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Development of an Improved Standard Reference Material for Vitamin D Metabolites in Human Serum.

ABSTRACT: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed Standard Reference Material (SRM) 972a Vitamin D Metabolites in Frozen Human Serum as a replacement for SRM 972, which is no longer available. SRM 972a was developed in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health's Office of Dietary Supplements. In contrast to the previous reference material, three of the four levels of SRM 972a are composed of unmodified human serum. This SRM has certified and reference values for the following 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] species: 25(OH)D2, 25(OH)D3, and 3-epi-25(OH)D3. The value assignment and certification process included three isotope-dilution mass spectrometry approaches, with measurements performed at NIST and at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The value assignment methods employed have been modified from those utilized for the previous SRM, and all three approaches now incorporate chromatographic resolution of the stereoisomers, 25(OH)D3 and 3-epi-25(OH)D3.

SUBMITTER: Phinney KW

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5575745 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Development of an Improved Standard Reference Material for Vitamin D Metabolites in Human Serum.

Phinney Karen W KW Tai Susan S-C SS Bedner Mary M Camara Johanna E JE Chia Rosalind R C RRC Sander Lane C LC Sharpless Katherine E KE Wise Stephen A SA Yen James H JH Schleicher Rosemary L RL Chaudhary-Webb Madhulika M Maw Khin L KL Rahmani Yasamin Y Betz Joseph M JM Merkel Joyce J Sempos Christopher T CT Coates Paul M PM Durazo-Arvizu Ramón A RA Sarafin Kurtis K Brooks Stephen P J SPJ

Analytical chemistry 20170413 9

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed Standard Reference Material (SRM) 972a Vitamin D Metabolites in Frozen Human Serum as a replacement for SRM 972, which is no longer available. SRM 972a was developed in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health's Office of Dietary Supplements. In contrast to the previous reference material, three of the four levels of SRM 972a are composed of unmodified human serum. This SRM has certified and reference values for ...[more]

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Development of an Improved Standard Reference Material for Vitamin D Metabolites in Human Serum.

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