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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 31, 1703-1705, Copyright © 1985 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Stability of ascorbate in urine: relevance to analyses for ascorbate and oxalate [published erratum appears in Clin Chem 1986 Feb;32(2):390]

AH Chalmers, DM Cowley and BC McWhinney

Ascorbate is unstable in urine at room temperature at pH values ranging from 1 to 12. At pH 7 and above, oxalate is generated in amounts directly proportional to the ascorbate concentration. In 12 different urines, adjusted to pH 12 and incubated for 20 h at room temperature, there was a significant correlation between the amount of oxalate formed and the initial ascorbate concentration (r = 0.97, p less than 0.01). The mean (+/- SD) concentration of oxalate (1.32 +/- 0.70 mmol/L) formed during this period approximated the initial ascorbate concentration (1.57 +/- 1.09 mmol/L). Disodium EDTA, 10 mmol/L final concentration, stabilizes ascorbate in urine and inhibits its conversion to oxalate at pH values of 4.4 to 7.0 during a 24-h period. We therefore propose that urine specimens for ascorbate and oxalate analyses be collected with disodium EDTA present such as to give about this final concentration.


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