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Peroxide accumulation in detergents
J Jaeger1, K Sorensen, S P Wolff
1Department of Medicine, University College London, UK.
Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods
|July 1, 1994
Abstract:
It is known that polyether detergents have a propensity for peroxide accumulation but the rate of this accumulation and the conditions under which it occurs are not well-appreciated. We here describe the use of the FOX (ferrous oxidation in Xylenol orange) assay as a screen for detergent peroxide accumulation. We also show that a chain-breaking antioxidant, but not a metal-chelating agent block peroxide accumulation in detergent stored in the light at room temperature.