Preparation of Uric Acid Standard Stock Solution

For measurement of uric acid in serum, calibrators of known concentration must be prepared in a suitable solvent. Uric acid is virtually insoluble in water or common organic solvents, but it can be dissolved in basic solution such as aqueous solutions of Li2CO3 (1), KOH (2), NaOH(3), and ammonium hydroxide (4)(5). Siekmann(4) used …