title: Citrate in urine determined with a new citrate lyase method.
abstract: An enzyme-spectrophotometric method to determine citrate in biological fluids is proposed, based on citrate lyase-catalyzed and phenylhydrazine reactions. The enzyme converts citrate into oxaloacetate, which, in the presence of phenylhydrazine, is transformed into the corresponding phenylhydrazone. The ultraviolet-absorbing product is determined by absorbance measurement at 330 nm. The method is more precise and twice as sensitive as the traditional citrate lyase method and, because it does not require the use of additional enzymes and coenzymes, is cheaper and simpler. Mean analytical recovery of citrate averaged 100.7% +/- 2.2%, imprecision (CV) of the assay for citrate at 0.96 mmol/L (urine) was 2.0%, and the lower limit of quantification was 0.08 mmol/L. Results correlated well with those by both ion-chromatographic and traditional citrate lyase methods.
authors.affiliation: Renal Stone Laboratory, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrarulo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Facchini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cerelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marangella
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Linari
mesh_terms: D002951:Citrates / Q000652:urine*; D019343:Citric Acid; D006801:Humans; D006835:Hydrazones / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000378:metabolism*; D010071:Oxaloacetates / Q000378:metabolism; D007652:Oxo-Acid-Lyases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010659:Phenylhydrazines; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D002951:Citrates; D006835:Hydrazones; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D010071:Oxaloacetates; D010659:Phenylhydrazines; C012483:phenylhydrazone; C030299:phenylhydrazine; D019343:Citric Acid; D007652:Oxo-Acid-Lyases; C019909:citrate (pro-3S)-lyase