Evaluation of heat-sealed ultracentrifuge tubes in the isolation of plasma lipoproteins.

An initial step in the measurement of the concentration of lipids in plasma lipoproteins by the Lipid Research Centers' protocol is the separation of very low density lipoproteins from low density and high density lipoproteins by ultracentrifugation. We compared the performance of heat-sealed c...

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Main Authors: T G Cole, D W Gibson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1984-03-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520378299
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description An initial step in the measurement of the concentration of lipids in plasma lipoproteins by the Lipid Research Centers' protocol is the separation of very low density lipoproteins from low density and high density lipoproteins by ultracentrifugation. We compared the performance of heat-sealed centrifuge tubes to the conventionally capped centrifuge tubes required by the protocol in terms of the separation and recovery of cholesterol and triglyceride. No significant differences in either parameter were found, however the heat-sealed tube required much less time to prepare and eliminated the need for periodic replacement of relatively expensive cap parts. We recommend the use of heat-sealed tubes for the routine separation of plasma lipoproteins.
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spelling doaj.art-21dfba48f45f41caaead48fbccc032b62022-12-21T21:58:17ZengElsevierJournal of Lipid Research0022-22751984-03-01253312314Evaluation of heat-sealed ultracentrifuge tubes in the isolation of plasma lipoproteins.T G ColeD W GibsonAn initial step in the measurement of the concentration of lipids in plasma lipoproteins by the Lipid Research Centers' protocol is the separation of very low density lipoproteins from low density and high density lipoproteins by ultracentrifugation. We compared the performance of heat-sealed centrifuge tubes to the conventionally capped centrifuge tubes required by the protocol in terms of the separation and recovery of cholesterol and triglyceride. No significant differences in either parameter were found, however the heat-sealed tube required much less time to prepare and eliminated the need for periodic replacement of relatively expensive cap parts. We recommend the use of heat-sealed tubes for the routine separation of plasma lipoproteins.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520378299
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Evaluation of heat-sealed ultracentrifuge tubes in the isolation of plasma lipoproteins.
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title Evaluation of heat-sealed ultracentrifuge tubes in the isolation of plasma lipoproteins.
title_full Evaluation of heat-sealed ultracentrifuge tubes in the isolation of plasma lipoproteins.
title_fullStr Evaluation of heat-sealed ultracentrifuge tubes in the isolation of plasma lipoproteins.
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of heat-sealed ultracentrifuge tubes in the isolation of plasma lipoproteins.
title_short Evaluation of heat-sealed ultracentrifuge tubes in the isolation of plasma lipoproteins.
title_sort evaluation of heat sealed ultracentrifuge tubes in the isolation of plasma lipoproteins
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520378299
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