| Abstract: | ![]()
A sensitive and rapid enzymatic assay for hypoxanthine, using a Clark oxygen electrode as sensor, is proposed. In the presence of sodium sulfite, oxidation of hypoxanthine by milk xanthine oxidase caused very rapid oxygen consumption in excess of the stoichiometric requirement for hypoxanthine oxidation. Hypoxanthine from 0.5 to 10 μM can be assayed within a few minutes by addition of 25 mM sodium sulfite to the reaction mixture. This assay proved to be over 10-times more sensitive and much more rapid than the control method without sulfite. |
