New chemiluminescence assay for linamarin |
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Authors: | Ruengprapavut S Chulavatnatol M |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. |
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Abstract: | A new chemiluminescence assay was developed for the quantitative determination of linamarin, a cyanogenic glucoside present in cassava. The assay involved hydrolysis of linamarin by a specific enzyme, linamarase, to release glucose, which was then quantitated by a chemiluminescence system consisting of glucose oxidase-peroxidase-luminol. The new assay was more sensitive than the conventional spectrophotometric method for quantitating linamarin in cassava extracts. However, the following agents were found to interfere with the new assay: Vanadate, Mg2+, and Cu2+, were inhibitory to the luminescence of the H2O2-peroxidase-luminol system used in the coupling reaction, whereas EDTA and EGTA activated the system. In addition, Hg2+, which inhibits glucose oxidase, and Tris ion, which inhibits linamarase, both interfered with the new assay. |
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