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Analysis of α-lipoprotein cholesterol in 50 μl of plasma

Year: 1974

Type: article

Abstract: A micromethod for quantitation of alpha-lipoprotein cholesterol was devised for gas-liquid chromatography to minimize plasma sample size and facilitate lipid studies using capillary blood from children or small animals. alpha-Lipoprotein cholesterol was measured by gas-liquid chromatography in 20 micro l of the centrifuged supernate obtained after addition of 5 micro l of mixed heparin-manganese chloride solution 1:1 (v/v) to 50 micro l of plasma. Comparison of venous alpha-lipoprotein cholesterol measured by gas-liquid chromatography with venous alpha-lipoprotein cholesterol measured by conventional heparin-manganese precipitation and ferric chloride (colorimetric) cholesterol determination gave a correlation coefficient of 0.98 for 80 plasma samples. Capillary alpha-lipoprotein cholesterol and venous alpha-lipoprotein cholesterol were closely correlated in 31 patients (r = 0.97).

Source: Journal of Lipid Research

DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)36763-8