摘要:
An albumin denaturing agent for digesting an albumin by a protease efficiently is provided. The albumin denaturing agent contains quaternary ammonium having a hydrocarbon group with a carbon number of 12 or more, or a salt of the quaternary ammonium. The albumin in a sample is digested by the protease in the presence of the albumin denaturing agent, a glycated part of the thus obtained albumin digestion product and a FAOD effect a reaction, and a redox reaction between the glycated part and the FAOD is measured, thereby determining a ratio (GA (%)) of the glycated albumin of the glycated albumin with respect to the albumin.
摘要:
A new method of diagnosing postprandial hyperglycemia by indirectly measuring a blood glucose level is provided. Postprandial hyperglycemia is detected by measuring a glycation degree of lysine in hemoglobin, in which a side chain amino group of lysine is glycated (GHbLys %). Measurement of GHbLys % can be performed by cleaving hemoglobin by protease, treating a glycated part of a lysine residue in the obtained cleavage product of hemoglobin with fructosyl amino acid oxidase, and measuring a redox reaction between the glycated part and fructosyl amino acid oxidase.
摘要:
An electrophoresis chip that enables an apparatus to be small, analysis time to be short and glycosylated hemoglobin to be analyzed highly accurately is provided. The electrophoresis chip includes an upper substrate 4, a lower substrate 1, a first introduction reservoir 2a, a first recovery reservoir 2b and a capillary channel for sample analysis 3x; the first introduction reservoir 2a and the first recovery reservoir 2b are formed in the lower substrate 1; and the first introduction reservoir 2a and the first recovery reservoir 2b are in communication with each other via the capillary channel for sample analysis 3x.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method for analyzing hemoglobin by capillary electrophoresis, that allows the apparatus to be smaller in size, allows a highly precise analysis to be obtained, and allows the analysis to be performed in a short period of time. The analytical method of the present invention are methods for analyzing hemoglobin by capillary electrophoresis, comprising: a sample-providing step of providing a sample containing hemoglobin; a capillary tube-providing step of providing a capillary tube containing a buffer solution; and an electrophoresis step of carrying out electrophoresis of the sample, by introducing the sample into the buffer solution in the capillary tube, and applying a voltage across both ends of the capillary tube; wherein the electrophoresis is carried out following at least one of modes (A) and (B) below: (A) the electrophoresis is carried out with a surfactant (a) added to the buffer solution, the surfactant (a) being a non-ionic surfactant having an alkyl group as a hydrophobic portion and a sugar as a hydrophilic portion; and (B) the electrophoresis is carried out with a surfactant (b) added to the sample, the surfactant (b) being a betaine-type amphoteric surfactant.
摘要:
A method for storing a tetrazolium compound stably is provided. The tetrazolium compound is stored in the presence of sodium azide. The tetrazolium compound (A) and the sodium azide (B) are present at a ratio (A:B) in the range from 1:0.02 to 1:6.2. Furthermore, when the tetrazolium compound is stored as a solution, the concentration of the sodium azide is in the range from 0.08 to 3.2 mmol/L and the concentration of the tetrazolium compound is in the range from 0.5 to 8 mmol/L. As the tetrazolium compound, it is preferable to use 2-(4-iodophenyl)-3-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)-5-(2,4-disulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium salt.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method of preventing erroneous color development of N-(carboxymethylaminocarbonyl)-4,4′-bis(dimethylamino)diphenylamine sodium salt as a color-developing substrate, thereby improving the accuracy of measurement utilizing a redox reaction performed using the color-developing substrate. A tetrazolium compound, sodium azide, and the color-developing substrate are added to a sample in the presence of a surfactant. A reaction between an oxidizing substance derived from an analyte in the sample and the color-developing substrate, which develops color by oxidation, is caused by an oxidoreductase. By measuring the color developed, the amount of the oxidizing substance is determined. The concentrations of the respective components in the reaction solution are set so that 0.01 to 1 mmol of the tetrazolium compound, 0.003 to 0.5 mmol of the sodium azide, and 0.006 to 0.4 mmol of the surfactant are present per μmol of the color-developing substrate, and the pH of the reaction solution is set in the range from 6 to 9.
摘要:
The present invention provides a highly reliable method of measuring an analyte in a sample using a redox reaction. In this method, a formazan compound is added to a sample prior to a redox reaction so as to eliminate the influence of any reducing substance in the sample. Thereafter, a reducing substance or an oxidizing substance derived from the analyte is formed, and the amount of the formed substance is measured by the redox reaction. The amount of the analyte is determined from the amount of the formed substance thus measured. As the formazan compound, for example, 1-(4-iodophenyl)-3-(2,4-disulfophenyl)-5-(2,4-dinitrophenyl) formazan can be used.
摘要:
A method for measuring an analyte in a sample by using a redox reaction is provided, which gives values with excellent reliability. Prior to the redox reaction, at least one of a sulfonic acid compound and a nitro compound is added to the sample to eliminate the influence of hemoglobin and any hemoglobin degradation products as reducing substances contained in the sample. Subsequently, a reducing or oxidizing substance derived from the analyte is caused to generate, and the amount thereof is measured by the redox reaction. The amount of the analyte is determined from the measurement value. The sulfonic acid compound may be sodium lauryl sulfate, and the nitro compound may be 4-nitrophenol, etc.
摘要:
A method of determining glycated hemoglobin is provided, by which a ratio of the glycated hemoglobin in a sample can be determined accurately and easily. The ratio of glycated hemoglobin can be determined by degrading a glycated hemoglobin in a whole blood sample selectively with a protease to give a glycated hemoglobin degradation product; causing a redox reaction between a glycation site of the glycated hemoglobin degradation product and a fructosyl amino acid oxidoreductase; and determining this redox reaction. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, in a whole blood sample, there is a correlation between the ratio of the glycated hemoglobin determined by this method and an HbA1c concentration. Thus, without determining the glycated α-amino group as a characteristic structure of HbA1c, an amount of HbA1c can be determined accurately and easily from the determined ratio of the glycated hemoglobin.
摘要:
The present invention provides a fructosylamine oxidase which is obtainable by culturing Fusarium proliferatum, and purifying two types of fructosylamine oxidase (FAO) with different substrate specificities from the culture, and which is useful in the measurement of amadori compounds.