Market Overview: Glass Industry in the Philippines 2014

Development of a Pre-Diagnostic Test for Preeclampsia

ABSTRACT

Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific multisystem disorder which is among the leading causes of maternal and infant mortality worldwide, especially in developing countries. Its key diagnostics are hypertension and proteinuria. This study seeks to help develop a test for preeclampsia by documenting the color changes produced by a bromophenol blue assay across urine samples containing varying concentrations of albumin and check for the consistency of the colors and determine if the color change for the set threshold values are apparent. Two different sample-to-indicator ratios were used in the methodology, one for mild proteinuria, 0.4g/L, and the other for severe proteinuria, 3.0g/L. It was found out that the latter gave promising results, with the BPB assay consistently forming a vivid blue complex with a solution containing 3.0g/L albumin. The test, however, also yielded false positives. Th results of the experiment may be used in the design of a home-based, inexpensive pre-diagnostic test for preeclampsia.  

Citric Acid Production from Pineapple Waste through Solid-State Fermentation

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