A Simplified Hemolysis Test for Vitamin E Deficiency
- 1 August 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Nutrition
- Vol. 98 (4) , 390-394
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/98.4.390
Abstract
A bioassay procedure for vitamin E is described in which inhibition of spontaneous hemolysis of erythrocytes incubated in isotonic saline-phosphate buffer at 37° serves as the criterion of response. The method offers advantages over the conventional dialuric acid-induced hemolysis test with respect to simplicity, sensitivity and reproducibility.Keywords
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