Performance of the CRAFTi portable fluorometer comparing with the HPLC method for determining serum retinol

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1030-1032

  Chaimongkol, Laksana ^a,b   Pinkaew, Siwaporn ^b   Furr, Harold C ^a,c   Estes, John ^d   Craft, Neal E ^e   Wasantwisut, Emorn ^a   Winichagoon, Pattanee ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Craft Technologies ^*

^e Craft Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorometry; Nutritional status; Retinol; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROMETER; FLUOROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL BLOOD LEVEL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79960311327     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.05.023     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. WHO Global prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in populations at risk 1995-2005 2009, 1-68. World Health Organization, Geneva.
2. Sommer A., Davidson F.R. Assessment and control of vitamin A deficiency: the annecy accords. J Nutr 2002, 132:S2845-S2850.
3. Thompson J.N., Erdody P., Brien R., Murray T.K. Fluorometric determination of vitamin A in human blood and liver. Biochem Med 1971, 5:67-89.
4. Thompson J.N., Erdody P., Maxwell W.B. Simultaneous fluorometric determinations of vitamins A and E in human serum and plasma. Biochem Med 1973, 8:403-414.
5. Futterman S., Swanson D., Kalina R.E. A new, rapid fluorometric determination of retinol in serum. Invest Opthalmolog 1975, 14:125-130.
6. Craft N.E. Innovative approaches to vitamin A assessment. J Nutr 2001, 131:S1626-S1630.
7. Tchum S.K., Tanumihardjo S.A., Newton S., de Benoist B., Owusu-Agyei S., Arthur F.K., Tetteh A. Evaluation of vitamin A supplementation regimens in Ghanaian postpartum mothers with the use of the modified-relative-dose-response test. Am J Clin Nutr 2006, 84:1344-1349.
8. Bland J.M., Altman D.G. Comparing methods of measurement: why plotting difference against standard method is misleading. Lancet 1995, 346:1085-1087.
9. de Pee S., Dary O. Biochemical indicators of vitamin A deficiency: serum retinol and serum retinol binding protein. J Nutr 2004, 132:2895s-2910s.