Patent ID: 8163512

Claim:
A method for determining cholesterol in a small dense low-density lipoprotein (hereinafter abbreviated sdLDL-C) in a sample, which comprises the steps: (i) obtaining a solution containing a surfactant selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene alkylamine, amine oxides, alkylbetaine, alkylammonio-1-propanesulfonate, acid amide alkylbetaine, polyoxyethylene benzyl alkyl quaternary ammonium salt, polyoxyethylene fatty acid amide, polyoxyethylene polycyclic phenyl ether sulfuric acid ester salt, polyoxyethylene alkylphenyl ether sulfuric acid ester salt, polyoxyethylene fatty acid amide sulfuric acid ester salt, polyoxyethylene alkylamine sulfuric acid ester salt, N-acyl taurine salt, N-acyl amino acid salt, ethylenediamine-polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene condensate, polypropylene glycol derivative not including polyethylene glycol therein, polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene condensate represented by formula (I): HO—(C 3 H 6 O) a —(C 2 H 4 O) b —(C 3 H 6 O) c —H (I) (wherein a, b and c independently represent an integer of 1 to 200), and polyoxyethylene polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether (wherein the alkyl has 9 or fewer carbon atoms), (ii) reacting a combination of cholesterol ester hydrolase and cholesterol oxidase, or a combination of cholesterol ester hydrolase, cholesterol dehydrogenase and oxidized coenzyme with the solution to eliminate cholesterol in high-density lipoprotein (hereinafter abbreviated HDL-C), cholesterol in very low-density lipoprotein (hereinafter abbreviated VLDL-C), cholesterol in chylomicron (hereinafter abbreviated as CM-C) and cholesterol in large low-density lipoprotein (hereinafter abbreviated LgLDL-C) in the sample; (iii) adding a surfactant selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene alkyl ether, polyoxyethylene polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether (wherein the alkyl has at least 10 carbon atoms), polyoxyethylene alkylphenyl ether, polyoxyethylene polyoxyalkylene alkylphenyl ether, polyoxyethylene polycyclic phenyl ether, polyoxyethylene polyoxyalkylene polycyclic phenyl ether, polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene condensate represented by formula (II): HO—(C 2 H 4 O) d —(C 3 H 6 O) e —(C 2 H 4 O) f —H (II) (wherein d, e and f independently represent an integer of 1 to 200), and polyoxyethylene polyoxyalkylene alkylamine to form hydrogen peroxide or reduced coenzyme, and measuring the formed hydrogen peroxide or reduced coenzyme; and (iv) determining a sdLDL-C concentration in the sample by carrying out the above steps (i) to (iii) using a standard sample with a known concentration of sdLDL-C to form hydrogen peroxide or reduced coenzyme, measuring the formed hydrogen peroxide or reduced coenzyme, correlating the sdLDL-C concentration with a measurement value on the hydrogen peroxide or reduced coenzyme, so as thereby to determine a sdLDL-C concentration in the sample.