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Abstract
A rapid and sensitive method for measuring the activity of lipoxygenase is described. The assay is based on the principle that under acidic conditions a lipid hydroperoxide can oxidize Fe2+ to Fe3+ which then oxidizes xylenol orange to form a product that absorbs strongly in the visible region (see Z-Y. Jiang, A. C. S. Woollard, and S. P. Wolff, Lipids 26, 853-856, 1991). This methodology was modified to measure lipoxygenase activity and the system was optimized using platelet 12-lipoxygenase. This assay is suitable for use in a 96-well microtiter plate and may be utilized as a high throughput screen for the identification of novel lipoxygenase inhibitors.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 8594985 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1995.0063
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anal Biochem ISSN: 0003-2697 Impact factor: 3.365