Porcine Complement Fragment 3a ELISA Kit

complement C3

Principle of the assay: C3a ELISA kit applies the quantitative sandwich enzyme immunoassay technique. The microtiter plate has been pre-coated with a monoclonal antibody specific for C3a. Standards or samples are then added to the microtiter plate wells and C3a if present, will bind to the antibody pre-coated wells. In order to quantitatively determine the amount of C3a present in the sample, a standardized preparation of horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated polyclonal antibody, specific for C3a are added to each well to “sandwich” the C3a immobilized on the plate. The microtiter plate undergoes incubation, and then the wells are thoroughly washed to remove all unbound components. Next, substrate solutions are added to each well. The enzyme (HRP) and substrate are allowed to react over a short incubation period. Only those wells that contain C3a and enzyme-conjugated antibody will exhibit a change in color. The enzyme-substrate reaction is terminated by addition of a sulphuric acid solution and the color change is measured spectrophotometrically at a wavelength of 450 nm. A standard curve is plotted relating the intensity of the color (O.D.) to the concentration of standards. The C3a concentration in each sample is interpolated from this standard curve.

Porcine

Sandwich

Serum, plasma, Cell Culture Supernatants, body fluid and tissue homogenate

0.1 ng/mL.

718

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