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ANALYST
Volume 139, Issue 5, Pages 1168-1177Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3an02188b
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- European Regional Development Fund - FEDER through the Competitive Factors Thematic Operational Programme - COMPETE
- Foundation for Science and Technology - FCT, Portugal [PEst-C/CTM/LA0011/2013, PEst-C/QUI/UI0062/2013]
- FCT [SFRH/BD/73343/2010]
- Portuguese National NMR Network (RNRMN)
- FCT funds
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This work contributes to fill in some existing gaps in the knowledge of human plasma degradability during handling and storage, a paramount issue in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) metabolomics. Regarding the comparison between heparin and EDTA anti-coagulant collection tubes, the former showed no interference of the polysaccharide, while conserving full spectral information. In relation to time/temperature conditions, room temperature was seen to have a large impact on lipoproteins and choline compounds from 2.5 hours. In addition, short-term storage at -20 degrees C was found suitable up to 7 days but, for periods up to 1 month, -80 degrees C was recommended. Furthermore, in the case of reusing plasma samples, no more than 3 consecutive freeze-thaw cycles were found advisable. Finally, the impact of long-term -80 degrees C storage (up to 2.5 years) was found almost negligible, as evaluated on a partially matched non-fasting cohort (n = 49), after having investigated the possible confounding nature of the particular non-fasting conditions employed.
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