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14 (1980)
Determination
of Phospholipids
Ferrothiocyanate
with Ammonium
of Child
Hcolth.
iiing'~
Collr~c
Hospittrl
Mrtiicwl
S~~hool.
DrrvmrX
Hill.
Londm~
S.E.5..
Gr,g/trnd
COLORIMETRIC
DETERMINATION
Ultraviolet
and visible spectra were obtained on a Unicam SPl800 and Beckman
DB-G spectrophotometer.
Ammonium
FclrrothiocvLtnatr
Analysis
Graph of Dipalmi~oyl
Lecithin
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OF PHOSPHOLIPIDS
Jbr
Blood jitt
One-milliliter
samples of hemolyzed
blood (0.4 mg lithium heparinized blood in
250 ml of water) were extracted and
analyzed for phospholipid.
This was repeated 10 times and gave a mean value of
0.064 mg in 10 ml 2 0.004 mg in 10 ml.
Coefficient of variation 6.05%.
Dipalmitoyl
Lecithin: Ammonium
Ferrothiocyanufe
Cotnples
Dipalmitoyl
lecithin, 103.6 mg, was dissolved in 30 ml chloroform
and mixed
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JOHN
CHARLES
MARSHALL
STEWART
AND DISCUSSION
/
0.4 -
0 /
0.3
0 /
OPTICAL
DENSITY
488 nm
/
o-2 -
OJ/
0
-02
-04
mgr
FIG.
1. Calibration
graph
of dipalmitoyl
DIPALMITOYL
lecithin:
-06
08
,I0
LECITHIN
ammoniumferrothiocyanate
complex.
COLORIMETRIC
TABLE
COMPLEX
DETERMINATION
FORMATION
OF AMMONIUM
WITH
&I,, of
lipid
Fe( SCN jB
complex
Phospholipid
ODimg
(x10-)
ODimol
(X IO 1
Dipalmitoyl
lecithin
L-3-Lecithin
Lysolecithin
Sphingomyelin
Phosphatidyl
serine
Phosphatidyl
ethanolamine
488
485
47.5
490
0.419
0.410
0.530
0.400
0.398
0.395
0.385,
0.3731
452
0.190
0.323
470
0.230
0.371
I In 2.0 ml of chloroform
solution.
h Based on I:1 Fe(SCN),:phospholipid
c Assuming
a I:1 Fe(SCN),,:phospholipid
Assuming
a I:? Fe(SCNI:l:phospholipid
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PHOSPHOLIPIDS
FERROTHIOCYANA-TE
PHOSPHOLIPIDS
OF
complex.
complex.
complex.
l /
1
OPTICAL
DENSITY
488nm
02
O-l-
0///
0 li..//,
0
15
30
pmls
FIG.
2. Analysis
A5
MICROSOMES
of rat liver
microsomes.
60
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CHARLES
MARSHALL
STEWART
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I thank Dr. H. R. Gamsu for his advice and encouragement
throughout
this work.
and Dr. D. .I. Fry
(Anatomy
Dundee)
for providing
the rat liver microsomal samples.
Dr. Margaret
Brothwood
analyzed
the hemolyzed
blood samples.
This work
was supported by a grant from the Wates Foundation.
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