Free Glycerol Assay Kit

• Cat.No.: Kit-0377
• Product Overview: Free Glycerol Assay Kit uses a single Working Reagent that combines glycerol kinase, glycerol phosphate oxidase and color reactions in one step. The color intensity of the reaction product at 570nm or fluorescence intensity at λem/ex = 585/530nm is directly proportional to glycerol concentration in the sample.

Specification

• Tag: Non
• Description: GLYCEROL [GLYCERIN or GLYCERINE, C3H5(OH)3] is widely used in foods, beverages and pharmaceutical formulations. It is also a main byproduct of biodiesel production. Simple, direct and automation-ready procedures for measuring glycerol concentrations find wide applications.
• Applications: Direct Assays: glycerol in biological samples (e.g. serum and plasma).
  Drug Discovery/Pharmacology: effects of drugs on glycerol metabolism.
  Food and Beverages: glycerol in food, beverages, pharmaceutical formulations etc.
• Usage: For research use only (RUO)
• Storage: The kit is shipped on ice. Store all components at -20°C. Shelf life of 12 months after receipt.
• Kit Components: Assay Buffer: 24 mL
  Enzyme Mix: 500 µL
  ATP: 250 µL
  Dye Reagent: 220 µL
  Standard: 100 µL 100 mM Glycerol
• Materials Required but Not Supplied: Pipeting devices, centrifuge tubes, Clear flat-bottom 96-well plates, black 96-well plates and plate reader.
• Detection method: Colorimetric, Fluorometric
• Features & Benefits: Sensitive and accurate. Use as little as 10 µL samples. Linear detection range in 96-well plate: 10 to 1000 µM (92 µg/dL to 9.2 mg/dL) glycerol for colorimetric assays and 2 to 50 µM for fluorimetric assays.
  Simple and convenient. The procedure involves addition of a single working reagent and incubation for 20 min at room temperature, compatible for HTS assays.
  Improved reagent stability. The optimized formulation has greatly enhanced the reagent and signal stability.
• Assay Protocol: COLORIEMTRIC 96-WELL PROCEDURE
  Note: SH-group containing reagents (e.g. mercaptoethanol, DTT) may interfere with this assay and should be avoided in sample preparation.
  1. Equilibrate all components to room temperature. Keep thawed Enzyme Mix in a refrigerator or on ice. Dilute standard in distilled water as follows (diluted standards can be used for future assays when stored refrigerated).
  No STD + H2O Vol (µL) Glycerol (mM)
  1 10 µL + 990 µL 1000 1.0
  2 6 µL + 994 µL 1000 0.6
  3 3 µL + 997 µL 1000 0.3
  4 0 µL + 1000 µL 1000 0
  Transfer 10 µL standards and 10 µL samples into separate wells of a clear 96-well plate.
  2. For each reaction well, mix 100 µL Assay Buffer, 2 µL Enzyme Mix, 1 µL ATP and 1 µL Dye Reagent in a clean tube. This Working Reagent should be used on the same day of preparation. Transfer 100 µL Working Reagent into each reaction well. Tap plate to mix.
  3. Incubate 20 min at room temperature. Read optical density at 570nm (550-585nm).
  Note: if the Sample OD is higher than the Standard OD at 1.0 mM, dilute sample in water and repeat the assay. Multiply result by the dilution factor.
  CALCULATION
  Subtract blank OD (water, #4) from the standard OD values and plot the OD against standard concentrations. Determine the slope using linear regression fitting. The glycerol concentration of Sample is calculated as
  [Glycerol] = (ODSAMPLE – ODH2O)/ Slope (mM)
  ODSAMPLE and ODH2O are optical density values of the sample and water.
  Conversions: 1mM glycerol equals 9.2 mg/dL, 92 ppm.
  FLUORIMETRIC 96-WELL PROCEDURE
  For fluorimetric assays, the linear detection range is 2 to 50 µM glycerol. Mix 10 µL 100 mM Standard with 990 µL H2O (final 1 mM).
  No 1 mM STD + H2O Vol (µL) Glycerol (mM)
  1 50 µL + 950 µL 1000 0.050
  2 30 µL + 970 µL 1000 0.030
  3 15 µL + 985 µL 1000 0.015
  4 0 µL +1000 µL 1000 0
  Dilute standards as above. Transfer 10 µL standards and 10 µL samples into separate wells of a black 96-well plate.
  Add 100 µL Working Reagent (see Colorimetric Procedure). Tap plate to mix.
  Incubate 20 min at room temperature and read fluorescence at λex = 530nm and λem = 585nm.
  The glycerol concentration of Sample is calculated as
  [Glycerol] = (FSAMPLE – FH2O)/ Slope (mM)