A simple screening assay for cholinesterase activity and inhibition based on optical oxygen detection

Analytical Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 1746-1755

  Zitova, Alice ^a   O'Mahony, Fiach C ^a   Kurochkin, Ilya N ^b   Papkovsky, Dmitri B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors; Carbamates; Choline oxidase; Enzymatic assays; Optical oxygen sensing; Organophospates; Phosphorescence quenching; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954854441     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032711003653833     Document Type: Article

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