Abstract

A simple colorimetric method for estimation of DAO activity with 4-nitrobenzylamine as a substrate (9,10) was developed. Sensitivity of this method, based on conversion of the aldehyde formed in course of the enzymatic reaction into its 4-nitrophenylhydrazone with subsequent measuring of optical density at 590 nm in strongly alkaline medium, exceeded about 25-fold that of the conventional colorimetric procedure for estimation of DAO activity (14). Sensitivity of the spectrophotometric method for estimation of DAO activity with 4-dimethylaminomethylbenzylamine as a substrate (4) was increased about fivefold by conversion of the aldehyde formed in course of the enzymatic reaction into its 4-nitrophenylhydrazone with subsequent measuring of optical density at 530 nm in strongly alkaline medium.

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