“…Spectrophotometers are economical, easy to handle, and the reagents used in the assay are not expensive. Some of the common co-substrates employed in colorimetric method include guaiacol [13], 2,2-azinobis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) [14], ophenylenediamine [15], tetramethylbenzidine, diaminobenzidine, and p-phenylenediamine [16], pyrogallol [17], 4-aminoantipyrine-phenol [18], catechol [19], 4-aminoantipyrine-aniline [20], 3-methyl-2-benzothiazolinonehydrazone hydrochloride(MBTH)-dimethylaminobenzoic acid [21], 4-amino-5-(p-aminophenyl)-1-methyl-2-phenylpyrazol-3-one with N-ethyl-N-sulfopropyl aniline sodium salt [22], p-phenylenediamine-dimethylaminobenzoic acid [23], and MBTH-10,11-dihydro-5H-benz[b, f]azepine [24]. However, these reagents have some limitations such as carcinogenicity of o-dianisidine and benzidine, and broader linearity range of pyrogallol and guaiacol due to their auto-oxidation.…”