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[Determination of deoxyribonucleic acid with nitro-tetrazolium chloride blue by resonance light-scattering technique]
Yun-fei Long1, Xiao-ming Chen, Tie-jun Cai
1Institute of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China.
Abstract:
Characteristics of the interaction of nitro-tetrazolium chloride blue and Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) were studied in the of pH 1.8 buffer solution by Resonance Light-Scattering (RLS) technique. The effects of interference substances and the optimization of the procedure were investigated, and a new method for the determination of the DNA was established based on RLS. The linear range of the DNA is 0-7 mg x L(-1) with a correlation coefficient of 0.9958. The detection limit is 30.04 microg x L(-1). The method has been applied to the determination of DNA in mixed samples with satisfactory result.

