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The quantum yield and the kinetics of O‐induced luminol chemiluminescence was investigated in a broad pH interval at varying luminol and concentrations. It is suggested that the weak chemiluminescence observed is mediated via a luminol‐superoxide‐adduct proposed to be an a‐hydroxyperoxyl radical. At pH 7 the maximum quantum yield of chemiluminescence per initial percent was determined to be 4 times 10 ‐8 . The degree of involvement in phagocytosis and related processes should be viewed against this maximum limit.
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Merényi et al. (1985) studied this question.
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