Colorimetric cholesterol assay
US4211531A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 20, 1979 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 1999 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2800/044
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A total cholesterol method includes the steps of (1) precipitation of serum proteins with a reagent containing ferric chloride in propionic acid, (2) color formation by heating aliquots of supernatant with propionic-sulfuric acid reagent, and (3) measurement of color intensities of test and standard reaction mixtures at 563 nm.
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