽  
Color Reagent ◽  
Absorbance Peak

Abstract An examination of the absorbance spectrum of the Zak cholesterol reaction, made with two brands of commercially available reagent-grade glacial acetic acid, showed not only the expected peak at 560 mµ, but an additional, higher peak at about 490 mµ. A specially purified glacial acetic acid did not show this 490 mµ peak. Conversely, increasing the ratio of color reagent to glacial acetic acid from 0.8 to 1.2 (v/v) greatly increased the height of the absorbance peak at 480 mµ and eliminated the 560 mµ peak. Under optimum conditions of time and color-reagent concentrations, the 480 mµ peak affords approximately double the sensitivity for cholesterol as compared to the 560 mµ peak. Finally, it was observed that the reported interference of bromide and iodide ions in the Zak reaction results almost entirely from an enhancement effect on the color by the cholesterol itself, and that the addition of about 100 µg. NaBr per milliliter of glacial acetic acid prior to reaction produced the full enhancement of 50 per cent greater color, and virtually eliminated interference at 560 mµ from additional amounts of bromide or iodide salts.

Improved Colorimetric Determination for Furfural in Citrus Juices

1974 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 332-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard L Dinsmore ◽  
Steven Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Glacial Acetic Acid ◽  
Colorimetric Method ◽  
Color Stability ◽  
Colorimetric Determination ◽  
Acid Reaction ◽  
Citrus Juices

Abstract An improved colorimetric method for furfural in citrus juices, which is based on the well known aniline-acetic acid reaction with furfural (Stenhouse reaction), is described. Addition of SnCl2 and HCl yielded higher intensity and improved color stability. The reagent giving the best results contained 1% SnCl2, 0.6N HCl, and 10% aniline in glacial acetic acid.

scholarly journals Effect of pectin and amidated pectin on cholesterol homeostasis and cecal metabolism in rats fed a high-cholesterol diet

2007 ◽  
pp. 433-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Marounek ◽  
Z Volek ◽  
A Synytsya ◽  
J Čopíková
Keyword(s):  
Relative Weight ◽  
Hdl Cholesterol ◽  
Short Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Cholesterol Homeostasis ◽  
Hepatic Tissue ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Total Serum Cholesterol ◽  
High Cholesterol Diet ◽  
High Cholesterol ◽  
Fecal Content

Two experiments were performed to compare the effect of pectin and its hydrophobic derivatives on homeostasis of cholesterol and cecal metabolism in male young rats. Control rats were fed a diet supplemented with palm fat and cholesterol (50 and 10 g/kg, respectively). Rats of other groups were fed the same diet containing citrus pectin or octadecylpectinamide (60 g/kg). Diets were fed for 4 weeks. In experiment I, pectinamide of lower degree of amidation (30 %) increased serum HDL cholesterol from 1.20 to 1.43 micromol/ml (p>0.05) at the expense of other cholesterol fractions. In experiment II, pectinamide of a higher degree of amidation (53 %) significantly decreased total serum cholesterol from 2.08 to 1.67 micromol/ml. Amidated pectins at both levels of substitution significantly decreased hepatic concentrations of cholesterol and fat. In both experiments the relative weight of cecum in the pectinamide group was significantly lower than in pectin group. The highest cecal concentrations of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) were found in rats fed a diet with pectin (133.2 and 129.3 micromol/g in experiment I and II, respectively). In other groups, cecal SCFA was significantly (pectinamide groups) or non-significantly (controls) lower. In wet feces, SCFA concentrations were higher and butyrate molar proportions lower than in corresponding cecal contents. Pectinamide of a lower or higher degree of substitution significantly increased fecal content of cholesterol from 18.5 and 17.3 micromol/g in controls to 31.8 and 28.0 micromol/g, respectively. Corresponding concentrations of coprostanol were decreased. Effects of pectin on cholesterol homeostasis were absent or marginal. Histological examination revealed that hepatic tissue of control and pectin-fed rats was infiltrated with lipids. The Sudan black-positive material was absent in the liver of rats fed pectinamides. No pathological changes of liver tissue were apparent. In summary, hydrophobic amidated pectins significantly altered cholesterol homeostasis in rats and might be considered as a clinically effective hypocholesterolemic agent. Low cecal SCFA concentrations in rats fed pectinamides suggest that amidation of pectin had decreased its fermentability.

scholarly journals Myricitrin exhibits anti-atherosclerotic and anti-hyperlipidemic effects in diet-induced hypercholesterolemic rats

AMB Express ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Gao ◽  
Cuicui Liu ◽  
Heping Zhang ◽  
Zhen Sun ◽  
Rongmei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Positive Control ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Total Serum Cholesterol ◽  
High Cholesterol Diet ◽  
Food Control ◽  
High Cholesterol ◽  
Wall Area

AbstractThe present study investigated the anti-atherosclerotic potential of myricitrin in hypercholesterolemic rats. Rats were divided into the following groups: sham (standard food), control [1% high-cholesterol diet (HCD)], 1 μM myricitrin + 1% HCD, 10 μM myricitrin + 1% HCD, 100 μM myricitrin + 1% HCD, and the positive control (10 mg/kg body weight atorvastatin). The dose was given to rats via oral gavage for 45 consecutive days. Feeding of rats with 1% HCD caused substantial increases in the levels of LDL, cholesterol, and triglycerides (TG), while high-density lipoprotein (HDL) was reduced. However, rats supplemented with myricitrin had reduced levels of cholesterol, LDL, and TG to near-normal levels, whereas HDL was increased. Catalase, superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (Gpx), and reduced glutathione (GSH) levels were substantially reduced in the HCD-fed rats compared with sham rats. However, the rats supplemented with 100 μM myricitrin showed > 50% increases in these levels. Lipid peroxidation and reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels were reduced following myricitrin treatment. The aortic cell wall area was significantly increased by 14.5% in HCD-fed rats. However, rats supplemented with 1, 10, and 100 μM myricitrin showed significant reductions in the aortic cell wall area of 2.3%, 4%, and 27.5%, respectively. This is the first report of the anti-atherosclerotic and hypolipidemic effects of myricitrin in hypercholesterolemic rats. Myricitrin decreased the level of total serum cholesterol and the role of aortic atherosclerosis in hypercholesterolemic rats.

Synthesis and Caracterization of some New 1H-3-aryl-7-etoxycarbonyl-6-methyl-pyrazolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazoles

2008 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-44
Author(s):  
Maria-Daniela Sofei ◽  
Maria Ilici ◽  
Valentin Badea ◽  
Carol Csunderlik ◽  
Vasile-Nicolae Bercean
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Nmr Spectroscopy ◽  
Sodium Acetate ◽  
Glacial Acetic Acid ◽  
Ir And Nmr Spectroscopy

The synthesis of 1H-3-aryl-7-ethoxycarbonyl-6-methyl-pyrazolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazoles (2) was carried out by cyclization of 1H-5-arylidenehydrazino-4-ethoxycarbonyl-3-methyl-pyrazoles (1) in the presence of bromine using glacial acetic acid as solvent and sodium acetate as base. The new nine obtained compounds were characterized by IR and NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.

Coordination state of cobalt(II) ions in solution and on a sulphonated organic polymer

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 2330-2337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jindřiška Maternová ◽  
Anastas A. Andreev ◽  
Dimitrii M. Shopov ◽  
Karel Setínek
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Coordination Sphere ◽  
Glacial Acetic Acid ◽  
Organic Polymer ◽  
Octahedral Complex ◽  
Coordination State ◽  
Tetrahedral Symmetry ◽  
Liquid Acid ◽  
Homogeneous Phase ◽  
Bromide Ion

It was found spectroscopically that cobalt(II) acetate dissolved in glacial acetic acid forms the octahedral complex [Co(OAc)2(HOAc)4] which in the presence of bromide ions gives the octahedral [Co(OAc)Br(HOAc)4] and tetrahedral bromo(acetate)cobalt(II) complexes with the higher number of Br- ions. When attached to an organic polymer cobalt(II) ions are bonded in the form of octahedral [Co(H2O)6]2+ cations which form with acetic acid similar complexes as in homogeneous phase and are able to coordinate one bromide ion. Drying the copolymer possessing octahedral hexaaquocobalt(II) cations leads to tetrahedral aquocomplexes which are solvated by gaseous acetic acid and converted into the acetate complexes with the liquid acid. The latter contain the acid in the inner coordination sphere and have tetrahedral symmetry.

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