Estimation of Precipitating Antibody Using a Turbidimetric Technique

Abstract

The development of turbidity resulting from the precipitation between bovine serum albumin (BSA) and anti-BSA serum was studied in the spectrophotometer. The equivalence ratio and the titer of precipitating antibody could be determined by this method. Data obtained with the turbidimetric method correlated well with those obtained using the classical tube precipitin determination. Turbidimetric measurements were also applied successfully to the measurement of antibody titer in two other systems. Antibody titer can be determined with this method in about an hour as compared with the 3 or more days required by the tube test. In addition, this technique requires substantially less reagent than other methods. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0848652

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  • Earl W. Harris
  • Sidney Yaverbaum
  • William F. Vincent

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Albumins
  • Antibodies
  • Antigen Antibody Reactions
  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Dilution
  • Employment
  • Immune Serums
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Light Scattering
  • Measurement
  • Polymeric Films
  • Precipitation
  • Proteins
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Turbidity
  • United States
  • United States Government

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  • Immunology
  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry