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Li Liu1, Ying Shi2, Yufang Yang2
1Key Laboratory on Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China. ymhuang@swu.edu.cn zhenghz@swu.edu.cn and College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, 655011, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Fluorescein was found to possess intrinsic peroxidase-like activity, which could catalyze the oxidation of 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) by H2O2 to produce a color reaction. It opens the possibility of using such small molecules as peroxidase-like catalysts.
