Human pro-hepcidin (Pro-Hepc) ELISA Kit Catalog Number. CSB-E13402h

For the quantitative determination of human pro-hepcidin (Pro-Hepc) concentrations in serum, plasma, tissue homogenates, cell lysates.

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PRINCIPLE OF THE ASSAY This assay employs the quantitative sandwich enzyme immunoassay technique. Antibody specific for Pro-Hepc has been pre-coated onto a microplate. Standards and samples are pipetted into the wells with a Horseradish Peroxidase (HRP) conjugated antibody specific for Pro-Hepc. Following a wash to remove any unbound reagent, a substrate solution is added to the wells and color develops in proportion to the amount of Pro-Hepc bound in the initial step. The color development is stopped and the intensity of the color is measured. DETECTION RANGE 6.25 ng/ml-200 ng/ml. SENSITIVITY The minimum detectable dose of human Pro-Hepc is typically less than 3.125 ng/ml. The sensitivity of this assay, or Lower Limit of Detection (LLD) was defined as the lowest human Pro-Hepc concentration that could be differentiated from zero. It was determined the mean O.D value of 20 replicates of the zero standard added by their three standard deviations. SPECIFICITY This assay has high sensitivity and excellent specificity for detection of human Pro-Hepc. No significant cross-reactivity or interference between human Pro-Hepc and analogues was observed. Note: Limited by current skills and knowledge, it is impossible for us to complete the cross-reactivity detection between human Pro-Hepc and all the analogues, therefore, cross reaction may still exist.

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PRECISION Intra-assay Precision (Precision within an assay): CV%