Description
Formaldehyde is the simplest aldehyde. It is widely employed in industry (meat, fruits, fish, water) for wide range of applications, as a disinfectant and is a commonly utilized tissue fixative and embalming agent. Formaldehyde is naturally present in all tissues and body fluids. Recently, it has been shown that some cancer types exhibit elevated formaldehyde levels.
Key features of the formaldehyde test
- Safe – non-radioactive dosage
- Sensitive and precise
- Quantitative dosage
- Requires the use of a spectrophotometer. wavelength 578 nm
- The linearity range from 0.5 to 5000 ppm (mg/kg). For higher concentrations, a dilution of the sample x100 is necessary.
- Validated: high accurate correlation with the official AOCS 897.01 method
Applications of the formaldehyde test
Formaldehyde determination in biological samples, food, water, fish, meat, fruits
Kit contents
- R1 – 1×10 mL.
- R2 – 1×10 mL.
Sample preparation of the formaldehyde test
Choose HCHO FOODS from the test panel of Electram2 Unified Analyzer and follow the written instructions. Blank is against distilled water. Sample preparation and results in 12 minutes.
Application sheets are available for all the commercial spectrophotometers, for the appropriate application sheet. MSDS is available under request.
