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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
We describe a specific enzymatic spectrophotometric method for ascorbic acid in serum or plasma. Samples are analyzed indirectly by measuring the absorbance at 593 nm of a reaction product, a complex of ferrous ion and 2,4,6-tris(2-pyridyl)-s-triazine (Fe2+-TPTZ). This product is formed by reduction of the corresponding ferric ion complex (Fe3+-TPTZ), which is nonspecifically reduced by various biological reducing agents under acidic conditions. Ascorbic acid is specifically quantified by pretreating one of a pair of replicate samples with ascorbate oxidase (EC 1.10.3.3), to oxidize the ascorbic acid, then reacting both samples with Fe3+-TPTZ and measuring the difference between the absorbances at 593 nm of the treated and untreated samples. This difference is linearly related to ascorbic acid concentrations from 10 to 100 mg/L. Ten repeat determinations of a serum pool with added ascorbic acid yielded a CV of 2.8% and a mean of 47.2 mg/L. The correlation (r) between the proposed method and the dinitrophenylhydrazine method was 0.93 for 32 samples analyzed by both methods. The present method is specific for ascorbic acid and requires no deproteinization.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0009-9147
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2225-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Specific spectrophotometry of ascorbic acid in serum or plasma by use of ascorbate oxidase.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article