A Multi-Wavelength Spectrophotometric Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Five Haemoglobin Derivatives

A method is described by which the concentration of deoxyhaemoglobin, oxyhaemoglobin, carboxyhaemoglobin, haemoglobin and sulfhaemoglobin in a human blood sample is determined by passing the haemolysate without air contact through a coarse filter and subsequently measuring the absorbance at lambda = 500, 569, 577, 620 and 760 nm. The ensuing set of equations is solved by matrix calculation with the aid of a simple computer program. The method has been tested by comparing it with conventional methods for the determination of the various haemoglobin derivatives separately.

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