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Table 3 GDH and G6PD activities measured by colorimetric WST-8 and UV spectrophotometry methods

From: Application of WST-8 based colorimetric NAD(P)H detection for quantitative dehydrogenase assays

Method

Enzyme activity (nmole/min/μg)

Purified GDH

Purified G6PD

G6PD in crude extract

Colorimetric WST-8 (450 nm)

0.069 ± 0.001

12.51 ± 0.36

0.112 ± 0.001

UV-spectrophotometry (340 nm)

0.078 ± 0.004

14.88 ± 0.39

0.145 ± 0.003