Pesticide Immunoassay

Pesticide Immunoassay

Pesticides are used globally for enhancing crop yields. However, their excessive use/misuse, especially in the developing countries, results in widespread food and environmental contamination. The presence of pesticide residues in food and environment has posed a serious threat to human health and caused a great concern. In order to keep human from being affected, analytical and monitoring syst...

PESTICIDE RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT Pesticide Resistance Management

Chemiluminescence immunoassay

The use of chemiluininescent molecules as non—isotopic alternatives to 125 in immunoassay permits the development of sensitive, stable assay systems.

SHORT COMMUNICATION Comparisonof aNewSerumTopiramate Immunoassay to Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay

Topiramate is a newer anticonvulsant used to treat epilepsy, migraines, bipolar disorder, posttraumatic stress, and other conditions. Serum topiramate concentrations are measured to determine optimal levels, address therapeutic failure or drug–drug interactions, and assess compliance. Two high-throughput assays for serum topiramate measurement were compared: the Seradyn fluorescence polarizatio...

Ultrasound-accelerated immunoassay, as exemplified by enzyme immunoassay of choriogonadotropin.

The rate-limiting step in many solid-phase immunoassays is associated with the slow kinetics of binding of macro-molecular antigen and conjugate to the immobilized phase. We demonstrate that the use of ultrasonic energy to enhance mass transport across liquid/solid interfaces can dramatically accelerate antigen binding to immobilized antibodies. We use an ultrasound-accelerated procedure with a...