title: Determination of cis,cis-methylene interrupted polyunsaturated fatty acids in aqueous solutions by lipoxygenase chemiluminescence.
abstract: The chemiluminescent reaction of luminol during lipoxygenase-catalyzed oxygenations was studied with the purpose of developing a specific luminometric assay for cis,cis-1,4-pentadiene fatty acids directly in aqueous solutions. The addition of picomole levels of either linoleic or arachidonic acids to reaction systems containing 0.04 mM luminol and 40 micrograms/ml of purified soybean lipoxygenase-1 gave light emission curves with a single sharp maximum. Under these conditions the peak heights were linearly dependent on the fatty acid concentration and the detection limit for both of the fatty acids was 2 pmol with a signal to noise ratio of 2. For maximum reproducibility of the assays a procedure for the proper quantitation of the enzyme was developed. The fact that the assay proved to be relatively interference-free was ascribed to the high molar enzyme/substrate ratio (above 1).
mesh_terms: D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D008084:Lipoxygenase; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D008041:Linoleic Acids; D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water; D008084:Lipoxygenase