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Fast and Specific Assessment of the Halogenating Peroxidase Activity in Leukocyte-enriched Blood Samples
Published on: July 28, 2016
[Micro-determination of hemoglobin by measuring the peroxidase activity]
Abstract:
A simple and rapid method is described for the determination of serum hemoglobin. Free hemoglobin shows no peroxidase activity but human hemoglobin-human haptoglobin complex presents a peroxidase activity which permits hemoglobin determination. It is shown that a good source of haptoglobin is constituted by pools of non-hemolyzed human serums.
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