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Quantitative Determination of Bilirubin and other Tetrapyrrols

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A REAGENT, 3-methyl-2-benzothiazolon-hydrazone hydrochloride (MBTH, supplied by Aldrich Chemicals Co., Inc., Wisconsin), synthesized in 1910 has recently been introduced in quantitative photometry for the determination of aliphatic aldehydes1, and also for aromatic amines, imino-heteroaromatic compounds, certain azodyes, carbazoles, stilbenes, Schiff bases and pyrrole derivatives2.

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  1. Institute for Medical Biochemistry, University of Oslo,

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FOG, J., JELLUM, E. Quantitative Determination of Bilirubin and other Tetrapyrrols. Nature 195, 490 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/195490a0

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