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Standardization of Bromelin for Use in Routine One‐Stage Antibody Screening
Author(s) -
Mazda Toshio,
Ogasawara Kenichi,
Nakata Kenichi,
Shimizu Masaru
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
vox sanguinis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.68
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1423-0410
pISSN - 0042-9007
DOI - 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1987.tb02991.x
Subject(s) - standardization , antibody , casein , chemistry , medicine , chromatography , immunology , biochemistry , computer science , operating system
. A simple standardization method for bromelin used in routine one‐stage antibody screening is described. Bromelin proteinase activity was assayed using casein as the substrate, and converted to units. The use of proteinase activity units for standardization of bromelin resolves differences between commercial preparations.