Improved biuret procedure for routine determination of urinary total proteins in clinical proteinuria.

Abstract:

:This communication describes and evaluates an improved routine methodology for quantitating clinical proteinuria. Based on investigations of Piscator and of Savory et al., a modified Tsuchiya's reagent (ethanolic HCI-phosphotungstic acid) is used to precipitate proteins at 56 degrees C, followed by biuret spectrophotometry at 540 nm. The accuracy of the proposed procedure was assessed by comparisons with results obtained by using an ultrafiltration membrane that retains solutes with an average molecular weight in excess of 10 000 for separating of urinary proteins before they are measured with the biuret reaction. Precision of the method (coefficient of variation) is typically 2-3%.

journal_name

Clin Chem

journal_title

Clinical chemistry

authors

Rice EW

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1975-03-01 00:00:00

pages

398-401

issue

3

eissn

0009-9147

issn

1530-8561

journal_volume

21

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