A kinetic colorimetric assay procedure is described for measuring lactate dehydrogenase activity, in which the reduction of NAD is coupled to the reduction of a tetrazolium salt, 2-p-iodophenyl-3-p-nitrophenyl-5-phenyl tetrazolium chloride (INT), with phenazine methosulfate serving as an intermediate electron carrier. The molar absorptivity of the formazan of INT was found to be 19.3 X io at 50...