Determination of cholesterol in human serum by an enzymatic method with the application of DAOS reagent

Abstract

A sensitive and specific enzymatic method has been developed for the determination of the total and free cholesterol in human serum based on the application of the newly-synthesized N-ethyl-N-(2-hydroxy-3-sulfopropyl)-3,5-dimethoxyaniline, (DAOS) Trinder's reagent. Using the proposed method, cholesterol could be determined in the concentration range of 0-15 mmol/L with a relative standard deviation of up to 1.1%. In order to find the optimal experimental conditions for the application of the DAOS reagent, the influence of its concentration on the linearity of the method, the influence of pH, as well as the influence of the activities of cholesterolesterase and cholesteroloxidase were examined. The obtained results of the determination of the total and free cholesterol were compared to the results obtained by the application of the most frequently employed enzymatic method in clinical practice, based on phenol us a reagent. The sensitivity of the method was 0.070 A/mmol/L, the limit of detection DL=0.03 mmol/L and the limit of quantification QL=0.09 mmol/L of cholesterol.