Determination of free and total carnitine in plasma by an enzymatic reaction and spectrophotometric quantitation spectrophotometric determination of carnitine

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1022-1027

  Prieto, José A ^a   Andrade, Fernando ^a   Aldámiz Echevarría, Luis ^a   Sanjurjo, Pablo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carnitine acetyltransferase; Enzymatic assay; Free carnitine; Plasma; Spectrophotometry; Total carnitine

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACYLCARNITINE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; CARNITINE; COENZYME A;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CALIBRATION; CARNITINE; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 33748978227     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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