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Table 5 Relations between the IC 50 of the solutes uric acid, phenol and p -cresol determined in the crocin bleaching assay, with single solutes or binary mixtures

From: Effects of uremic solutes on reactive oxygen species in vitro model systems as a possibility of support the renal function management

Mixtures of uremic solutes

Volume (μL) of solute mixture needed for IC 50

Concentrations (μmol/L) of each solute in mixture at IC 50

Total concentration of uremic solutes observed in the mixture (μmol/L)

IC 50 (μmol/L) of single solutes

Projected total concentration (μmol/L) of the binary mixtures of uremic solutes from the IC 50 of a single solutes*

  

Uric acid

Phenol

p -Cresol

 

Uric acid

Phenol

p -Cresol

 

Uric acid + Phenol

150.3

5.18

846.04

---

851.22

6.90

1125.81

---

566.35

Uric acid + p -cresol

126.5

4.36

---

735.16

739.52

6.90

---

1162.31

584.60

Phenol + p -cresol

152.5

---

858.43

886.26

1744.69

---

1125.81

1162.31

1144.06

  1. *The projected total concentration at the IC50 of the binary mixtures, for example, uric acid + phenol is (6.90 + 1125.81)/2 = 566.35.