Limitations of the Usefulness of the Limulus Assay for Endotoxin
โ Scribed by Stumacher, Russell J.; Kovnat, Marilyn J.; McCabe, William R.
- Book ID
- 126815780
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 683 KB
- Volume
- 288
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0096-6762
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MATERIALS AND METHODS ## Reagents. Lyophilized Litnultrs amebocyte lysate (Pyrogent. purchased from Mallinckrodt (St. Louis, MO.) was used in all experiments. The redissolved reagent was kept frozen at -20ยฐC in small aliquots for no longer than 4 weeks.
This communication describes a modification of the Limulus lysate assay which allows precise quantitation of picograms of bacterial lipopolysaccharide activity. The method measures the incorporation of 125I-labeled coagulogen monomers into the lysate clot as a function of lipopolysaccharide concentr