Abstract
A method has been developed for the spectrophotometric determination of siderophores using flow-injection analysis (FIA) based on the reaction of siderophores with the ternary complex Eriochrome Cyanine R-Fe(III)-cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. 2,3-Dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,3-dihydroxynaphthalene, and tolypocine were used as the model iron-binding ligands. The calibration curve for one of the siderophores (tolypocine) is linear in the concentration range 2.6 × 10 −6–1.5 × 10 −4 M. The determination limit (10σ) for tolypocine was 2.6 × 10 −6 M. The applicability of the method was demonstrated on the determination of the complexation ability of siderophores produced by some entomopathogenic fungi. Samples can be analysed at a rate of 30 samples per hour.
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