scholarly journals A new, Modern, COST-Saving micro/macro method for the determination of serum fructosamine

2000 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klára Oppel ◽  
L. Bárdos ◽  
A. Ferencz ◽  
Hajnalka Lakner ◽  
Judit Simon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetic Control ◽  
Test Tube ◽  
Farm Animals ◽  
Human Blood Plasma ◽  
Plasma Samples ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Serum Fructosamine ◽  
One Year ◽  
Manual Test

Serum/plasma fructosamine (SeFa) concentration is a reliable indicator used in human diabetic control. Tests for monitoring the carbohydrate/energy metabolism of (farm) animals are less commonly performed in veterinary laboratories, since most of the reliable determinations, both automated and manual, are relatively expensive. The aim of this study was to develop a precise, money- (and time-) saving automated micro method for measuring SeFa. ELISA microplates (20 µL samples and 200 µL reagents) and an automatic microplate autoreader were used. The classical nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) stain reagent solution of Johnson et al. (1982) was modified using a SIGMA reagent to render it stable for up to one year. SeFa concentrations measured by the new method in 30 human blood plasma samples were compared with values obtained by the standard (generally used) LaRoche kit procedure. Fifteen cow, 13 dog and 18 chicken plasma samples were assayed by the new automated ‘micro’ method as well as by the manual test tube ‘macro’ method commonly used earlier. The modified reagent was applied for both methods. The coefficient of correlation (r) between the results obtained by the two methods was consistently between 0.94 and 0.98 (p < 0.001).

scholarly journals A simple electroelution method for rapid protein purification: isolation and antibody production of alpha toxin fromClostridium septicum

PeerJ ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. e3407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorena Vázquez-Iglesias ◽  
Borja Estefanell-Ucha ◽  
Leticia Barcia-Castro ◽  
María Páez de la Cadena ◽  
Paula Álvarez-Chaver ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Purification ◽  
Polyclonal Antibodies ◽  
Clinical Intervention ◽  
Farm Animals ◽  
Alpha Toxin ◽  
Slot Blot ◽  
Clostridium Septicum ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Specific Antibodies

Clostridium septicumproduces a number of diseases in human and farm animals which, in most of the cases, are fatal without clinical intervention. Alpha toxin is an important agent and the unique lethal virulent factor produced byClostridium septicum.This toxin is haemolytic, highly lethal and necrotizing activities but is being used as an antigen to develop animal vaccines. The aim of this study was to isolate the alpha toxin ofClostridium septicumand produce highly specific antibodies against it. In this work, we have developed a simple and efficient method for alpha toxin purification, based on electroelution that can be used as a time-saving method for purifying proteins. This technique avoids contamination by other proteins that could appear during other protein purification techniques such chromatography. The highly purified toxin was used to produce polyclonal antibodies. The specificity of the antibodies was tested by western blot and these antibodies can be applied to the quantitative determination of alpha toxin by slot blot.

Salt saturated single-drop microextraction of malondialdehyde from human plasma before its determination by gas chromatography

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 2456-2462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid Mirmoghaddam ◽  
Massoud Kaykhaii ◽  
Mohammad Hashemi
Keyword(s):  
Gas Chromatography ◽  
Human Blood ◽  
Reliable Method ◽  
Human Blood Plasma ◽  
Flame Ionization Detection ◽  
Plasma Samples ◽  
Single Drop ◽  
Flame Ionization ◽  
Single Drop Microextraction

A fast, simple and reliable method was introduced and developed for the determination of malondialdehyde (MDA) in human blood plasma samples based on the salt saturated single drop microextraction (SS-SDME) followed by gas chromatography/flame ionization detection.

Determination of serum fPLI concentrations in cats with diabetes mellitus

2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 480-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaiza Forcada ◽  
Alexander J. German ◽  
Peter J.M. Noble ◽  
Joerg M. Steiner ◽  
Jan S. Suchodolski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Pancreatic Lipase ◽  
Elevated Serum ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Diabetic Control ◽  
Poor Control ◽  
Specific Test ◽  
Weak Association ◽  
Serum Fructosamine

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common feline endocrinopathies. Pancreatitis is a reported cause for poor control of DM in cats; however, its prevalence in diabetic cats is unknown. Measurement of serum feline pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (fPLI) has been proposed as a sensitive and specific test for the detection of pancreatitis in cats. The aim of this study was to assess fPLI concentrations in diabetic cats and compare these with non-diabetic cats of similar age. Samples from 29 cats with DM and 23 non-diabetic cats were analysed. Serum fPLI concentrations were significantly higher in samples from diabetic cats ( P<0.01). A weak association was found between serum fructosamine and fPLI concentrations ( R2=0.355, P=0.015), but there was no association between fPLI concentrations and the degree of diabetic control. There were no significant differences in reported clinical signs between cats with or without DM regardless of serum fPLI concentration. This is the first study to demonstrate elevated serum fPLI concentrations in cats with DM, suggesting that pancreatitis could be a significant comorbidity in these cats.

Simultaneous determination of CRP and D-dimer in human blood plasma samples with White Light Reflectance Spectroscopy

2016 ◽  
Vol 84 ◽  
pp. 89-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgios Koukouvinos ◽  
Panagiota Petrou ◽  
Konstantinos Misiakos ◽  
Dimitris Drygiannakis ◽  
Ioannis Raptis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Plasma ◽  
Simultaneous Determination ◽  
Human Blood ◽  
White Light ◽  
Reflectance Spectroscopy ◽  
Human Blood Plasma ◽  
Plasma Samples ◽  
Light Reflectance ◽  
D Dimer

DETERMINATION OF AFTER-RIPENING PERIOD AND HORMONAL RESPONSE OF OROBANCHE SOLMSII C.D. CLARKE SEEDS

1970 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bista ◽  
G. B. Khattri ◽  
B. D. Acharya ◽  
S. C. Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Growth Hormone ◽  
Seed Germination ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Incubation Period ◽  
Seed Set ◽  
Summer Season ◽  
Conditioning Period ◽  
Root Parasite ◽  
One Year

To find out the ability of Orobanche seeds to germinate immediately after seed set, seeds were germinated periodically at an interval of three months for one year in GR24. Some Orobanche seeds were capable of germination immediately after seed set but most required about nine months as after ripening or incubation period to be able to germinate. The phenomenon of after ripening in Orobanche seeds could be taken as an ecological measure to dormant over following unfavorable wet summer season. The growth hormone studies on Orobanche seed germination have shown that GA3 at a concentration of 100 ppm substantially enhanced seed germination when applied during pre-conditioning period. NAA showed some stimulatory effect at 0.5 - 1.0 ppm when applied during post-conditioning period but the hormone if applied during pre-conditioning period inhibited the germination. Kinetin failed to stimulate the germination at all the concentrations tested. Key words: Germination, root-parasite, hormone. Ecoprint Vol.11(1) 2004.

LC–MS/MS Determination of Apigenin in Rat Plasma and Application to Pharmacokinetic Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shixing Zhu ◽  
Jiayuan Zhang ◽  
Zhihua Lv ◽  
Mingming Yu
Keyword(s):  
Formic Acid ◽  
Pharmacokinetic Study ◽  
Ammonium Acetate ◽  
Rat Plasma ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Plasma Samples ◽  
Supply Rate ◽  
Natural Plant ◽  
Ammonium Acetate Buffer

Background: Apigenin, a natural plant flavone, has been shown to possess a variety of biological properties. Objective: In this report, a highly selective and sensitive LC-MS/MS method was developed and validated for the determination of apigenin in rat plasma. Methods: Analysts were separated on the HSS T3 column (1.8 μm 2.1×100 mm) using acetonitrile and 0.1% formic acid in 2 mM ammonium acetate buffer at a supply rate of 0.200 mL/min as eluent in gradient model. Results: Plasma samples were treated by protein precipitation using acetonitrile for the recovery ranging from 86.5% to 90.1% for apigenin. The calibration curves followed linearity in the concentration range of 0.50-500 ng/mL. The inter-day and intra-day precisions at different QC levels within 13.1% and the accuracies ranged from -10.6% to 8.6%. Conclusion: The assay has been successfully applied to the pharmacokinetic study of apigenin in rats.

Development of an HPLC-UV Method for Quantification of Stattic

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 568-573
Author(s):  
Soheil Sedaghat ◽  
Ommoleila Molavi ◽  
Akram Faridi ◽  
Ali Shayanfar ◽  
Mohammad Reza Rashidi
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Accurate Method ◽  
Plasma Samples ◽  
Promising Target ◽  
Relative Standard ◽  
Dimerization Inhibitor ◽  
Oncogenic Protein ◽  
First Time ◽  
Transcription 3

Background: Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), an oncogenic protein found constitutively active in many types of human malignancies, is considered to be a promising target for cancer therapy. Objective: In this study for the first time, a simple and accurate method has been developed for the determination of a STAT3 dimerization inhibitor called stattic in aqueous and plasma samples. Methods: A reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) composed of C18 column as stationary phase, and the mixture of acetonitrile (60%) and water (40%) as mobile phase with a UV detection at 215 nm were applied for quantification of stattic. The developed method was validated by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guideline. Results: The method provided a linear range between 1-40 and 2.5-40 µg mL-1 for aqueous and plasma samples, respectively, with a correlation coefficient of 0.999. The accuracy (as recovery) of the developed method was found to be between 95-105% for aqueous medium and 85-115% for plasma samples. The precision (as relative standard deviation) for aqueous and plasma samples was less than 6% and 15%, respectively. The sensitivity of the developed method based on FDA guideline was 1 µg mL-1 for aqueous and 2.5 µg mL-1 for plasma samples. Conclusion: These results show that the established method is a fast and accurate quantification for stattic in aqueous and plasma samples.

Eco-friendly spectrophotometric methods for assessment of alfuzosin and solifenacin in their new pharmaceutical formulation; Green profile evaluation via eco-scale and GAPI tools

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamdouh R. Rezk ◽  
Mina Wadie ◽  
Soheir A. Weshahy ◽  
Mahmoud A. Tantawy
Keyword(s):  
Minor Component ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Prostate Hyperplasia ◽  
Spectrophotometric Methods ◽  
Ratio Difference ◽  
Ich Guidelines ◽  
Mean Centering ◽  
Benign Prostate ◽  
Urological Diseases

Background: Alfuzosin is recently co-formulated with solifenacin for relieving two coincident urological diseases, namely; benign prostate hyperplasia and overactive bladder Objective: Herein, green, simple and rapid spectrophotometric methods were firstly developed for simultaneous determination of the two cited drugs in their co-formulated pharmaceutical capsule Methods: Alfuzosin, which is the major component in the dosage form, was directly assayed at its extended wavelength at 330.0 nm. The challenging spectrum of the minor component, solifenacin, was resolved by five spectrophotometric methods, namely; dual wavelength (DW) at 210.0 & 230.0 nm, first derivative (1D) at 222.0 nm, ratio difference (RD) at 217.0 - 271.0 nm , derivative ratio (1DD) at 223.0 and mean centering of ratio spectra (MC) at 217.0 nm Results: The Proposed methods were successfully validated as per ICH guidelines. Alfuzosin showed linearity over the range of 4.0 - 70.0 μg/mL, while that of solifenacin were 4.0 - 50.0 μg/mL for DW, 2.0 - 70.0 μg/mL for 1D and RD methods, 1.0 - 70.0 μg/mL for 1DD and 4.0 - 70.0 μg/mL for MC method. Statistical comparison with their official ones showed no noticeable differences. The methods showed good applicability for assaying drugs in their newly combination. Besides eco-scale, the greenness profile of the methods was assessed and compared with the reported spectrophotometric one via the newest metric tool; green analytical procedure index (GAPI). Conclusions: The proposed methods are superior in not only being smart, accurate, selective, robust and time-saving, but also in using distilled water as an eco-friendly and cheap solvent

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