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Development and Certification of a Standard Reference Material for Vitamin D Metabolites in Human Serum

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Author(s)

Karen W. Phinney, Mary Bedner, Susan Tai, Veronica V. Vamathevan, Lane C. Sander, Katherine E. Sharpless, Stephen A. Wise

Abstract

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Dietary Supplements (NIH-ODS) has developed a Standard Reference Material (SRM) for the determination of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] in serum. SRM 972 Vitamin D in Serum consists of four serum pools with different levels of vitamin D metabolites and has certified and reference values for 25(OH)D2, 25(OH)D3, and 3-epi-25(OH)D3. Value assignment of this SRM was accomplished using a combination of three isotope-dilution mass spectrometry approaches, with measurements performed at NIST and at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Chromatographic resolution of the 3-epimer of 25(OH)D3 proved to be essential for accurate determination of this metabolite.
Citation
Analytical Chemistry
Volume
84

Keywords

epimer, isotope dilution, mass spectrometry, reference material, vitamin D

Citation

Phinney, K. , Bedner, M. , Tai, S. , Vamathevan, V. , Sander, L. , Sharpless, K. and Wise, S. (2011), Development and Certification of a Standard Reference Material for Vitamin D Metabolites in Human Serum, Analytical Chemistry, [online], https://doi.org/10.1021/ac202047n (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created December 5, 2011, Updated January 27, 2020