Abstract:
:We describe a new, specific, quantitative method for fecal blood, based on conversion of nonfluorescing heme to fluorescing porphyrins, that obviates serious deficiencies inherent in currently used tests. A two-reagent system is used to determine the two hemoglobin-related fractions that are found in feces. The hot citric acid extract includes only the variable fraction of porphyrins that have been preformed from heme in the intestinal tract; this often is the major fraction. Total hemoglobin is indirectly determined by reaction with heated oxalic acid:FeSO4 reagent, which converts the remaining heme to porphyrin without loss of the preformed porphyrins. A three-step purification procedure eliminates interfering materials. Analytical recovery of added hemoglobin is linearly related to concentration over a several-thousand-fold range. The assay is equally applicable to whole blood or to sub-microgram amounts of hemoglobin in the 8-mg (wet weight) fecal sample tested. Quality control by liquid chromatographic and fluorometric analysis documents fluorescence specificity of the heme-derived porphyrins.
journal_name
Clin Chemjournal_title
Clinical chemistryauthors
Schwartz S,Dahl J,Ellefson M,Ahlquist Dsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1983-12-01 00:00:00pages
2061-7issue
12eissn
0009-9147issn
1530-8561journal_volume
29pub_type
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doi:
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doi:
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doi:
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doi:
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doi:
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doi:
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doi:
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doi:
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