Clinical and Food Related SRMs

NIST has many Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) that may be useful to those in the clinical and food science communities. The SRMs that are currently available or in preparation are listed in the following tables.

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Pure, Crystalline Standards

SRM No. Title Date Issued Certified Purity (%)
911b Cholesterol 1994 99.8
912a Urea 1990 99.9
913a Uric Acid 1968 99.7
914a Creatinine 1994 99.7
916a Bilirubin 1989 98.3
917a D-Glucose 1989 99.7
920 D-Mannitol 1972 99.8
998 Angiotensin I 1983 94.1
1595 Tripalmitin 1983 99.5



Human Serum

SRM No. Title Date Issued Certified Constituents Noncertified Constituents Form No. of Levels
900 Antiepilepsy Drug Level Assay 1979 Antiepileptics (4) - Lyophilized 3
909b Human Serum 1996 Organics (7), Inorganic (6) Enzymes (5), Bilirubin, pH Lyophilized 2
965 Glucose in Frozen Human Serum 1996 Glucose - Frozen 3
968b** Fat-soluble Vitamins and Cholesterol in Human Serum 1995 Vitamins (3), Cholesterol, Carotenoids (4) Tocopherols (2), Carotenoids (8) Lyophilized 3
1951a Cholesterol in Human Serum 1996 Cholesterol, Triglycerides - Frozen 2
1952a Cholesterol in Human Serum 1990 Cholesterol - Lyophilized 3

**968c renewal in progress

Foods

SRM No. Title Date Issued Certified Constituents Noncertified Constituents Form No. of Levels
1544 Fatty Acids and Cholesterol in a Frozen Diet Composite 1996 Cholesterol, Fatty Acids (6) Proximates (5), Fatty Acids (8), Minerals (3) Frozen 1
1546 Meat Homogenate in preparation

Cholesterol,
Fatty Acids,
Minerals

Proximates
Fatty Acids,
Minerals 		Canned 1
1563 Coconut Oil 1987 Cholesterol Fat. sol. Vitamins (3) - liquid 1 fortified, 1 natural
1845 Cholesterol in Whole Egg Powder 1994 Cholesterol - powder 1
1846 Infant Formula 1996 Vitamins (6) Proximates (6), Vitamins (11), Minerals (12) powder 1
2383 Baby Food in prep Vitamins Proximates, Vitamins, Minerals slurry 1
8415 Whole Egg Powder 1999 - Proximates, Fatty acids, Elements powder 1
8418 Wheat Gluten 1999 - Proximates, Vitamins, Elements powder 1
8432 Corn Starch 1999 - Proximates, Fiber, Elements powder 1
8433 Corn Bran 1999 - Proximates, Fiber, Elements powder 1
8435 Whole Milk Powder 1999 - Proximates, Vitamins, Fiber, Fatty acids, Elements powder 1
8436 Durum Wheat flour 1999 - Proximates, Fiber, Fatty acids, Elements powder 1

Miscellaneous Standard Reference Materials

SRM No. Name Date Issued Notes
39J Benzoic Acid - Calorimetry Standard
141d Acetanilide in preparation Standard for CHN Analysis
2389 Amino Acids in HCl 1993 17 Amino Acids

GC/MS and LC System Performance Standards

SRM No. Title Date Issued Certified Constituents Form No. of Levels
869a Column Selectivity Test Mixture for Liquid Chromatography 1990 Shape selectivity: PAHs (3) acetonitrile soln 1
870 Column Performance Test Mixture for Liquid Chromatography in preparation

silanol activity;
trace metal activity; hydrophobic retention; methylene selectivity

 methanol soln 1
877 Column Selectivity Test Mixture for Liquid Chromatography (Chiral Separations) in preparation various chiral components ethanol soln 5 solutions
1543 GC/MS System Performance 1984 Methyl Stearate, Benzophenone hexane soln hexane soln 2

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Date created: November 21, 2002
Last updated: April 15, 2003
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