A simple and rapid method for urinary acetone analysis by headspace/gas chromatography
Urinalysis of acetone is important to monitor workers occupationally exposed to acetone and/or isopropanol, as well as in diagnosis of some diseases related to lipid metabolism impairment. This work shows a sensitive, simple and rapid static headspace-gas chromatographic procedure for quantitative d...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
2007-10-01
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Series: | Química Nova |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422007000500051 |
Summary: | Urinalysis of acetone is important to monitor workers occupationally exposed to acetone and/or isopropanol, as well as in diagnosis of some diseases related to lipid metabolism impairment. This work shows a sensitive, simple and rapid static headspace-gas chromatographic procedure for quantitative determination of acetone in urine. The method was applied to measure acetone in 207 samples from general population volunteers, resulting in a mean level of 1.12 mg/L (± 0.47) and a range of 0.20 - 1.95 mg/L. The method is reproducible and reliable, making it suitable for routine analysis of acetone in urine. |
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ISSN: | 0100-4042 1678-7064 |