The daily quality control for the determination of the catalytic activity concentrations
of enzymes is an important aspect in clinical chemistry. Instead of the expensive,
commercially available control sera, we have looked for a simple, reliable and cheap method
for the quality control of enzyme determinations. Commercially available enzymes were suspended
in an albumin solution and ampoules were filled with 1.0 ml of these various solutions.
The ampoules were stored at 4 °C or-20 °C. Once a week, during 10 months, catalytic
activities of these enzyme-albumin solutions were determined together with the same activities
in freshly reconstituted control sera. Aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase,
alkaline phosphatase, creatine kinase and y-glutamyltransferase were determined at 30 °C
according to well-described methods. a-Amylase was determined with the Phadebas method
at 37 °C. Except for creatine kinase, the stability and reliability of these enzyme solutions are
fully comparable with control sera during the experimental period. The catalytic activity
concentration of creatine kinase decreased slowly during the 10 months. The enzyme solutions
react in the same manner as commercial test sera on changes in the reaction conditions
for the enzyme determinations. The conclusion seems justified that these enzyme solutions
can be used for the daily quality control of the enzyme determinations instead of control
sera.