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Most bioassays were originally of the photometric type. They involved changes in a species which involved a strong change in photometric properties. Probably the best known is the involvement of NAD+/NADH in biochemical reactions.
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Eggins, B.R. (1996). Transducers II—Optical Methods. In: Biosensors: an Introduction. Teubner Studienbücher Chemie. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-05664-5_5
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