The highly abundant urinary metabolite urobilin interferes with the bicinchoninic acid assay

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 442, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 110-117

  Sampson, D L ^a   Chng, Y L ^a   Upton, Z ^a   Hurst, C P ^b   Parker, A W ^b   Parker, T J ^a,b  

^a Tissue Repair and Regeneration Program   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bicinchoninic acid; Bile pigment; Bradford; Limits of agreement analysis; Protein determination; Urobilin

Indexed keywords

METABOLITES;

BICINCHONINIC ACIDS; BRADFORD; LIMITS OF AGREEMENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; UROBILIN;

PROTEINS;

BICINCHONINIC ACID; COPPER; PROTEIN; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; UROBILIN;

CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE;

COPPER; HUMANS; PROTEINS; QUINOLINES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROBILIN;

EID: 84883463068     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2013.07.027     Document Type: Article

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