抗菌性物質の化学的定量法 (第12報)

カナマイシンの比色定量法

抄録

Potency determination of kanamycin solution was carried out as follows: To 5cc. of kanamycin solution in water, 0.5cc. of 20% sodium carbonate solution is added, followed by 0.5cc. of 1% solution of sodium 1, 2-naphthoquinone-4-sulfonate with cooling in ice water, and the mixture is allowed to stand at 0° to 2° for 20 minutes, protected from light. To this solution, 1.0cc. of acetone and 0.5cc. of 50% acetic acid are added and optical density of this solution, is measured at 420 mμ. As a control, the same procedure is carried out with distilled water in place of the sample solution. The potency of the sample solution is read from the calibration curve prepared with kanamycin of known potency.
The same determination was carried on samples boiled with acid or alkali, and samples left at various temperatures. Comparison of the values so obtained with the values determined by the cup method, stipulated in the antibiotics standard, showed good agreement.