Patent ID: 8361305
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of analyzing a lipid component in serum comprising: a first total acid concentration measurement of electrochemically measuring the total acid concentration in a serum-containing analyte solution; a fatty acid production allowing a lipid component in the serum to react with one or more kinds of enzymes which specifically act on the lipid component to produce a fatty acid after the first total acid concentration measurement; a second total acid concentration measurement electrochemically measuring the total acid concentration in the serum-containing analyte solution after the fatty acid production; and a lipid component concentration calculation calculating the serum concentration of the lipid component based on the total acid concentration measured in the first total acid concentration measurement and the total acid concentration measured in the second total acid measurement, wherein the first total acid concentration measurement, the fatty acid production, and the second total acid concentration measurement are all conducted in the presence of a water-soluble quinone derivative in the presence of a water solvent in a same reaction cell.