Improved detection of clinically significant ketosis
The β-Hydroxybutyrate LiquiColor reagent system assays levels of the ketone β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) in serum and plasma for the clinical diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes mellitus, alcoholism, glycogen storage disease, high fat/low carbohydrate diets, pregnancy, alkalosis, ingestion of isopropyl alcohol and salicylate poisoning. As BHB is the main ketone produced during ketosis (~78%), the blood assay […]
