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Fluorimetric Quantitation of Formaldehyde

Formaldehyde dose responses
Formaldehyde dose responses were measured in a 96-well black plate with Amplite® Fluorimetric Formalhyde Quantitation Kit. As low as 1 µM formaldehyde can be detected with 30 minute incubation (n=3).
Formaldehyde is a naturally occurring substance. Natural processes in the upper atmosphere may contribute up to 90 percent of the total formaldehyde in the environment. Formaldehyde, as well as its oligomers and hydrates are rarely encountered in living organisms. Methanogenesis proceeds via the equivalent of formaldehyde, but this one-carbon species is masked as a methylene group in methanopterin. Formaldehyde is the primary cause of methanol's toxicity, since methanol is metabolized into toxic formaldehyde by alcohol dehydrogenase.

AAT Bioquest's Amplite® Fluorimetric Formaldehyde Quantitation Kit is used for quantifying formaldehyde. The kit uses a proprietary fluorogenic dye that generates a strongly fluorescent product upon reacting with formaldehyde. This fluorimetric kit provides a sensitive mix-and-read method to detect formaldehyde. The assay can be performed in a convenient 96-well or 384-well microtiter-plate format and easily adapted to automation without a separation step. Its signal can be easily read using a fluorescence microplate reader at Ex/Em = 400/510 nm.
 

Table 1. Aldehyde Quantitation Kits Ordering Information

Cat No.
Product Name
Ex (nm)
Em (nm)
Unit Size
10051Amplite® Colorimetric Aldehyde Quantitation Kit550 200 Tests
10053Amplite® Colorimetric Aldehyde Quantitation Kit *Blue Color*620 200 Tests
10052Amplite® Fluorimetric Aldehyde Quantitation Kit360450200 Tests
10057Amplite® Fluorimetric Formaldehyde Quantitation Kit *Green Fluorescence*400510200 Tests