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A technique for measuring the rate of cerumen production
Author(s) -
Cipriani C.,
Cardo P. P.,
Rebora A.,
Taborelli G.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198602000-00015
Subject(s) - reproducibility , chemistry , chromatography , production rate , ether , organic chemistry , process engineering , engineering
A technique is described for quantitatively measuring the rate of cerumen production. Two different washing solutions were tried. A mixture of alcohol/ether (3:1 v/v) appeared to be the best extracting solution yielding 2.05±0.22 versus 0.73±0.14 mg/week per ear obtained with Triton X‐100 solution. In addition, reproducibility was definitely better. Triton X‐100 may be useful whenever microbiologic evaluations are requested. Total lipids accounted for 73.3% of cerumen extracted with the former solution, triglycerides being 19.5%, and cholesterol 7.2%. Our extracting technique appears to be a good estimate of the cerumen global output and may supply important information about cerumen in several biologic conditions.