CHEMICAL ASSAY FOR “CORTIN”

Abstract
-A method was described which can be used satisfactorily for the quantitative estimation of urinary corti-costeroids. The procedure is sufficiently simple to be useful in clinical as well as in research studies. The extraction is carried out on acidified urine with chloroform. A partition between benzene and water is used and the aqueous fraction thus formed is oxidized with periodic acid. The formaldehyde formed by this reaction is distilled from interfering chromogens and the amt. of color formed with chromotropic acid is measured. The results obtained correspond in order of magnitude to other chemical methods applied to acidified urine.