Research Article

Optimisation of an Advanced Oxidation Protein Products Assay: Its Application to Studies of Oxidative Stress in Diabetes Mellitus

Table 2

Evaluation of the linearity of AOPPTIOC measurements.

Plasma sample
number
Dilution (%)Mean blankMean testAOPPTIOC (M chloramine T equivalents)
OD340OD340AOPPTIOC1ax dilutionAOPPTIOC2bx dilution

150.0680.0324.3787.42.0941.8
100.1230.13117.17171.74.1441.4
200.2090.60278.38391.98.8544.3

250.0750.0405.35107.12.3146.3
100.1300.16121.07210.74.5945.9
200.2240.64183.46417.39.1445.7

350.1230.0587.76155.22.7955.7
100.2200.20226.48264.85.1551.5
200.4040.800104.13520.610.2051.0

OD340: optical density at 340 nm. aAOPPTIOC1: AOPPTIOC concentration calculated from original optical density values using the standard curve. bAOPPTIOC2: square root of AOPPTIOC1.