Use of a rapid ultrafiltration technique in the determination of plasma glycerol

The use of plasma ultrafiltrates in the enzymatic analysis of glycerol has been compared with filtrates prepared by using metaphosphoric acid and heat denaturation. The results which were obtained with these three methods of deproteinization are comparable; however, the membrane ultrafiltration technique is the simplest of the procedures and yields an undiluted filtrate which is free of foreign ions.