Chemical analysis for small amounts of horseradish peroxidase using “porphyrinogen” as a chromogenic reagent Original Research Article

The properties of porphyrinogen as a new chromogenic reagent were examined. 5,10,15,20-Tetrahydro-tetraphenylporphyrinogen (TPPN) is changed to 5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphine (TPP) by the oxidative reaction involving six electrons, and its formation of the porphine ring significantly increased the absorbance in the Soret band. The horseradish peroxidase (HRP) accelerated the oxidative reaction as a catalyst and the increment of absorbance depended upon the increase in the concentration of HRP. The reaction proceeded in the presence of dissolved oxygen and in the neighborhood of pH 7. Based on these findings, a chemical analysis by catalytic action using HRP was developed. In the procedure for this determination, the difference in absorbance at 419 nm (ΔA419=As−Ab, where As and Ab are the absorbances of the sample solution containing HRP and the blank solution without HRP after 30 min, respectively), was measured. The determination range of HRP, which was obtained from the ΔA419—HRP concentration curve, was 0.05–1.0 mg/l. The relative standard deviation in the median of the calibration curve was 3.19% (seven determinations), and the detection limit (S/N=3) was 29 ng/l. Furthermore, when the proposed method was applied to the enzyme immunoassay, bisphenol A (BPA) was selectively and sensitivity determined.