摘要:
This invention relates to a horseshoe crab amebocyte lysate factor G activation inhibitor comprising as an active ingredient a polyglycoside containing at least one poly-(1.fwdarw.3)-.beta.-D-glucoside structure portion consisting of 2 to 370 (1.fwdarw.3)-.beta.-D-glucoside structural units of the following formula ##STR1## which are continuously bound to one another. This inhibitor is useful for inhibiting the activation of factor G which may exist in horseshoe crab amebocyte lysate used in the Limulus test.
摘要:
This invention relates to a horseshoe crab amebocyte lysate factor G activation inhibitor comprising as an active ingredient a polyglycoside containing at least one poly-(1.fwdarw.3)-.beta.-D-glucoside structure portion consisting of 2 to 370 (1.fwdarw.3)-.beta.-D-glucoside structural units of the following formula ##STR1## which are continuously bound to one another. This inhibitor is useful for inhibiting the activation of factor G which may exist in horseshoe crab amebocyte lysate used in the Limulus test.
摘要:
This invention relates to a horseshoe crab amebocyte lysate factor G activation inhibitor comprising as an active ingredient a polyglycoside containing at least one poly-(1.fwdarw.3)-.beta.-D-glucoside structure portion consisting of 2 to 370 (1.fwdarw.3)-.beta.-D-glucoside structural units of the following formula ##STR1## which are continuously bound to one another. This inhibitor is useful for inhibiting the activation of factor G which may exist in horseshoe crab amebocyte lysate used in the Limulus test.
摘要:
The invention stabilizes single helix conformation (1.fwdarw.3)-.beta.-D-glucans by intramolecular crosslinking and provides (1.fwdarw.3)-.beta.-D-glucans showing stable biological activities. Thus, intramolecularly crosslinked (1.fwdarw.3)-.beta.-D-glucans having a stable single helix conformation are produced by introducing a functional group into hydroxyl groups of (1.fwdarw.3)-.beta.-D-glucans, then causing the thus-obtained functional glucans to take a single helix conformation, and subjecting these, either as such or after binding them to a receptor therefor, to intramolecular crosslinking between the functional groups introduced, if necessary followed by releasing the receptor therefrom.
摘要:
Disclosed is a method of preparing limulus amoebocyte lysate substantially free from factor G which comprises bringing limulus amoebocyte lysate into contact with an insoluble carrier on which a (1.fwdarw.3)-.beta.-D-glucoside structural portion represented by the following formula [I] produced by depolymerizing and/or fractionating a carbohydrate chain is immobilized: ##STR1## wherein n represents an integer of 2 to 370.
摘要:
An endotoxin stabilizing agent is provided, which is useful in order to maintain the endotoxin activity of a specimen or a reference standard in a stable state for a prolonged period of time and to prepare an endotoxin reference standard having a reduced intervial variation, being stable for a long time in the form of, in particular, a solution and withstanding repeated use. An endotoxin composition comprising the above-mentioned endotoxin stabilizing agent and endotoxin and a method for assaying endotoxin by using the same are also provided. The endotoxin stabilizing agent comprises: (1) at least one substance selected from the group consisting of aminoalcohols, polyhydric alcohols, nonionic surfactants, polysucroses and chelating agents; (2) at least aminoalcohol and polyhydric alcohol; (3) with the polyhydric alcohol being preferably glycerol or its derivative; (4) polyethylene glycol as an effective ingredient in addition to the components (1) to (3); or (5) at least polysucrose, and an alkaline earth metal salt and/or polyethylene glycol as an effective ingredient. The endotoxin composition comprises the above-identified endotoxin stabilizing agent. The method for assaying endotoxin comprises adding the above-described endotoxin stabilizing agent to a specimen to thereby stabilize the activity of endotoxin in the specimen.
摘要:
An endotoxin stabilizing agent is provided, which is useful in order to maintain the endotoxin activity of a specimen or a reference standard in a stable state for a prolonged period of time and to prepare an endotoxin reference standard having a reduced intervial variation, being stable for a long time in the form of, in particular, a solution and withstanding repeated use. An endotoxin composition comprising the above-mentioned endotoxin stabilizing agent and endotoxin and a method for assaying endotoxin by using the same are also provided. The endotoxin stabilizing agent comprises: (1) at least one substance selected from the group consisting of aminoalcohols, polyhydric alcohols, nonionic surfactants, polysucroses and chelating agents; (2) at least aminoalcohol and polyhydric alcohol; (3) with the polyhydric alcohol being preferably glycerol or its derivative; (4) polyethylene glycol as an effective ingredient in addition to the components (1) to (3); or (5) at least polysucrose, and an alkaline earth metal salt and/or polyethylene glycol as an effective ingredient. The endotoxin composition comprises the above-identified endotoxin stabilizing agent. The method for assaying endotoxin comprises adding the above-described endotoxin stabilizing agent to a specimen to thereby stabilize the activity of endotoxin in the specimen.
摘要:
The present invention provides a reagent for determining (1.fwdarw.3)-.beta.-D-glucan comprising a lysate substantially free from any endotoxin-sensitive factor, which is obtained by contacting limulus amebocyte lysate optionally containing dextran with a polyamide or cellulose insoluble carrier, which makes it possible to rapidly and easily determine at a high accuracy (1.fwdarw.3)-.beta.-D-glucan of mycotic origin contained in the body fluid such as blood or urine.
摘要:
Disclosed are a reagent for endotoxin-specific assay which comprises an insoluble carrier having immobilized thereon at least an endotoxin-sensitive factor derived from a limulus amebocyte; a kit for endotoxin-specific assay containing said reagent and a substrate for activated factor C or a substrate for clotting enzyme; a method for assaying endotoxin comprising applying a sample solution to said reagent to cause endotoxin in the sample to react with factor C in said reagent and determining a change of a substrate; and a process for preparing said reagent which comprises physically or chemically immobilizing at least an endotoxin-sensitive factor derived from a limulus amebocyte on an insoluble carrier. Endotoxin in a sample, even turbid or colored, can be specifically assayed with ease and rapidness without the influence of a (1.fwdarw.3)-.beta.-glucan.
摘要:
A method for measuring LAM and a method for detecting an acid-fast bacterium, which comprise at least a step of allowing a Limulus reagent to contact with a LAM-containing sample, a method for removing reactivity of LAM with a Limulus reagent, which comprises at least a step of allowing a predetermined substance to coexist with a LAM-containing sample; a method for measuring Et in a LAM-containing sample and a method for detecting an Et-related disease, which each is a method for measuring an endotoxin using a Limulus reagent, which comprises at least a step of removing reactivity of LAM with a Limulus reagent by the above-described removing method; a method for measuring BG in a LAM-containing sample and a method for detecting mycosis, which is a method for measuring BG using a Limulus reagent which comprises at least a step of removing reactivity of LAM with a Limulus reagent by the described-described removing method; and the like.