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CARBOHYDRATES: GLUCOSE MEASUREMENT

Chemical Methods
A. Copper Reduction
Folin-Wu Cu+ + Phosphomolybdic acid  Phosphomolybdenum Blue
Nelson-Somogyi Cu+ + Arsenomolybdic acid  Arsenomolybdenum Blue
Neocuproine Cu+ + Neocuproine  Cu- neocuproine complex Yellow - orange
B. Ferric Reduction
aka. Hagedorn- Jensen Ferric cyanide  ferrocyanide colorless
(Yellow-orange)

C. Condensation
aka. Dubowski Reaction Glucose + o-toluidine  Schiff’s base Green
LIPIDS: PLASMA LIPID ANALYSIS

Analytical Methods
A. Cholesterol
Chemical Methods
 Saponification S- KOH
 Extraction E- Bloor’s Reagent
 Purification P- Digitonin
 Color development C- H2SO4 (Sulfuric Acid) and acetic acid

 Acetic Anhydride (Lieberman Burchard) Green

 Ferric Chloride (Salkowski Method) Red


*Modified Abell-Kendal Method S- Alcoholic KOH
E- N-hexane
P- Digitonin Green
C- Acetic Anhydride (Lieberman Burchard)
B. Triglycerides
Chemical Methods
Triglyceride + H2O  glycerol + 3 fatty Acids
1. Colorimetric Van Handel and Zilversmit Original - Blue
Modified- Pink
2. Fluorometric Hantzsch Yellow Lutidine
Compound

NON- PROTEIN NITROGEN

Analytical Methods
Chemical Methods
Urea
Chemical Method Diacetyl monoxime + H2O  diacetyl + Yellow
aka. Fearon Method hydroxylamine
Diacetyl monoxime method
Direct Method Diacetyl + urea  Diazine
Creatinine
Chemical (Jaffe Method) Creatinine + alkaline picrate  red-orange tautomer Red-orange
(Janovski Complex)

*Don’t forget to study techniques to improve the specificity of this method

Uric Acid
Chemical
(Phosphotungstic Acid Method)

 Caraway Method Blue (tungsten)


(Henry, Caraway, Archibald) Uric acid +H3 PW12 O40 + O2  allontoin + tungsten +
CO2
 Newton, Folin, Method
Ammonia
A. Potentiometric Measurement of pH change as NH3 diffuses through IDMS or Ammonia
a selective membrane selective Electrode
B. Colorimetric
 B 1.1 Indicator dye NH3 + bromphenol blue  blue dye Blue
 B 1.2 Nesslerization NH4++ K2 (HgI4)  dimercuric ammonium iodide Yellow  orange
 B 1.3 Berthelot NH4+ + NaOCI + phenol  indophenol Blue
BILIRUBIN DETERMINATION
A. Colorimetric-Spectrophotometric
Evelyn-Malloy Jendrassik-Grof
Reagents Diazo reaction (0.1% sulfanilic acid, Diazo reagent, Sodium acetate,
0.5% sodium nitrite) ascorbic acid, alkaline titrate buffer
Accelerator/ Solubilizer Methanol Caffeine/ Caffeine Sodium Benzoate
pH of the reaction Acid Alkaline
Color reaction Red-purple Blue
Absorbance maximum 560 nm 600 nm
B. Direct spectrophotometric 450 nm

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