Ames Award Lecture 1972. An Investigation of the Determination of Serum Cholesterol by an Enzymatic Method

Heather M. Flegg

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry International Journal of Laboratory Medicine · 1973 · 192 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

The enzymatic determination of total serum cholesterol is described. The source of the enzyme cholesterol dehydrogenase is the bacterium Nocardia erythropolis. A comparison is made between the enzymatic assay and an automated Liebermann-Burchard serum cholesterol determination.

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