Boehringer Mannheim Gmbh

Roche Diagnostics Gmbh

Catherine J Hurt

Allan R Dorn

Larry D Mountain

Edward O Ganser

Allen R Dorn

The invention provides sets of liquid reagents that afford calibration stability in an enzyme based spectrophotometric assay for the measurement of lactate in patient samples. The reagent sets include a lactate oxidase, a peroxidase, a hydrogen donor, an agent that substantially prevents ascorbic acid interference, and agent that substantially prevents bilirubin interference, a coupling agent, a buffer and, optionally, a preservative. The invention further provides methods for using the liquid reagent sets.

Liquid reagent set for L-lactate determination

A stable aqueous NAD reagent useful in the measurement of analytes in biological fluids, particularly ethanol and lactate. For the determination of alcohol, the reagent contains alcohol dehydrogenase, pyrazole, NAD, SUTTOCIDE A and an aliphatic, zwitterionic buffer having a secondary or tertiary amine group. Preferred buffers are TAPSO, AMPSO, POPSO, TAPS and DIPSO. For the determination of lactate, the reagent contains lactate dehydrogenase, pyrazole, NAD, SUTTOCIDE A and an aliphatic, zwitterionic buffer having a secondary or tertiary amine group.

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Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

Catherine J Hurt