A new method for the determination of 2-thiobarbituric acid, using its
reaction with iodine in an alkaline medium is presented. In the volum
etric titration with potentiometric end-point detection, the determina
bility range is 10-400 mu mol (1.4-58 mg). In coulometric titration us
ing the biamperometric end-point detection, 0.1-20 mu mol (1.4 x 10(-2
)-2.9 mg) of 2-thiobarbituric acid was successfully determined.