Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1998, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (6): 879.

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The Spectrophotometric Determination of Proteins Using Zincon

CHI Yan-Hua, LI Na, ZHUANG Jia, LI Ke-An, TONG Sheng-Yang   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing, 100871
  • Received:1997-07-24 Online:1998-06-24 Published:1998-06-24

Abstract: When BSA was added into zincon solution at pH 4.1, the purple colour was observed, which indicates the formation of zincon-BSA complex. The maximum absorption of complex was 564 nm and 594 nm with the apparent molar absorptivity of 1.5×106 L·mol-1 · cm-1 . The linear range of standard curve for BSAis 0~10 μg/mL, and the detection limit is 0.5 μg/mL. The basic reaction conditions were investigated. This proposed method was simple, sensitive, and reproducible. The analytical results of human serum albumin using this method is very satisfactory .

Key words: Protein, Zincon, Spectrophotometry

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