Is reduction of the sulfonated tetrazolium 2,3-bis (2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl)-2-tetrazolium 5-carboxanilide a reliable measure of intracellular superoxide production?

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 310, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 186-190

  Benov, Ludmil ^a   Fridovich, Irwin ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE SENSORS;

FORMAZAN; SUPEROXIDE PRODUCTION; SUPEROXIDES; WATERSOLUBLE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

GLUCOSE OXIDASE;

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SUPEROXIDE; TETRAZOLIUM; TETRAZOLIUM 2,3 BIS(2 METHOXY 4 NITRO 5 SULFOPHENYL) 2 TETRAZOLIUM 5 CARBOXANILIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE OXIDASE; 2,3 BIS(2 METHOXY 4 NITRO 5 SULFOPHENYL) 5 ((PHENYLAMINO)CARBONYL) 2H TETRAZOLIUM HYDROXIDE; 2,3-BIS(2-METHOXY-4-NITRO-5-SULFOPHENYL)-5-((PHENYLAMINO)CARBONYL)-2H-TETRAZOLIUM HYDROXIDE; CATALASE; DIHYDROXYACETONE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; GLYCERALDEHYDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TETRAZOLIUM REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOLYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CATALASE; DIHYDROXYACETONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCERALDEHYDE; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; NAD; NADH TETRAZOLIUM REDUCTASE; NADP; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 0037112670     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-2697(02)00310-X     Document Type: Article

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