Determination of nucleic acids based on the quenching effect on resonance light scattering of the Y(III)–1,6-bi(1′-phenyl-3′-methyl-5′-pyrazolone-4′-)hexane-dione system

Novel and sensitive methods for the determination of dopamine based on the resonance Rayleigh scattering, second-order scattering and frequency doubling scattering quenching effects

Three novel methods were designed for the determination of dopamine (DA) by means of the quenching effects on resonance Rayleigh scattering (RRS) and non-linear scattering such as second-order scattering (SOS) and frequency doubling scattering (FDS) intensities. In Britton-Robinson buffer medium (pH 6.02), I(3)(-) could react with DA to produce I(-), which resulted in the decreases of the RRS, SOS and FDS intensities of the ethyl violet (EV)-I(3)(-) system, and the decreases of scattering intensity (DeltaI) were directly proportional to the concentrations of DA in a certain range. The detection limit (3sigma) for DA was 0.0195 micromol/L for the RRS method, 0.286 micromol/L for the SOS method and 0.0985 micromol/L for the FDS method, respectively. In this work, the characteristics of absorption, RRS, SOS and FDS spectra of this reaction have been studied; the optimum reaction condition and influencing factors have been investigated. The methods were applied to the determination of DA in pharmaceutical samples with satisfactory results.

Development of a sensitive and rapid nucleic acid assay with tetraphenyl porphyrinatoiron chloride by a resonance light scattering technique

Based on the interaction between nucleic acids and tetraphenyl porphyrinatoiron chloride (FeTPPCl), a novel method for the determination of nucleic acids at the nanogram level has been developed. Under the optimum conditions, the weak resonance light scattering (RLS) intensity of FeTPPCl was greatly enhanced by nucleic acids and the enhanced RLS intensity was proportional to the concentration of nucleic acids in the range 0.02-2.8 microg/mL for calf thymus DNA, 0.05-3.3 microg/mL for fish sperm DNA and 0.07-4.5 microg/mL for yeast RNA. The detection limits (3sigma) were 2.9 ng/mL for calf thymus DNA, 3.9 ng/mL for fish sperm DNA and 5.2 ng/mL for yeast RNA. Almost no interference could be observed from proteins, nucleosides and most of the metal ions. The proposed method showed good reliability, sensitivity, rapidity and reproducibility when applied to the determination of nucleic acids in synthetic and biochemical samples. The time savings make this method suitable for large routine analyses.