For Urine Dilute urine 1:10 with distilled water and prepare protein-freefiltrate the
same way as for serum.
24.5 Procedure
- Take a set of nine test tubes, and label them as blank, standard (S 1 – S 6 ), test for
serum sample (TS), and test for urine sample (TU). - Add 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100μl of 20 mg % phosphorus standard in tubes
labelled as S 1 to S 6 , respectively, and make thefinal volume 2.5 ml with 20%
TCA. In blank add 2.5 ml of 20% TCA. - Add 2.5 ml of protein-freefiltrate of serum and urine into the tubes labelled at TS
and TU, respectively. - Add 1 ml of ammonium molybdate reagent and 0.2 ml ANSA reagent to all the
tubes and vortex. Keep at room temperature for 20 min and read absorbance at
700 nm.
Reagents Blank S 1 S 2 S 3 S 4 S 5 S 6 TS TU
Phosphorus standard,
20 mg % (μl)- 10 20 40 60 80 100 ––
Phosphorus amount (μg) – 2 4 8 12 16 20 ––
Protein-freefiltrate of
serum/urine (ml)–––––––2.5 2.520% TCA (ml) 2.5 2.49 2.48 2.46 2.44 2.42 2.40 ––
Ammonium molybdate
(ml)1 11111111ANSA (ml) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Mix well and keep for 20 min at room temperature, read absorbance at 700 nm22.8 Calculations
Plot a graph by taking phosphorus amount at x-axis vs absorbance at y-axis, and
extrapolate its concentration from the given serum/urine sample from the graph.The
amount of phosphorus extrapolated from graph will be in 250μl of serum/urine
sample since 2.5 ml of protein-freefiltrate was used for analysis. The phosphorus
amount can also be calculated in serum and urine samples by using equation:
Phosphorus amount in serum
¼ODof testamount of standardðÞμg 100
ODof standardvolume of sample 0ðÞ:25ml 1000¼xmg=dl22.8 Calculations 91