TY - JOUR
T1 - A colorimetric method for the estimation of serum glycated proteins based on differential reduction of free and bound glucose by sodium borohydride
AU - Kumar, Anuradha
AU - Rao, Pragna
AU - Pattabiraman, T. N.
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - A new colorimetric method based on the phenol-sulfuric acid reaction is described for the estimation of serum glycated proteins by the differential reduction of free glucose and hexose bound nonenzymatically with 2.0 and 20 mg of NaBH4 in 0.02 ml of serum, respectively, at room temperature for 15 min. The values (μg hexose/mg protein) in control subjects (n = 60) and diabetics (n = 90) were estimated to be 5.60 ± 0.85 and 10.8 ± 1.6, respectively. The increase was highly significant (P < 0.001) in diabetics. The serum glycated protein levels correlate well with fasting blood sugar values (r = 0.77, P < 0.001, n = 25). There was also a highly significant correlation between glycated protein level and glycated albumin value in individual serum samples (r = 0.85, P < 0.001, n = 25). Values of borohydride reducible glyco-groups bound to serum proteins also correlated well with serum glycated protein levels (r = 0.96, p < 0.001, n = 20) determined by the thiobarbituric acid assay method. The method is found to be simple and rapid, with a coefficient of variations of ±3.8%.
AB - A new colorimetric method based on the phenol-sulfuric acid reaction is described for the estimation of serum glycated proteins by the differential reduction of free glucose and hexose bound nonenzymatically with 2.0 and 20 mg of NaBH4 in 0.02 ml of serum, respectively, at room temperature for 15 min. The values (μg hexose/mg protein) in control subjects (n = 60) and diabetics (n = 90) were estimated to be 5.60 ± 0.85 and 10.8 ± 1.6, respectively. The increase was highly significant (P < 0.001) in diabetics. The serum glycated protein levels correlate well with fasting blood sugar values (r = 0.77, P < 0.001, n = 25). There was also a highly significant correlation between glycated protein level and glycated albumin value in individual serum samples (r = 0.85, P < 0.001, n = 25). Values of borohydride reducible glyco-groups bound to serum proteins also correlated well with serum glycated protein levels (r = 0.96, p < 0.001, n = 20) determined by the thiobarbituric acid assay method. The method is found to be simple and rapid, with a coefficient of variations of ±3.8%.
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U2 - 10.1016/0885-4505(88)90089-8
DO - 10.1016/0885-4505(88)90089-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 3395510
AN - SCOPUS:0023952011
SN - 0885-4505
VL - 39
SP - 296
EP - 304
JO - Biochemical Medicine and Metabolic Biology
JF - Biochemical Medicine and Metabolic Biology
IS - 3
ER -