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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 36, 837-840, Copyright © 1990 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry
GA Ramm, LR Duplock, LW Powell and JW Halliday
Department of Medicine, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Australia.
We describe a rapid and sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for quantifying ferritin in human and rat biological fluids. We used chlorophenol red beta-D-galactopyranoside as the colorimetric substrate of beta-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.23), which is coupled to specific antibodies to either human or rat liver ferritin. The assay is sensitive (detection limit for human assay = 0.58 micrograms/L and for rat assay = 0.37 micrograms/L), accurate (average recovery for human assay = 93% and for rat assay = 92%), and precise (total CVs for human assay = 2.3-12.2% and for rat assay = 5.6-11.3%). The results correlated well with those of an established immunoradiometric technique (r = 0.99691). This assay has a prolonged shelf-life, is inexpensive, and utilizes a stable colorimetric substrate that requires relatively short incubation.
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