Skip to Content
Merck
All Photos(2)

Key Documents

CS1000

Sigma-Aldrich

Superoxide Anion Assay Kit

sufficient for 100 assays (96 well plates)

Synonym(s):

Superoxide Detection Kit

Sign Into View Organizational & Contract Pricing


About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
12161503
NACRES:
NA.84

usage

sufficient for 100 assays (96 well plates)

Quality Level

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

2-8°C

Application

The Superoxide Anion assay kit provides a useful qualitative cell-based assay for the measurement of O2 anion status in cells. The kit can be used to test changes in superoxide anion levels following oxidative stress directly in whole cells. In addition, the kit can be also used for the detection of superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity. This activity was tested on erythrocytes, leucocytes, and plasma.

Biochem/physiol Actions

The superoxide anion (O2-) is a short-lived radical generated by the addition of an electron to oxygen. It is formed in response to environmental factors such as UV light, cigarette smoke, environmental pollutants, and γ-radiation, or by oxidases like xanthine oxidase or NADPH oxidase. Once formed, O2- attacks cellular components causing damage to lipids, proteins, and DNA. This can initiate numerous diseases, including cancer, atherosclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, liver damage, and central nervous system disorders.

Analysis Note

The kit method is based on the oxidation of luminol by superoxide anions resulting in the formation of chemiluminescence light. This method utilizes a specific, non-toxic enhancer that amplifies the chemiluminescent signal.

Kit Components Only

Product No.
Description

  • Assay Buffer 25 mL

  • Assay Medium 20 mL

  • Enhancer Solution, 40 mM 500 μL

  • Luminol Solution 500 μL

  • Xanthine Solution 500 μL

  • Xanthine Oxidase .5 U

  • Superoxide Dismutase from bovine liver, 4 units/μL 400 U

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids


Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Search for Certificates of Analysis (COA) by entering the products Lot/Batch Number. Lot and Batch Numbers can be found on a product’s label following the words ‘Lot’ or ‘Batch’.

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Muthusamy V Shanmuganathan et al.
Microbes and infection, 16(2), 134-141 (2013-10-29)
Macrophages serve as permissive niches for Escherichia coli (E. coli) K1 to attain high grade bacteremia in the pathogenesis of meningitis in neonates. Although pterin levels are a diagnostic marker for immune activation, the role of macrophages in pterin production
Wen-Bin Zhang et al.
Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2021, 6610543-6610543 (2021-02-06)
Doxorubicin- (DOX-) related cardiac injury impairs the life quality of patients with cancer. This largely limited the clinical use of DOX. It is of great significance to find a novel strategy to reduce DOX-related cardiac injury. Oroxylin A (OA) has
Dawei Jiang et al.
Nature biomedical engineering, 2(11), 865-877 (2018-12-07)
Patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) frequently require kidney transplantation and supportive therapies, such as rehydration and dialysis. Here, we show that radiolabelled DNA origami nanostructures (DONs) with rectangular, triangular and tubular shapes accumulate preferentially in the kidneys of healthy
Erythropoietin activates nitric oxide synthase in murine erythrocytes
Mihov,D et al.
The American Journal of Physiology, 279(2), C378-C388 (2009)
Kuo-Chen Wu et al.
Life sciences, 85(23-26), 775-781 (2009-11-07)
To investigate the expression of P-gp and caveolins in brain striatum capillaries in inbred mice with type 2 diabetes. Inbred mice with type 2 diabetes (male New Zealand obese; NZO) were compared with related mice without diabetes (female NZO and

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service