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Application of the electrochemistry of cytochrome c to the measurement of superoxide radical production

McNeil CJ, Smith KA, Bellavite P, Bannister JV

Free radical research communications, 1989

Abstract

An electrochemical sensor for the measurement of the superoxide anion produced as a result of the respiratory burst of neutrophils is described. The reduction of cytochrome c by the superoxide ion was monitored using a surface-modified gold electrode. The current produced was shown to be superoxide-specific and proportional to the number of neutrophils in both purified neutrophil preparations and plasma.

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