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Mohammed Omedul Islam1, Preben Selvam1, Reshma Appukuttan Pillai1
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 119077, Singapore.
Abstract:
A modified sensitive, cheap and simple enzymatic assay method is described for the quantitation of inositol (6-carbon polyol) in human placental tissue. Water-soluble and total (water-soluble and lipid-bound) inositol isomers were extracted and quantified using a 96-well adaptation of the Megazyme® assay. This assay specifically recognized myo-inositol (predominant isomer), d-chiro-, epi-, and allo-inositols, but not scyllo-inositol, glucose or fucose. In term placenta, water-soluble and total inositol contents were high [489 (±58) and 635 (±69) μg/g respectively], and reliably quantified with good reproducibility. This modified assay could facilitate placental inositol biology research, particularly pertinent now with interest in myo-inositol supplementation for gestational diabetes (GDM) prevention.
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