title: Low concentration galactose determination in plasma adapted to the Cobas-Bio.
abstract: Galactose elimination at blood concentrations lower than 2.22 mmol/L has been advocated as a measure of functional liver blood flow. We have adapted an assay employing galactose dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.48) to the Cobas-Bio to measure low galactose concentrations in plasma. The collection of blood in sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate anticoagulant tubes eliminated the necessity for the plasma deproteinization step required in similar, manual methods. The between run CV's for plasma samples spiked with galactose to concentrations of 0.13-0.5 mmol/L were 3.6% and 3.2%, respectively. Our automated assay was more precise and had a greater range of linearity than a manual galactose oxidase (EC 1.1.3.9) method set up in our laboratory (0.04-1.10 mmol/L as compared to 0.06-0.56 mmol/L). The total assay time was 20 min.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pudek
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jamani
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scudamore
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seccombe
mesh_terms: D005470:Fluorometry; D005690:Galactose / Q000032:analysis*; D005691:Galactose Dehydrogenases; D006801:Humans; D012044:Regression Analysis
chemical_list: D005691:Galactose Dehydrogenases; C047959:galactose dehydrogenase; D005690:Galactose