Fluorometric procedure for determining "lamellar body" phospholipids in the particulate fraction of amniotic fluid after filtration.

Abstract:

:A rapid (30-min) semiautomated continuous-flow procedure is described for use in assessing the phospholipids of the particulate ("lamellar body") fraction of human amniotic fluid. The method is based on measuring the difference in fluorescence of 1,6,-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene added to amniotic fluid before and after micropore filtration. The filtration step removes "lamellar body" particles, which are considered to contain the fetal lung surfactant. The phospholipid values for the filtered particles are independent of background fluorescence, which increases when amniotic fluid is contaminated by bilirubin pigments or blood components. Over a wide range (3-150 mumols/L) the fluorescence increases linearly with the phospholipid concentration of the amniotic fluid. There is a good agreement between the value for particulate "lamellar body" phospholipid, the ratio of the "lamellar body" phospholipids to total amniotic fluid phospholipids, and the lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio.

journal_name

Clin Chem

journal_title

Clinical chemistry

authors

Egberts J,Soederhuizen W,Gebhardt DO

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1983-02-01 00:00:00

pages

362-5

issue

2

eissn

0009-9147

issn

1530-8561

journal_volume

29

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