Kinetics of the interaction of histidine and histidine methyl ester with ninhydrin under varying concentrations of reactants, anionic (sodium dodecyl sulphate, SDS), cationic (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTAB) and non-ionic (Triton X-100, TX-100) micelles have been carried out. Rate of the reaction was found to be independent of the initial concentration of histidine (and histidine methyl ester) but was dependent on [Ninhydrin]. The SDS micelles had no effect on the rate of the reaction. In the presence of the CTAB micelles a small enhancement in the rate was observed. The profile showed that the increase in rate Ϫ [CTAB] [CTAB] increased the rate up to a maximum value and a further increase had a decreasing effect on the rate. The rate was enhanced by TX-100 also but, unlike CTAB micelles, TX-100 possessed a curve without peak for the profile. The following rate equation rate Ϫ [TX-100] was obeyed by the reaction in CTAB and TX-100 micelles:Values of k w , k m , and K S were evaluated and are reported herein.