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ANALYTICAL METHODS Flashcards

1
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Distance between two successive peaks and expressed in terms of nanometer (nm)

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Wavelength

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2
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Infrared region

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> 700 nm

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Visible spectrum

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400-700 nm

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Ultraviolet region

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<400 nm

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5
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Wavelength is ________________ to Frequency and Energy

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INVERSELY related

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Measurement of light intensity in a narrower wavelength

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Spectrophotometric measurement

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Measurement of light intensity

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Photometric measurement

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Involves measurement of light transmitted by a solution to determine the concentration of the light-absorbing substances in the solution

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Spectrophotometry

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Simplest type of absorption spectrometer
Designed to make on measurement at a time at one specified wavelength

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Single beam spectrophotometer

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Instrument that splits the monochromatic light into two components:
1 beam passes through the sample, 1 beam passes through a reference solution or blank

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Double beam spectrophotometer

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Function of additional beam

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Corrects for variation in light source intensity

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Provides polychromatic light and must generate sufficient radiant energy or power to measure the analyte of interest

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Light or Radiant Source

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Emits radiation that changes in intensity;
Widely used in the labroatory

Type of Light source

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Continuum source

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14
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Commonly used light source in the visibule and near infrared region

Example of Continuum source

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Tungsten light bulb

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Routinely used to provide UV radiation

Example of Continuum source

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Deuterium lamp

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Produces a continous source of radiation, which covers both the UV & Visible range

Example of Continuum source

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Xenon discharge lamp

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Emits limited radiation and wavelength

Type of Light Source

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Line Source

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18
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Also used as light sources for spectrophotometry

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LASER

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

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Tungsten Light Bulb
Mercury Arc

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Visible Region

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Deuterium lamp
Mercury lamp
Xenon lamp
Hydrogen lamp

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Ultraviolet Region

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Merst glower
Globar (Silicone carbide)

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Infrared Region

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Minimizes unwanted or stray light and prevents the entrance of scattered light into the monochromator system

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Entrance Slit

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23
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Any wavelengths outside the band transmitted by the monochromator
Does not originate from the polychromatic light source
Causes Absorbance error

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Stray light

Most common cause of loss of linearity at high-analyte concentration

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24
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Any wavelengths outside the band transmitted by the monochromator
Does not originate from the polychromatic light source
Causes Absorbance error

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Stray light

Most common cause of loss of linearity at high-analyte concentration

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25
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Any wavelengths outside the band transmitted by the monochromator
Does not originate from the polychromatic light source
Causes Absorbance error

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Stray light

Most common cause of loss of linearity at high-analyte concentration

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26
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Isolates specific or individual wavelength of light

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Monochromator

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27
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Most commonly used Monochromator
Made by cutting grooves or slits into an aluminized surface of a flat piece of crown glass

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Diffraction gratings

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Controls the width of light beam
Allows only a narrow fraction of the spectrum to reach the sample cuvette

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Exit Slit

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29
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Holds the solution whose concentration is to be measured

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Cuvette

Aka Absorption Cell/ Analytical Cell/ Sample Cell

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Holds the solution whose concentration is to be measured

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Cuvette

Aka Absorption Cell/ Analytical Cell/ Sample Cell

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Most commonly used cuvette

Can be used in 350-2000 nm

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Alumina silica glass

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32
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Used for measurement of solution requiring visible and ultraviolet spectra

Kinds of Cuvets

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Quartz/ Plastic

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33
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Used for measurement of solution requiring visible and ultraviolet spectra

Kinds of Cuvets

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Quartz/ Plastic

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34
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Detects and converts transmitted light into photoelectric energy Detects the amount of light that passes through the sample in cuvet

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Photodetector

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35
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Simplest detector; Least expensive; Temperature sensitive

Used for detecting and measuring radiation in the visible region

Kinds of Detector

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Barrier layer cell/ Photocell/ Photovoltaic cell

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36
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Contains Cathode and Anode enclosed in a glass case

Kinds of Detector

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Phototube

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37
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Most commonly used detector
Measures visible & UV regions

Kinds of Detector

Should never be exposed to room light because it will burn out

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Photomultiplier Tube

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38
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Not as sensitive as PMT but with excellent linearity
Most useful as a simultaneous multichannel detector

Kinds of Detector

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Photodiode

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39
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Displays output of the detection system

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Meter or Read-out device

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40
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Mathematically establishes the relationship between concentration and absorbance

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Beer’s Law

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41
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Concentration is ____ to Absorbed light

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DIRECTLY

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42
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Concentration is ____ to Transmitted light

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INVERSELY

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43
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Amount of light absorbed

Proportional to the INVERSE log of transmittance

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Absorbance

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44
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Formula of Absorbance

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A = abc

A = 2-log%T

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45
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350 - 430 nm

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A: Violet
O: Yellow Blue

A for Absorbed, O for Observed

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46
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431 - 475 nm

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A: Blue
O: Yellow

47
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476 - 495 nm

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A: Green-blue
O: Orange

48
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496 - 505 nm

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Blue-green
Red

49
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506 - 555 nm

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Green
Purple

50
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556 - 575 nm

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Yellow-Green
Violet

51
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576 - 600 nm

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Yellow
Blue

52
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601 - 650 nm

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Orange
Green-Blue

53
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651 - 700 nm

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Red
Blue-green

54
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Blank contains serum but without the reagent to complete the assay

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Blanking technique

55
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Corrects absorbance caused by the color of the reagent

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Reagent blank

56
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Measures absorbance of the sample and reagent in the absence of the endproduct

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Sample Blank

57
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Measures the light emitted by a single atom burned in a flame
Excitation of elevtrons from LOWER to HIGHER energy state

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Flame Emission Photometry

Measurement of excited ions: Na & K

58
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Measures the light absorbed by atoms dissociated by heat
More sensitive than FEP

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Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS)

Measurement of unexcited trace metals: Ca & Mg

59
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Unknown sample is made to react with a known solution in presence of an indicator

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Volumetric or Titrimetric

60
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Schales and Schales method

Example of Volumetric

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Chloride test

61
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EDTA Titration method

Example of Volumetric

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Calcium test

62
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Measuring large particles and bacterial suspensions
Determines amount of light BLOCKED by a particulate matter

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Turbidimetry

Depends on specimen concentration and particle size

63
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Measuring amount of antigen-antibody complexes
Determines amount of SCATTERED light by a particulate matter

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Nephelometry

Depens on wavelength and particle size

64
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Measuring amount of antigen-antibody complexes
Determines amount of SCATTERED light by a particulate matter

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Nephelometry

Depens on wavelength and particle size

65
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Migration of charged particles in an electric field
Separates protein on the basis of their electric charge densities

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Electrophoresis

Protein are negatively vharged (anions) and move towards the anode

66
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Has a net charge that can be either positive or negative depending on pH conditions

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Amphoteric

67
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Migration of small charged ions

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Iontophoresis

68
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Migration of charged MACROmolecules

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Zone Electrophoresis

69
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Factors affecting rate of Migration

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  1. Net electric charge
  2. Size and Shape
  3. Electric field strength
  4. Nature of supporting medium
  5. Temperature
70
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Separates by molecular size

type of supporting media

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Cellulose Acetate

71
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Separates by electrical charge
Does not bind protein

type of supporting media

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Agarose gel

72
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Separates on basis of charge and molecular size
Separates porteins into 20 fracrions
Used to study Isoenzymes

type of supporting media

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Polyacrylamide gel

73
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Stains for Visualization of Fractions

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  1. Amido black
  2. Ponceau S
  3. Oil Red O
  4. Sudan black
  5. Fat Red 7B
  6. Coomassie Blue
  7. Gold/ Silver stain
74
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Measures the absorbance of stain - concentration of the dye and protein fraction

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Densitometer

75
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Electrophoretic mobility is ____ to Net charge

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Directly proportional

76
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Electrophoretic mobility is ——- to molecular size and viscosity of supporting medium

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Inversely Proportional

77
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Separates molecules by migration through a pH gradient
Ideal for separating proteins of identical sizes but with different net charges

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Isoelectric Focusing

pH = pI

78
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Advantages of Isoelectric focusing

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  1. Ability to resolve mixture of proteins
  2. Detect isoenzymes of ACP, CK and ALP
  3. Identify genetic variants of proteins such as alpha-1-antitrypsin
  4. Detect CSF oligoclonal banding
79
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Sample molecules are separated by electro-osmotic flow
(+) charged emerge early at the capillary outlet
(-) charged move towards the capillary outlet but at slower rate

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Capillary Electrophoresis

80
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Southern blot

81
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Northern blot

82
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Western blot

83
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Involves the separation of soluble components by specific differences in physical-chemical characteristics of the different constituents

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Chromatography

84
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Used for fractionation of sugar and amino acid

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Paper Chromatography

85
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Sorbent or Stationary phase in Paper chromatography

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Whatman paper

86
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Semiquantitative drug screening test
Sample components are identified by comparison with standards on the same plate

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Thin Layer Chromatography

87
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Sorbent in TLC

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Thin plastic plates impregnated with a layer of silica gel or alumina

88
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Rf value formula

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Rf = distance leading edge of component moves/ total distance

89
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Separation of steroid, barbiturates, blood, alcohol and lipids
Useful in compounds that are naturally volatile or can be easily converted into a volatile form

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Gas Chromatography

90
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Based on the fragmentation and ionization of molecules using a suitable source of energy
Detects structural information and determination of molecular weight

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Mass Spectroscopy

91
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Gold Standard for drug testing
Also used for xenobiotics, anabolic steroids and pesticides

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Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS)

Every drug has its own fingerprint pattern

92
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Can detect 20 inborn errors of metabolism from a single blood spot

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Tandem Mass Spectroscopy (MS/MS)

93
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Most widely used liquid chromatography
Fractionation of drugs, hormones, lipids, carbohydrates and proteins

Uses pressure for fast separations, controlled temp, in-line detectors

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High Performace Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)

94
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Detecting nonvolatile substances in body fluids
Confirm positive results from screening of illicited drugs
Used in TDM, Toxicology & studies of drug metabolites

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Liquid Chromatography - Mass Spectroscopy (LC/MS)

95
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Gel filtration
Separation of enzymes, antibodies and proteins

Dextran & Agarose

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Hydrophilic gel

96
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Gel permeation
Separation of triglyceride & fatty acids

Sephadex

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Hydrophobic gel

97
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Exchange of sample ions and mobile phase ions with the charged group of the stationary phase

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Ion Exchange Chromatography

Separation of AA, CHON & NA

98
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Separation of compounds based on their partition between a liquid mobile phase and a liquid stationaty phase

Separation of TDM and their metabolite

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Partition Chromatography

99
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Uses the so-called lock-and-key binding

Separation of lipoproteins, CHO, and glycated hemoglobins & Antibodies

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Affinity Chromatography

100
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Based on differences between the adsorption and desroption of solutes at the surface of a solid particel

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Adsorption Chromatography

101
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Measures the amount of light intensity present over a zero background
Determines the amount of light emitted by a molecule after excitation by electromagnetic radiation

1000x more sensitive than Spectrometry

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Fluorometry/
Molecular Luminescence Spectrophotometry

102
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Major disadvantage of Fluorometry
pH and temperature changes, chemical contaminants and UVL changes

103
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Differs from fluorescence and phosphorescence in that the emission of light is created from a chemical or electrochemical reaction and not from absorption of electromagnetic energy

More sensitive than fluorescence

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Chemiluminescence

104
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Measurement of osmolality of an aqueous solution
Based on measuring changes in colligative properties

105
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Osmolality is ___ to Osmotic pressure and boiling point

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DIRECTLY Proportional

106
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Osmolality is ____ to Freezing point and Vapor Pressure

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INVERSELY Proportional

More commonly used: Freezing point

107
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Most commonly used method for measuring the changes in colligative properties of a solution
Addition of solute molecules LOWERS the temperature at which a solution freezes

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Freezing-point depression osmometry

108
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Measurement of electrical potential due to the activity of free ions
Measurement of differences in voltage at a constant current
Follows the Nernst Equation

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Potentiometry

Use pH and pCO2

109
Q

Reference Electrodes in potentiometry

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Calomel &Silver-Silver Chloride

110
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Electrochemical transducer capable of responding to one given ion
Very sensitive and selective for the ion it measures

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Ion Selective Electrode

111
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Measurement of amount of electricity at a fixed potential
Follows the Faraday’s law
Use: Chloride test

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Coulometry

112
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Measurement of the current flow produced by an oxidation-reaction

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Amperometry

Use: pO2, Glucose, Chloride, Peroxidase

113
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Measurement of current after which a potential is applied to an electrochemical cell

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Voltammetry

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