Friday, 20 January 2012

Two New Kits from Arbor Assays

Corticosterone CLIA Kit

Chemiluminescence Immunoassay (CLIA) are very similar to ELISA's however they are considered to be far superior to the ELISA's in terms of sensitivity and speed of the assay.

The main reason for that is the fact that ELISA's are based on colorimetric measurements or fluorescent reactions, while CLIAs employ the enzyme horseradish peroxidase (HRP) which is coupled to the specific antibodies reacting with the antigen of interest. The HRP in CLIA's produces a light of a specific wavelength, following the reaction with a specific substrate, the chemiluminescent signal. The detection limit is significantly lower than that for ELISA tests. This makes CLIAs useful for a number of research areas that have been inaccessible to this type of immunoassay, employing specific antibodies, due to concentrations of target proteins or chemicals lower than the detection limit for ELISAs.

Another advantage is that CLIAs require less time and do not demand the use of certain harmful reagents, such as stopping reagents. The intensity of the signal is proportional to the amount HRP enzyme bound via primary antibodies, which is proportional to the amount of target substance in the sample. The sensitivity and detection range far exceeds that of the average ELISA test.

The sensitivity of this corticosterone CLIA kit is 6.71pg/ml which is 4-5 fold lower than any other kits available.

All liquid reagents are stable at 4°C and the assay only takes 2 hours.

Size: 1 x 96 well plate
Price: £192.00
Product Code: K014-C5
Size: 5 x 96 well plate 
Price: £769.00

NEW Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) Fluorescent Detection Kit


This kit allows the detection of extremely low levels of H2O2 in biological samples. The sensitivity is 0.038uM - lower than other kits available.


The kit contains all reagents and plates to measure 88 samples in duplicate. All liquid reagents are stable at 4°C.


Product Code: K034-F1
Price: £200.00 

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