title: Phloroglucinol microassay for plasma xylose in dogs and horses.
abstract: The phloroglucinol microassay technique for measuring plasma concentrations of xylose was compared with the more tedious orcinolferric chloride technique. Sequential blood samples were collected from 5 dogs and 6 horses every 30 minutes after oral administration of 0.5 g of D-xylose/kg of body weight. Comparison of the results by regression analysis shows a highly significant (P less than 0.01) positive linear correlation for both dogs (r = 0.95) and horses (r = 0.77). These results indicate that xylose in canine and equine plasma can be accurately measured by the phloroglucinol technique.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000097:blood*; D006736:Horses / Q000097:blood*; D010696:Phloroglucinol; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012118:Resorcinols; D014994:Xylose / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D012118:Resorcinols; C005282:orcinol; D014994:Xylose; D010696:Phloroglucinol