The quantitative determination of urea nitrogen in body fluids may be performed directly by
reacting urea with diacetyl monoxime and measuring the absorbance of the chromogen that …

A simple method is described for directly determining serum urea nitrogen, wtihout
deproteinization. The urea in 20 µl of serum or plasma is reacted with diacetylmonoxime in …

If phenazone is substituted for perchloric acid or arsenic pentoxide in the diacetylmonoxime
reaction for urea determination, a colored product is formed, apparently from a double …

Coconut water (CW) is a natural nutritious beverage, which contains several biologically
active compounds that are traditionally used in the treatment of diarrhea and rehydration …

Abstract α-Methylaspartate (MA), an inhibitor of the liver ornithine cycle at the level of
argininosuccinate synthetase (l-citrulline: l-aspartate ligase, EC 6.3. 4.5.), was injected into …

MATERIALS AND METHODS 54 Belgian semi-lop rabbits from aclosed colony were used
for the experiment. Environmental effects were minimised by employing a 12 h light cycle in …

Because uric acid may be oxidized to allantoin by various reactive oxygen species, it is
postulated that uric acid functions as an antioxidant in human bodily fluids. The …

The dinitrosalicylic acid reaction for measuring reducing sugar has been evaluated and
found suitable for determining the saccharogenic activity of human serum. The sensitivity …

RELATIONSHIPS have been pointed out by several investigators1 between high levels of
blood ammonia and various clinical syndromes, for example, some psychoses, mental …

Protocols in Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry offers clear, applied instruction to
fundamental biochemistry methods and protocols, from buffer preparation to nucleic acid …