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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1985
Bruce C Farrenkopf, Clifton, NJ (US);
Richard A Kaufman, Belleville, NJ (US);
Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for determining total digoxin levels in a biological fluid sample containing digoxin-protein complex which method comprises disrupting the digoxin-protein complex by treating said sample solution with an effective amount of a dissociation agent selected from one or more members of the group consisting of a C.sub.3 -C.sub.26 saturated or unsaturated fatty acid, a C.sub.2-7 lower alkanol, quinidine and .alpha.-tocopherol so as to release the bound digoxin from serum protein, passing the treated sample solution through a centrifugal ultrafilter so as to selectively pass digoxin containing sample solution through said filter and retaining said serum proteins and determining the digoxin contents in said sample solution in a fluorescence polarization assay. A kit for carrying out the method is provided.