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Table 1 Nutrient assay methods

From: Macro- and micronutrient disposition in an ex vivo model of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Analyte

Methodology

Zinc (serum)

The Wako Zinc (Zn) test WAKO Germany

Selenium

Atomic absorption spectrometry

 

Varian Model 280Z Zeeman GFAAS

Manganese (whole blood Mn)

Atomic absorption spectrometry

 

Varian Model 280Z Zeeman GFAAS

Copper

Atomic absorption spectrometry

 

Varian Model 280Z Zeeman GFAAS

Vitamin E (α-tocopherol)

Reversed-phase HPLC with multiwavelength detection

 

Watersâ„¢ 2690/5 HPLC Alliance Separations System

Vitamin A (retinol and retinol esters)

Reversed-phase HPLC with multiwavelength detection

 

Watersâ„¢ 2690/5 HPLC Alliance Separations System

Plasma amino acids

Reverse phase UPLC and TUV detector

 

MassTrakâ„¢ Amino Acid Analysis Kit

 

Watersâ„¢ Acquity Ultra Performance LC System

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)

Spectrophotometric endpoint assay

 

Horiba ABX Diagnostics Pentra 400

Vitamin D (25-OH vitamin D2 and D3)

Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

 

TECAN EVO2. Watersâ„¢ Acquity Ultra Performance LC system

Haptoglobin

Turbidimetric method

 

Beckman Coulter Synchron Clinical System

Triglycerides

Timed-endpoint method

 

Beckman Coulter Synchron Clinical System

Cholesterol

Timed-endpoint method

 

Beckman Coulter Synchron Clinical System

Protein (total protein)

Timed-endpoint biuret method

 

Beckman Coulter Synchron Clinical System

Glucose (serum glucose)

Glucose oxidase method

 

Beckman Coulter Synchron Clinical System