Detecting labels based on water dispersions of colloidal textile dyes were developed that are useful in various analytical and diagnostic test systems for a simple visual assessment of the assay. Colored water-insoluble particles of dyes were used for the sorptional immobilization of streptavidin on their surface. The resulting streptavidin-dye (STR-DYE) complexes possessed a high visualizing capacity and were used for the combined detection of pesticides (simazine and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) by noninstrumental immunoassay (DYE-comb-assay, competitive dot-immunoassay in the comb format). The detection limits and the duration of our DYE-comb-assay (4 ng/ml, 20-25 min), HRP-comb-assay (competitive dot-immunoassay in the comb format using the enzymic conjugate of STR with horseradish peroxidase) (16 ng/ml), and the traditional competitive ELISA (12-16 ng/ml, 1.5 h) were compared. This DYE-comb-assay is simple enough and can be used under field conditions.
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Mikrochim Acta
July 2020
Institute of Chemistry, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya 83, 410012, Saratov, Russia.
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State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, College of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.
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