method for the determination of direct and total bilirubin and a suitable reagent

摘要

1. Process for the determination of direct and total bilirubin in body fluids in which the bilirubin is coupled with a diazonium salt and the extinction change thereby brought about is measured according to known methods, characterised in that the coupling is carried out in the presence of a buffer which adjusts the test solution to pH 3.5 to 8 and, as coupling component, there is used a diazonium salt of the general formula I see diagramm : EP0098562,P8,F2 in which R1 signifies hydrogen, halogen, a lower alkyl, a lower alkoxy or a benzoylamino group, R2 hydrogen, a lower alkyl or lower alkoxy group, R3 hydrogen, halogen, a lower alkyl or a lower alkoxy group, whereby R1 and R3 do not simultaneously represent halogen, and X is an anion forming a storage-stable salt with the diazonium cation.