title: Sectrofluorimetric micromethod for determining riboflavin in the blood of new-born babies and their mothers.
abstract: A microdetermination of riboflavin on the blood of new-born babies and their mothers was developed on the basis of hydrolysis of the blood in a trichloroacetic acid medium, separation of riboflavin and FMN on a Florisil column and measurement of the content spectrofluorimetrically by the standard addition method after elution with collidine buffer. The sensitivity of the method is 0.01 microgram/ml, the blood sample size 0.5--1.0 ml. The normal level in new-born babies in the first day of life was found to have an average value of 17.1+/-2.4 microgram/100 ml, in women 14.2+/-2.5 microgram/100 ml; the contents in cord blood and maternal vein blood were also determined.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D008832:Microchemistry; D011247:Pregnancy; D012256:Riboflavin / Q000097:blood* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D012256:Riboflavin