provides a useful tool to study NO synthesis in vivo and in cell cultures. A simple and rapid
fluorometric HPLC method was developed for determination of nitrite through its
derivatization with 2, 3-diaminonaphthalene (DAN). Nitrite, in standard solution, cell culture
medium, or biological samples, readily reacted with DAN under acidic conditions to yield the
highly fluorescent 2, 3-naphthotriazole (NAT). For analysis of nitrate, it was converted to …