Abstract
Iodine deficiency leads to deficiency of thyroid hormones, which causes mental retardation in infant. Laboratory confirmation is important in its diagnosis. The major problems associated with the existing methods for iodine determination in milk samples are: 1) nonsafe alkaline solution; 2) harsh thermal condition; and 3) extra time required to complete various steps. In this study, a simple and rapid colorimetric method was investigated, which used acid digestion in combination with a rapid microplate reading format method to determine the total iodine content in milk. Sample digestion was done on 50 µL milk in metavanadate/perchloric, at 230°C for 10 min. After digestion, iodine determination was based on the Sandell‐Kolthoff reaction. The reaction results were read in 96‐well microplates by an enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) reader. The determination range of the assay was between 2 and 40 µg/dL. The within‐run coefficient of variation percent in three levels (3, 12, and 36 µg/dL) ranged from 6.7 to 9.3 and between‐run coefficients of variation ranged from 8.6 to 12.3%. The results obtained (n=70) by the optimized method have good correlation with the results of alkaline incineration as a reference method (n=70; r2=0.907; y=0.952x+1.77). Recovery tests for accuracy assessment in six levels from 6.2 to 34.2 µg/dL) were between 91.3 and 113%. This method has enabled us to achieve 0.12 µg/dL sensitivity. The results of this study show that a quick acid digestion combined with mild thermal and low sample volume with a quick reading of assay results were the main advantages of the acid digestion and microplate reading format. J. Clin. Lab. Anal. 21:286–292, 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Keywords: acid digestion, milk iodine, microplate reading
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