We developed a continuous spectrofluorimetric assay of lysoplasmalogenase activity with the use of horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase as a coupling enzyme. In this method the disappearance of NADH is measured spectrofluorimetrically. The excitation and emission monochromators were set at 340 and 460 nm respectively. The assay is 10 times as sensitive as the previous u.v. spectrophotometric metho...

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. I...

Two simple spectrophotometric methods have been developed for the determination of Cefuroxime Axetil in bulk drug and its tablet formulation. Method I is a simple UV spectrophotometric method. In this method the simple UV spectrum of Cefuroxime Axetil in 0.1 N HCl was obtained which exhibits absorption maxima (λ max) at 281 nm. Calibration curve was prepared by plotting the absorbance vs. conce...

The need to improve pharmacopoeial approaches the standardization of medicinal plant raw materials (MPRMs) and herbal products (HMPs), ensure implementation principle «cross-cutting» in series «medicinal material – phyto-substance product» determine relevance developing new, more rational analysis objects origin. purpose research was theoretical experimental substantiation use reference develop...

A sensitive and specific automatic bioluminescent method is described for glucose determination in serum samples using commercially available reagent-kits. The Boehringer Gluco-quant kit, originally designed for spectrophotometric measurement, was successfully coupled to the bacterial luciferase NAD(P)H-linked system. The method's validity was proven by comparison with a spectrophotometric meth...

The binding of antibiotics to plasma (serum) proteins through hydrogen bonding can significantly influence the biological characteristics of these drugs. A rapid spectrophotometric assay has been developed that measures the level of free (unbound) penem antibiotic in serum ultrafiltrates. Whole human serum was adjusted to a standard concentration of antibiotic and then filtered by centrifugatio...

Serum bromide has been used in the past to measure extracellular fluid volume in infants. In this report, a modification and refinement of a previously described spectrophotometric assay suitable for determining bromide levels in blood is presented. The assay involves sample deproteinization with perchloric acid followed by spectrophotometric analysis of the complexes formed by the reaction bet...

A comparison of a matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometric (MALDI-TOF MS) meropenem hydrolysis assay with the Carba NP test showed that both methods exhibited low sensitivity (approximately 76%), mainly due to the false-negative results obtained with OXA-48-type producers. The addition of NH4HCO3 to the reaction buffer for the MALDI-TOF MS assay dramatically...

The use of inert markers in broiler diets eliminates the need to quantitatively evaluate feed intake and excreta output to determine diet digestibility, and enables nutrient uptake at specific points along the gastrointestinal tract to be examined. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is commonly used for this purpose and measured using a UV-spectrophotometric assay. Two experiments were conducted to observ...