Interference of ferric ions with ferrous iron quantification using the ferrozine assay

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 366-367

  Im, Jeongdae ^a   Lee, Jaejin ^a   Löffler, Frank E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferric; Ferrous; Ferrozine; Interference

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; FERROZINE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLORIMETRY; FERROZINE ASSAY; INCUBATION TIME; MEASUREMENT; PH; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

FERRIC; FERROUS; FERROZINE; INTERFERENCE;

CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; COLORIMETRY; DARKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FERROZINE; IONS; IRON; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84886866785     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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