Aqueous-ethanol nitro blue tetrazolium solutions for high dose dosimetry

Authors
Kovacs, A Baranyai, M Wojnarovits, L Moussa, A Othman, I McLaughlin, WL
Citation
A. Kovacs et al., Aqueous-ethanol nitro blue tetrazolium solutions for high dose dosimetry, RADIAT PH C, 55(5-6), 1999, pp. 799-803
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
0969806X → ACNP
Volume
55
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
799 - 803
Database
ISI
SICI code
0969-806X(199908)55:5-6<799:ANBTSF>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The ions of nitro blue tetrazolium (NBT2+) in aqueous ethanol solution are readily reduced radiolytically first to monoformazan (MF+) and then to difo rmazan (DF) having high linear molar extinction coefficients at the absorpt ion maxima of similar to 522 and similar to 570-610 nm. Spectrophotometric analysis then provides potential use in high-dose dosimetry over the dose r anges of 0.1-1 and 1-30 kGy. The solution is stable for the first 24 h afte r the irradiation. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.