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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 1995

Filed:

Sep. 02, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:

Yayoi Yamada, Souwa, JP;

Kazuaki Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 26 ; 435-4 ; 435-74 ; 435-791 ; 435 25 ;
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a quantitative determination of pyruvic acid, which comprises reacting oxidized nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, a pyruvate dehydrogenase complex and coenzyme A to a specimen and measuring the amount of the resulting reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. A quantitative analysis for a component of a living body, in which the quantitative determination is used, is also disclosed. Pyruvic acid or other components existing in a living body or formed in the course of a reaction in the living body can be quantitatively determined simply and precisely.


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