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Arabidopsis thaliana Polar Glycerolipid Profiling by Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) Coupled with Gas-Liquid Chromatography (GLC)
Published on: March 18, 2011
[Combination of lipid gas and thin-layer chromatography in the diagnosis of functional hepatic failure]
Abstract:
Gas chromatography of total lipids from blood serum exhibits about 40% error in diagnosis of liver functional insufficiency. Combination of gas chromatography with quantitative thin-layer chromatography and subsequent gas chromatographic analysis of the lipid fractions obtained enabled to increase by 25% the efficiency of diagnoses not only of icteric but also of non-icteric forms of liver functional insufficiency. Simultaneous gas- thin-layer chromatographic analysis of total lipids will apparently improve the differential diagnosis of diseases accompanied by liver functional insufficiency; it permits also to study pathogenesis of impairments in lipid metabolism under conditions of liver functional insufficiency and of other pathologies.
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