Simplified determination of urinary delta-aminolevulinic acid in a wide range of concentrations.
We describe a simple method for measuring delta-aminole-vulinic acid in urine without the need for the seldom-used but time-consuming internal-standard addition step. It combines the analytical procedure described by Tomokuni and Ogata [Clin. Chem. 18, 1534 (1972)] and a correction based on urine density to obtain, more rapidly and less expensively, results as accurate as those given by the Davis and Andelman [Arch. Environ. Health 15, 53 (1967)] chromatographic method.
D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid / Q000652:urine*; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007982:Levulinic Acids / Q000652:urine*; D013046:Specific Gravity; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000379:methods
D007982:Levulinic Acids; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid