Carbohydrates Flashcards
Metabolism of glucose molecule to pyruvate or lactate for production of energy
Glycolysis
Breakdown of glycogen to glucose for use as energy
Glycogenolysis
Formation of glucose-6-phosphate from noncarbohydrate sources
Gluconeogenesis
Conversion of glucose to glycogen for storage
Glycogenesis
Conversion of carbohydrates to fatty acids
Lipogenesis
Decomposition of fat
Lipolysis
serum or plasma should be refrigerated and separated from the cells within how many hours?
1 hour
separated unhemolyzed serum at roomm temperature is stable for? how about ref temperature
8 hrs; 48-72 hrs
Preferred additive for glucose measurement
sodium fluoride (gray top)
how many hours of fasting is required for FBS?
approximately 8 - 10 hr fast (not >16 hr)
What are the chemical methods for glucose measurement?
- Alkaline copper reduction
- Alkaline ferric reduction
What is the reaction in chemical methods for glucose measurement? what medium is it done?
redox reaction; alkaline medium
what are the methods under alkaline copper reduction?
- Folin-wu
- Nelson - Somogyi
- Campbell and King
- Benedicts
principle of Alkaline Copper reduction
reduction of cu3+ to cu2+ (deep-blue color) forming cuprous oxide (red)
What is the reagent and result in folin-wu method?
phosphomolybdic acid -> phophomolybdenum blue
What is the reagent and result in Nelson - Somogyi method?
arsenomolybdic acid -> arsenomolybdenum blue (BLUE OR BLUISH GREEN)
What is the reagent and result in campbell and king method?
neocuproin —> cuprous-neocuproine complex
(yellow-orange/yellow)
What is used in NS methos that enables measurement of true reducing substances only? It is used to remove saccharoids
Barium sulfate
This method is used for the detection of quantitation of reducing substances in body fluids like blood and urine
Benedict’s reagent
Stabilizing agent of benedict’s?
Citrate or Tartrate
it is also known as reverse colorimetric method
Alkaline Ferric reduction
color of ferrocyanide
colorless
methods under Alkaline Ferric reduction
- Johnson method
- Folin/ Prussian blue method
- Hagedorn-Jensen method
it is more specific that copper reduction
Alkaline Ferric reduction