Title: The pyrogallol assay for superoxide dismutase: Absence of a glutathione artifact
Abstract: Reduced glutathione was found to affect the assay for superoxide dismutase when autooxidation of epinephrine, but not pyrogallol, was used as the indicator. Glutathione concentrations in the micromolar range, which correspond to levels in erythrocyte extracts, were capable of perturbing the epinephrine assay method and causing overestimation of enzyme content. The pyrogallol method was not significantly affected by large excesses of glutathione and appears to be a superior method for tissue extracts likely to be rich in glutathione.
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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