An Improved Quantitative Assay of Glycogen in Erythrocytes

2002 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 612-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ichitomo Miwa ◽  
Sakiko Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Determination ◽  
Healthy Volunteers ◽  
Perchloric Acid ◽  
Healthy Subjects ◽  
Glycogen Content ◽  
Enzymatic Method ◽  
Freezing And Thawing ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Mean

Background Current methods for the quantitative determination of glycogen in erythrocytes are unsatisfactory. Methods Erythrocytes were deproteinized with perchloric acid either after haemolysing by freezing and thawing twice or without freezing and thawing, and the glycogen content was determined by an enzymatic method. Results Freezing and thawing resulted in a significantly higher glycogen content, and the recovery of added glycogen using this method was nearly 100%. The mean erythrocyte glycogen content in healthy volunteers ( n=17) was 69·5 μg/g haemoglobin, a value much higher than the previously reported values in healthy subjects. Conclusion Freezing and thawing improves the assay of erythrocyte glycogen.

scholarly journals The use of a neck brace does not influence visual vertical perception

2011 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha Funabashi ◽  
Natya N.L. Silva ◽  
Luciana M. Watanabe ◽  
Taiza E.G Santos-Pontelli ◽  
José Fernando Colafêmina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Volunteers ◽  
Healthy Subjects ◽  
Afferent Input ◽  
Subjective Visual Vertical ◽  
Sensory Receptors ◽  
Ocular Torsion ◽  
Vertical Orientation ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Visual Vertical ◽  
The Mean

Subjective visual vertical (SVV) evaluates the individual's capacity to determine the vertical orientation. Using a neck brace (NB) allow volunteers' heads fixation to reduce cephalic tilt during the exam, preventing compensatory ocular torsion and erroneous influence on SVV result. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the influence of somatosensory inputs caused by a NB on the SVV. METHOD: Thirty healthy volunteers performed static and dynamic SVV: six measures with and six without the NB. RESULTS: The mean values for static SVV were -0.075º±1.15º without NB and -0.372º±1.21º with NB. For dynamic SVV in clockwise direction were 1.73º±2.31º without NB and 1.53º±1.80º with NB. For dynamic SVV in counterclockwise direction was -1.50º±2.44º without NB and -1.11º±2.46º with NB. Differences between measurements with and without the NB were not statistically significant. CONCLUSION: Although the neck has many sensory receptors, the use of a NB does not provide sufficient afferent input to change healthy subjects' perception of visual verticality.

Fluorometric and Spectrophotometric Determination of Pirbuterol Hydrochloride in Authentic and Dosage Forms

1985 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 1222-1225
Author(s):  
Mohamed E Mohamed ◽  
Hassan Y Aboul-Enein
Keyword(s):  
Potentiometric Titration ◽  
Alkaline Medium ◽  
Spectrophotometric Determination ◽  
Fluorescence Intensity ◽  
Perchloric Acid ◽  
Authentic Sample ◽  
Dosage Forms ◽  
Fluorometric Method ◽  
The Mean

Abstract Pirbuterol hydrochloride has been assayed in alkaline medium by using a fluorometric method to measure fluorescence intensity at 372 nm with excitation at 310 nm and by the ▵A method at 242 nm.The linearity ranges are 0.5-4 μg/mL and 10-50 μg/mL, respectively. An authentic pirbuterol HC1 sample was analyzed by nonaqueous potentiometric titration using 0.1N perchloric acid, and the results were compared with those for fluorometric and AA methods. The mean percent recoveries for the authentic sample were 98.72 ± 1.13 and 99.24 ± 0.85, respectively. When applied to commercial capsules containing 10 mg and 15 mg each, the fluorometric method gave mean percent recoveries of 101.11 ± 1.05 and 98.12 ± 0.93; the ▵A method gave mean percent recoveries of 100.57 ± 0.83 and 97.80 ± 0.75, respectively.

scholarly journals Solid-Phase Extraction and Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectrometric Determination of Capsaicin and Some of Its Analogues from Chili Peppers (Capsicum spp.)

1999 ◽  
Vol 82 (6) ◽  
pp. 1399-1405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philemon Manirakiza ◽  
Adrian Covaci ◽  
Paul Schepens
Keyword(s):  
Gas Chromatography ◽  
Quantitative Determination ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Accurate Method ◽  
Mass Spectrometric ◽  
Phase Extraction ◽  
Capsicum Spp ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Chili Peppers

Abstract A rapid and accurate method has been developed for the quantitative determination of capsaicin and its most important analogues, dihydrocapsaicin and nordihydrocapsaicin in chili peppers. These components were extracted with methylene chlo ride and separated from interfering substances with activated charcoal. Further cleanup on Florisil cartridges and elution with ethyl acetate were performed before gas chromatographic with mass spectrometric quantitation. The concentrations found were 440 ± 64 μg/g capsaicin, 81 ± 10 μg/g dihydrocapsaicin, and 11 ± 2 μg/g nordihydrocapsaicin. The mean recovery values for triplicate analysis were between 85-94%.

The Determination of Iodine in Biologic Material

1964 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 799-823 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Hoch ◽  
S L Sinnett ◽  
T H McGavack
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Sulfate Reduction ◽  
Perchloric Acid ◽  
Healthy Subjects ◽  
Test Sample ◽  
Chloric Acid ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Acid Digestion ◽  
Reduction Test

Abstract The chloric acid digestion of serum, followed by the ceric sulfate reduction test for iodine has been shown to give results reproducible to within ± 0.00035 µg. iodine per test sample (1) if the entire digestion tubes are kept hot during the combustion step so that products of incomplete oxidation are vaporized, (2) if the perchloric acid and sulfuric acid concentrations in the final digest are adjusted to 1.64 normal (16.5%) and 0.37 normal, respectively, (3) if attention is paid to the order of addition of the reagents, and (4) if the arsenite reagent is added within a fraction of a second. The method gave values for total serum iodine in 20 healthy subjects between 5 and 10.5 µg./100 ml.

New spectrophotometric method for the determination of hemoglobin A1 compared with a microcolumn technique.

1982 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
O Wålinder ◽  
G Ronquist ◽  
P J Fager
Keyword(s):  
Phytic Acid ◽  
Spectrophotometric Method ◽  
Healthy Subjects ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Glycosylated Hemoglobin ◽  
Standard Curve ◽  
Sugar Moiety ◽  
Hemoglobin A1 ◽  
The Mean

Abstract We compared a spectrophotometric kit method (Glycospec) for determination of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1) with a microcolumn kit method (Bio-Rad). The Glycospec method is based on the change in absorbance when phytic acid binds to hemoglobin A. With glycosylated hemoglobin there is no such change because the binding is blocked by the sugar moiety. Inter-assay CVs were 2-6% for both methods. In healthy subjects the mean (+/- SD) value for HbAl was about 1% higher with the spectrophotometric than the microcolumn method. For samples from 122 diabetics the correlation between values for HbAl obtained with the two methods was acceptable (r = 0.89), although the spectrophotometric technique yielded 2-4% higher values, a difference at least partly due to the absence of 2,3-diphosphoglycerate from the spectrophotometric standards. Adding 1.8 mmol of it per liter to these standards caused displacement of the standard curve; HbAl values then agreed well with those of the microcolumn method. The spectrophotometric procedure is easily automated, and therefore is well suited for large-scale analyses if problems with standards and calibration can be solved.

Regulatory Agency Acceptance of the Interpretation of the Freezing Point Value of Milk as Part of the Official Thermistor Cryoscopic Method

1970 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 539-542
Author(s):  
R W Henningson
Keyword(s):  
Milk Sample ◽  
North American ◽  
Freezing Point ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
A Value ◽  
Added Water ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract A 1968 North American authentic milk sample survey determined that the mean freezing point value of milk is –0.5404°C. Statistical concepts permit the calculation of a value, –0.525°C, 2.326 standard deviations from a mean with 95% confidence that 99% of all subsequent observations will be below the value. Based on this survey, it was recommended that the Interpretation of the freezing point value of milk be made a part of the official final action thermistor cryoscopic method for the determination of the freezing point value of milk, and include the following: an upper limit for the freezing point value of milk, an official definition of an authentic milk sample, and a logical procedure for the confirmation of added water. A copy of the report and an explanatory letter were sent to approximately 100 North American regulatory agencies. Reports were received from 49 regulatory agencies with 39 favoring the recommendations, 6 opposing the recommendations, and 4 having no opinion. It is recommended that the Interpretation of the freezing point of milk be included in both the thermistor cryoscopic and the Hortvet methods.

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