. O desvio padrão relativo é 0,23% para 11 repetições de 0,06 μg mL -1 de d-penicilamina. O método tem sido aplicado com sucesso às determinações de d-penicilamina em preparações farmacêuticas e amostras de urina, proporcionando resultados satisfatórios. Com base nos espectros de quimioluminescência e no experimento de aprisionamento de radicais livres realizado neste trabalho, um possível mecanismo de reação para esse sistema reacional é sugerido.A novel sensitive chemiluminescence (CL) system ([Ag(HIO 6 ) 2 ] 5− -luminol reaction system), coupled with a flow injection, is introduced for determination of d-penicillamine. The system is based on the enhancement effect of chemiluminescence reaction by penicillamine in alkaline medium. Under the optimum conditions, the CL intensity is proportional to the concentrations of d-penicillamine with a good linearity. The linear range covers 1.5-150 ng mL -1 and the limit of detection of the method is 0.8 ng mL -1 . The relative standard deviation is 0.23% for 11 repeated measurements of 0.06 μg mL -1 d-penicillamine. The method has been successfully applied to the determinations of d-penicillamine in pharmaceutical preparations and urine samples, giving rise to satisfactory results. Based on the chemiluminescent spectra and free radical trapping experiment performed in this work, a possible reaction mechanism for this reaction system is suggested.