Beta-Carotin (Serum, frozen (s))

Testcode:	E_CAROT
Specimens:	250 µl Serum, frozen (s)
Preanalytics/Notes:	Send samples protected from light (e. g. wrapped with foil). Serum stable for 24h, otherwise freeze the sample.
Method:	HPLC
Dimension:	µg/l
Alternate dimension:	nmol/l (Factor: 1.86)
Set-up:	Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Duration:	7 days
Indication/Significance:	suspected deficiency of vitamin A (malnutrition, maldigestion, malabsorption) therapy control for treatment of light eruption with ß-carotine
Interpretation:	ß-Carotin is more… ß-Carotin is a precursor of vitamin A and acts as antioxidant the treatment of a vitamin A deficiency with ß-carotine has a relatively low risk for a vitamin A-hypervitaminosis close
Further tests:	vitamin A in serum/plasma

both sex
	600 - 2000 µg/l
Literature data for normal values of ß-carotin vary widely with 100 µg/l [186 nmol/l] for the lower limit and up to 3000 µg/l [5580 nmol/l] for the upper limit of the normal range.