Description
Principle of the assay: This assay employs the competitive inhibition enzyme immunoassay technique. A monoclonal antibody specific to aCTx has been pre-coated onto a microplate. A competitive inhibition reaction is launched between biotin labeled aCTx and unlabeled aCTx (Standards or samples) with the pre-coated antibody specific to aCTx. After incubation the unbound conjugate is washed off. Next, avidin conjugated to Horseradish Peroxidase (HRP) is added to each microplate well and incubated. The amount of bound HRP conjugate is reverse proportional to the concentration of aCTx in the sample. After addition of the substrate solution, the intensity of color developed is reverse proportional to the concentration of aCTx in the sample