Test Category: Biochemistry
Investigation Name:Trimethylamine (TMA/TMANO)
Pathology Laboratory:Clinical Chemistry/ Biochemistry
Requestable Seperately?No
Expected Turnaround Time:6-8 weeks from receipt
Test Code:TRIM
Sample Type:
Plain urine (Sterile Universal or 24hr Acidified Urine Container)Complex Reference Range:Total urine Trimethylamine : >14 umol/mmol creatinine
Free urine Trimethylamine : <7.7 umol/mmol creatinine
Trimethylamine N-oxide : <119 umol/mmol creatinine
% N-oxidation >90-94%
Collection Conditions / Other Information:LAB INSTRUCTIONS: 24 hour acidified urine or 20 mL random sample acidified to pH 2. Store at 4°C, send first class post
Reference Laboratory Details:Neonatal Screening & Metabolic Investigation, Sheffield Children's Hospital, SHEFFIELD. S10 2TH. (Tel: 0114 271 7340)
Referred to Another Laboratory?Yes
Contact Number:01902 307 999 Ext 88266
