what is the chemical principle of the Biuret assay (i.e. what
reacts with what)? Are there any known interferences or biases in
this assay? Draw a scheme of the biuret reaction
A colorimetric LDH assay provides a method to measure the enzyme
activity of LDH. NADH (MW 633.4 g/mol) absorbs light at 340 nm
while NAD+ does not show any absorption at that wavelength. The
Beer-Lambert Law relates the absorbance of a solute to its
concentration: A = ε*c*L A is absorbance, ε is the molar extinction
coefficient, c is concentration, and L is the path length of the
solution in the spectrophotometer (usually in cm). In the lab you
have...
Use the Beer-Lambert law to explain how a colorimetric assay
works in the spectrophotometer. In your answer, define the
following terms; chromophore, extinction coefficient, absorbance,
transmission and reagent blank.
Most of the spectrophotometers in the teaching lab emit light
of wavelengths between 400-700nm. However some spectrophotometers
also emit light between 200-400nm. Why is this extended range
useful? Provide a specific example.
How can you use a spectrophotometer to perform a qualitative
analysis of a substance?
A technologist is performing a colorimetric assay using 96?well
ELISA microtiter plates. The ELISA plate reader
measures the absorbance of the solution in each well (cuvet) by
recording the light passing through the solution from the top to
the bottom of each well. The assay’s color, when tested
in a standard spectrophotometer, is linear to an absorbance of 4.0
however the ELISA reader has a range of linearity which only
extends to an absorbance of 1.2. When a microtiter plate
is placed...
In an HIV Test using indirect ELISA,
(a) explain the principle of the assay
(b) what is not included in the negative control for indirect ELISA
when testing for HIV?
Why would CuSO4 have a blue color after the iron reagent is
added? Yes, the answer is because it is absorbing the other colors
(the spectrophotometer), but WHAT is absorbing the other
colors?
(Done in an experiment about spectrophotometry)
A visible light spectrophotometric determination of penicillin
makes use of color-forming reaction of the penicillin. If this
compound absorbs at 475 nm with an ε = 1560
M-1cm-1, what would be calculated as the
limit of detection with an instrument, using a 1.00 cm cuvette,
with its smallest absorbance measurement at 0.005?
Potassium ferricyanide illustrates the presence of which ion by
forming the characteristic blue color called Prussion blue? What is
significant about the presence of this ion?
How would the signal intensity (amount of color detected) in an
indirect IHC experiment compare to the signal intensity of direct
IHC. Explain your answer.