Abstract
A continuous monitoring spectrophotometric method for the measurement of angiotensin-converting enzyme in human serum is described. It is based on the hydrolysis of furylacrylylphenylalanylglycylglycine and applied to an IL Multistat III centrifugal analyser. The method offers better precision and freedom from interference than a fluorimetric assay we have previously described.
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