PMID- 15221185 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050815 LR - 20160512 IS - 1618-2642 (Print) IS - 1618-2642 (Linking) VI - 379 IP - 7-8 DP - 2004 Aug TI - Eliminating absorbing interference using the H-point standard addition method: case of Griess assay in the presence of interferent heme enzymes such as NOS. PG - 1055-61 AB - Standard calibration methods used to determine trace analytes usually yield significant deviations from the actual analyte value in the presence of interferents in the assay media. These deviations become of particular concern when the concentration of the analyte is low, and when the results are used to draw mechanistic or kinetic conclusions, for instance in enzyme structure-function studies. In these circumstances, the H-point standard addition method (HPSAM) provides superior precision and accuracy. This method is developed here for the case of the spectrophotometric Griess assay used to determine nitrite in various enzymology investigations, such as nitrite determination in studies of nitrite reductases (NiR), or when determining nitrite as a breakdown product of nitric oxide synthesized by NOS enzymes. The results obtained by HPSAM are contrasted with those of the traditional calibration method. FAU - Indika, Perera N AU - Indika PN AD - Chemistry Department, Cleveland State University, SR 397, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA. FAU - Bayachou, Mekki AU - Bayachou M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20040622 PL - Germany TA - Anal Bioanal Chem JT - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry JID - 101134327 RN - 0 (Ethylenediamines) RN - 0 (Free Radical Scavengers) RN - 0 (Griess reagent) RN - 0 (Myoglobin) RN - 0 (Nitrites) RN - 0 (Sulfanilamides) RN - 42VZT0U6YR (Heme) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nos2 protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Absorption MH - Animals MH - Calibration MH - Ethylenediamines MH - Free Radical Scavengers/*chemistry MH - Heme/*chemistry MH - Horses MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - Kinetics MH - Mice MH - Myoglobin/chemistry/standards MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase/*chemistry/standards MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II MH - Nitrites/analysis MH - Sensitivity and Specificity MH - Spectrophotometry/methods MH - Sulfanilamides EDAT- 2004/06/29 05:00 MHDA- 2005/08/16 09:00 CRDT- 2004/06/29 05:00 PHST- 2004/01/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2004/04/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2004/04/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2004/06/29 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/08/16 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/06/29 05:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00216-004-2674-2 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Anal Bioanal Chem. 2004 Aug;379(7-8):1055-61. doi: 10.1007/s00216-004-2674-2. Epub 2004 Jun 22.