We developed a novel colorimetric method for rapid detection of biogenic amines based on arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (aaNAT). The proposed method offers distinct advantages including simple handling, high speed, low cost, good sensitivity and selectivity.

In this nonenzymatic colorimetric method, dichlorobenzoquinone chloroimine is used as a color reagent to measure uric acid in urine. This method is less subject to the interferences that make enzymatic methods unreliable and is inexpensive, simple, and fast.

SINcE the publication of von Fellenberg's method [1923] for the determination of small quantities of iodine, a very large number of new methods and modifications have been described, some of which claim a surprising degree of accuracy. The multiplicity of methods is sufficient to show that none of them is really satisfactory. The von Fellenberg method includes two methods for the final determin...

We have optimized a method for measuring total hydroxyproline (HYP) in urine by HPLC after release from urinary peptides by solid-phase hydrolysis on Dowex 50W x 8 ion-exchange resin. The HYP was derivatized with 4-chlor-7-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole, and excess reagent was removed with the use of a 100-mg C18 Bond-Elut cartridge. The HYP derivative was separated isocratically at 30 degrees C ...

BACKGROUND [corrected] Cantharidin, and its derivatives can not only inhibit the proliferation of tumor cells, but can also induce tumor cell apoptosis. It shows cantharidin exhibits a wide range of reactivity in anticancer. The objective of this paper was to study the inhibitory effect of sodium cantharidinate on human hepatoma HepG2 cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS MTT assay was used to detect ...