Colorimetric Determination of Surfactants Using Lipase

Abstract The inhibition effect of a surfactant on an enzymic reaction of lipase was investigated to determine small amounts of the surfactant. Surfactants could be determined by colori-metrically measuring the degree of their inhibition in the enzymic reaction. By the method studied, 10–200 ppm of LAS, 25–300 ppm of ABS, 102 −103 ppm of SDS, and 1–10% of polyethyleneglycol dodecyl ether and polyethylene glycol octylphenyl ether could be determined with coefficient of variance of about 2%.