.beta.-glucans detection reagents and methods of detecting .beta.-glucans
US5571683A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 12, 1994 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 12, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S435/963
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A .beta.-glucan detection reagent includes a horseshoe crab hemocyte lysate containing an endotoxin neutralizing peptide and a chromogenic substrate. The reagent provides a very sensitive method for detecting .beta.-glucans and is therefore useful as a diagnostic agent such as for detection of nosomycosis.
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