A quick and sensitive method for the quantification of peroxidase activity of organic surface soil from forests

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 814-821

  Johnsen, Anders R ^a   Jacobsen, Ole S ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

3; 3 ; 4 Dihydroxyphenylalanine (l DOPA); 5; 5 Tetramethylbenzidine (TMB); Enzyme assay; l 3; Soil peroxidase

Indexed keywords

DENATURATION; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SOILS;

ENZYMATIC REACTIONS; ENZYME ASSAY; MODEL SUBSTRATES; NON MUTAGENIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SURFACE SOILS; PHENOL OXIDASES; SOIL PEROXIDASE; TETRAMETHYLBENZIDINE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

ABSORBANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST SOIL; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; OXIDATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOPSOIL;

EID: 37449016671     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.10.017     Document Type: Article

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