We evaluated the efficacies of five treatment procedures for eliminating ascorbate interference in the enzymatic determination of urinary oxalate. Aliquots of urine samples, containing different amounts of added ascorbate and oxalate, were individually subjected to ferric chloride, sodium nitrite, sodium periodate, charcoal, or ascorbate oxidase treatment to eliminate ascorbate interference. Oxalate contents of the urine samples were then determined by a banana oxalate oxidase-horseradish peroxidase-linked assay with 3-methyl-2-benzothiazolinone hydrazone and 3-(dimethylamino)benzoic acid as chromogens. Only those urine samples treated with ascorbate oxidase or charcoal consistently gave recovery of oxalate close to 100%. Treatment with other reagents, though improving the recovery of oxalate, gave inconsistent results. On the basis of these data, we describe procedures for simply and reliably assaying oxalate by using banana oxalate oxidase.

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The feasibility of depleting the high oxalate content of spinach (Spinacia oleracea), amaranthus (Amaranthus gangeficus), and paruppu keerai Poriulaca olefacea) using alginate entrapped banana oxalate oxidase is demonstrated for the first time. The relevance of this work to low-oxalate diet preparation for hyperoxaluric patients is discussed.