%0 Journal Article %T Simple Spectrophotometric Sequential Injection Analysis System for Determination of Serum Calcium %A Yuwadee Boonyasit %A Chakorn Chinvongamorn %A Orawon Chailapakul %A Wanida Laiwattanapaisal %J American Journal of Analytical Chemistry %P 131-137 %@ 2156-8278 %D 2012 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/ajac.2012.32019 %X A sequential injection analysis (SIA) system for the determination of total calcium in blood has been implemented. The assay principle is based on the arsenazo III method, in which the indicator*s complex with calcium forms a blue-purple colour. The absorbance peak height at 650 nm was proportional to the calcium content in samples. A linear range was obtained from 2.5 - 15 mg?dL每1 (r2 = 0.999), with a detection limit of 0.430 mg?dL每1 (3考). Magnesium, glucose, hae-moglobin, and bilirubin at 123, 1,000, 50, and 0.5 mg?dL每1, respectively, were not found to interfere with the proposed system significantly (recovery 99.1% - 104.4%). The sampling frequency was 30 h每1, in which the carry-over effect was negligible (0.69%). The proposed SIA system was successfully applied to the determination of calcium from serum samples (r2 = 0.970; n = 30). %K Sequential Injection Analysis System %K Calcium %K Arsenazo III %K Green Chemistry %K Spectrophotometry %K Clinical Analysis %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=17287