Individual Biolab tests
Tests on whole blood and blood cells
Caeruloplasmin
[Gold top tube (SST)]
£15.00
Creatinine
[Gold top tube (SST)]
£12.00
Glutathione
[Gold top tube (SST), sample must reach the laboratory within 24 hours]
£16.00
Iron and total iron binding capacity
[Gold top tube (SST)]
£16.00
Total iron binding capacity
[Gold top tube (SST), Note: Sample should be taken without venous stasis]
£10.00
Glucose (plasma)
Note: This is also included in the lipids profile.
[Grey top tube]
£9.00
Haemoglobin
[Lavender top EDTA tube]
£8.00
RBC Glutathione
[Green top heparin tube, sample must reach laboratory within 24 hours]
£16.00
RBC Glutathione Peroxidase (GSH-Px) - functional test for selenium status
[Green top heparin tube, sample must reach laboratory within 24 hours]
£19.00
Glycosylated Haemoglobin (HbA1)
[Lavender top EDTA tube]
£16.00
Histamine
[Green top heparin tube]
£23.00
RBC peroxide fragility (H2O2) - functional test for vitamin E status.
[Patient must attend the laboratory]
£14.00
Superoxide Dismutase (RBC) - an important antioxidant enzyme and functional test for copper status. (Download datasheet)
Why measure superoxide dismutase?
[Green top heparin tube]
£21.00
Creatinine
[24 hour urine collection]
£12.00
Indicans (qualitative)
[Early morning urine sample]
£12.00
Kryptopyrroles (semi-quantitative)
Note: Add an eighth of a teaspoon of ascorbic acid to the urine sample as a preservative.
[Early morning urine sample]
£13.00
Urine Na/K (expressed as mM/mM creatinine)
[Early morning urine sample]
£32.00
Sulphites - functional test for molybdenum status
[Early morning urine sample]
£12.00
Routine urinalysis (chemistry & deposit) – see London Clinic tests for culture and sensitivity.
[Mid-stream urine sample]
£12.00
Glucose challenge tests:
2.5 hour (6 samples)
[Patient must attend the laboratory, no food from midnight the previous evening]
£42.00
5.0 hour (9 samples)
[Patient must attend the laboratory, no food from midnight the previous evening]
£61.00
Zinc challenge tests:
1.5 hour (2 samples)
[Kit required form the laboratory, no food from 10pm the previous evening]
£21.00
3.0 hour (7 samples)
[Kit required from the laboratory, no food from 10pm the previous evening]
£42.00
Lactose Absorption Test (see also breath hydrogen test)
[Kit required from the laboratory, no food from midnight the previous evening]
£37.00
D-Xylose Absorption Test
[Kit required from the laboratory, no food from 10pm the previous evening]
£21.00
D-Xylose Absorption - Pre/post gluten challenge
[Kit required from the laboratory, no food from 10pm the previous evening]
£40.00
Magnesium Loading/Retention Test
A 24-hour urine magnesium level is measured, before and after an intramuscular magnesium load. There is an increased retention of magnesium when a deficiency exists.
The patient brings the first 24-hour urine sample to the laboratory, has the magnesium injection adn then proceeds to collect the second 24-hour urine sample.
[Kit required from the laboratory]
£27.00
Links to other Biolab tests:
Vitamins and related functional tests
Trace and toxic elements and related functional tests