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Title: Substrates and method for determining enzymes

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7254143

A method is disclosed for determining the presence of an enzyme in a biological fluid, which includes the steps of contacting the fluid with a synthetic chromogenic substrate, which is an amino acid derivative of 7-amino-4-trifluoromethylcoumarin; incubating the substrate-containing fluid to effect enzymatic hydrolysis; and fluorometrically determining the presence of the free 7-amino-4-trifluoromethylcoumarin chromophore in the hydrolyzate. No Drawings

DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
Assignee:
PTO; EDB-94-125890
Patent Number(s):
US 4294923; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 6-032444
OSTI ID:
7254143
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 23 Apr 1979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English