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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 32, 629-632, Copyright © 1986 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

A kinetic colorimetric procedure for quantifying magnesium in serum

MC Wimmer, JD Artiss and B Zak

We have developed a kinetic colorimetric procedure for determination of magnesium in serum. The magnesium-dependent enzyme glycerol kinase is used to phosphorylate glycerol to glycerol 3-phosphate, the latter being oxidized to dihydroxyacetone phosphate and hydrogen peroxide by glycerophosphate oxidase. The generated hydrogen peroxide is then reduced by peroxidase with the simultaneous oxidative coupling of 4- aminoantipyrine and 2-hydroxy-3,5-dichlorobenzenesulfonate, producing a red reaction product with an absorption maximum at 510 nm. The rate of color production is proportional to the concentration of the Mg X ATP complex, which is, in turn, proportional to the magnesium concentration in serum. This method is rapid and precise, avoids the use of expensive instrumentation, is easily automated, and results compare well with those by the Du Pont aca and manual Magon sulfonate methods.




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