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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 21, 1506-1510, Copyright © 1975 by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Clinical Determination of Methemalbumin

Scott F. Andres 1, Thomas J. Kregoski 1, Charles F. Frey 1, Ramon R. Joseph 1, and Daisy S. McCann 1

1 Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Wayne County General Hospital, Eloise, Mich. 48132; and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104.

D. S. McCann, Ph.D., P.O. Box 124, Eloise, Mich. 48132.

We developed an assay for methemalbumin in biological fluids by using diethylaminoethyl-Sephadex ion-exchange chromatography to separate this protein from interfering components, including hemopexin, transferrin, hemoglobin, and haptoglobin/hemoglobin complex. Initial screening of the samples requires measurement of A280/A405 ratios of the peak tubes of the isolated albumin fraction. Values exceeding 30 indicate that methemalbumin is absent, and no further work is required. Values of less than 30 suggest that methemalbumin is present in the original sample, whereupon the presence and amount of methemalbumin can be ascertained by colorimetric assay for iron with use of ferrozine. Results may be expressed either in terms of micrograms of methemalbumin iron per gram of albumin or in milligrams of methemalbumin per liter. The reproducibility of the method is of the order of ±7% (SD). Normal persons have essentially no methemalbumin iron in their serum. Three individuals with hemorrhagic pancreatitis showed values of 65, 98, and 198 µg of methemalbumin Fe per gram of albumin.


Key Words: biological fluids • chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex • iron content as a measure of methemalbumin • hemolytic and hemorrhagic disorders • pancreatitis

Submitted on March 31, 1975
Accepted on June 27, 1975






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