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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 34, 44-48, Copyright © 1988 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry
NE Craft, ED Brown and JC Smith Jr
University of Maryland, College Park 20742.
We investigated the effects of storage and handling on measured values for carotenoids, retinol, and tocopherol in plasma. We found no significant differences in the concentrations of these analytes measured in plasma samples that were frozen immediately after separation as compared with replicate samples maintained at room temperature in the dark for 24 h. Analytes were stable in solvents for at least 18 h at 23 degrees C after extraction. Purging samples with nitrogen gas before freezing had no detectable beneficial effects. All analytes were stable in plasma stored at -70 degrees C for at least 28 months or at -20 degrees C for five months. By 15 months the concentrations of carotenoids were significantly less (P less than 0.05) in plasma stored at -20 degrees C than in plasma stored at -70 degrees C, while retinol and tocopherol concentrations were not significantly different. Concomitant with the decrease in carotenoids was the appearance of unidentified peaks in the ultraviolet. Adding ascorbic acid or butylated hydroxytoluene antioxidants to the precipitating solvent did not alter the losses of carotenoids or alter the appearance of unidentified peaks. Under appropriate conditions, plasma carotenoids, retinol, and tocopherol are stable for more than two years.
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