Method for determination of ammonia.

摘要

The quantity of ammonia in a sample to be measured for ammonia content can be determined by: (A) contacting the sample with L-glutamate dehydrogenase in the presence of reduced nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide or reduced nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate and alpha -ketoglutarate to produce glutamate in a quantity corresponding to the ammonia content in the sample; (B) catalyzing the resultant mixture by L-glutamate oxidase in the presence of oxygen to produce hydrogen peroxide in a quantity corresponding to the glutamate content in the resultant mixture; (C) measuring the quantity of hydrogen peroxide produced or the production rate thereof; and (D) calculating the ammonia content from the quantity of hydrogen peroxide produced or the production rate thereof thus measured. In accordance with the method of the present invention described above, it has become possible to determine the quantity of ammonia with high sensitivity in a short period of time by using as a signal a measurable value associated with hydrogen peroxide via a continuous autoanalyzing system.