Issue 96, 2016
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Chemical Communications

Fluorescein as an artificial enzyme to mimic peroxidase†

Li Liu,ab   Ying Shi,a   Yufang Yang,a   Menglu Li,a   Yijuan Long,a   Yuming Huang*a  and  Huzhi Zheng*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory on Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
E-mail: ymhuang@swu.edu.cn, zhenghz@swu.edu.cn

b College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, P. R. China

Abstract

Fluorescein was found to possess intrinsic peroxidase-like activity, which could catalyze the oxidation of 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) by H2O2 to produce a color reaction. It opens the possibility of using such small molecules as peroxidase-like catalysts.

Graphical abstract: Fluorescein as an artificial enzyme to mimic peroxidase

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC07896F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Sep 2016
Accepted
02 Nov 2016
First published
03 Nov 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 13912-13915

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Fluorescein as an artificial enzyme to mimic peroxidase

L. Liu, Y. Shi, Y. Yang, M. Li, Y. Long, Y. Huang and H. Zheng, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 13912 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC07896F

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