What is the best method for tissue sample preparation for the measurement of ADP/ATP ratio using bioluminscence?

08 October 2017 0 8K Report

I have frozen human tissue samples and I need to measure ADP/ATP ratio in these tissues using a bioluminescence kit from Abcam. what is the best method to prepare my samples without degrading ADP or ATP?

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