Photo-enhanced oxidizability of tetrazolium salts and its impact on superoxide assaying

Jianfeng Zhao; Bowu Zhang; Jingye Li; Yancheng Liu; Wenfeng Wang

doi:10.1039/c6cc05653a

Photo-enhanced oxidizability of tetrazolium salts and its impact on superoxide assaying

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Oct 4;52(77):11595-8. doi: 10.1039/c6cc05653a. Epub 2016 Sep 7.

Authors

Jianfeng Zhao¹, Bowu Zhang, Jingye Li, Yancheng Liu, Wenfeng Wang

Affiliation

¹ Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 2019, Jialuo Rd, Shanghai 201800, China. zhangbowu@foxmail.com wangwenfeng@sinap.ac.cn.

PMID: 27604160
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc05653a

Abstract

Herein, we report for the first time the enhanced oxidation properties of tetrazolium salts induced by UV-irradiation, and demonstrate that there is real deviation in the photo-induced superoxide anion radical assay based on tetrazolium salts.