C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 12 – Q
Patent
C - Chemistry, Metallurgy
12
Q
C12Q 1/32 (2006.01) C12Q 1/48 (2006.01) C12Q 1/52 (2006.01) G01N 21/76 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2053868
2053868 9113169 PCTABS00007 A method to use a reaction by-product as a calibrator in an automated enzymatic assay is described. In particular, the reaction by-product pyruvate is used as an instrument calibration standard to measure the activity of alanine aminotransferase. Use of this method eliminates errors due to inaccurate pipetting and corrects for small optical deviations from the wavelength of interest in the instrument. Left uncorrected, pipetting error and optical deviation negatively impact the accuracy of the enzyme activity calculation. In the fluorescence mode, calibration with a pyruvate standard also eliminates having to use unstable NADH standards. The pyruvate calibration standard of this invention is shown to be stable in standard stability testing. This method can be extended to a number of other automated enzymatic assays. Like alanine aminotransferase, the accuracy of the activity calculation for other enzymes should be increased by use of this procedure.
Ammons Harryl C.
Gruys Kenneth J.
Ammons Harryl C.
Baxter Diagnostics Inc.
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Baxter International Inc.
Gruys Kenneth J.
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