Chloramphenicol ELISA Kit

Due to its outstanding antibacterial properties, chlor­amphenicol is an often used antibiotic in the pro­duc­tion of milk, meat and eggs. In humans it leads to haema­to­toxic side effects, like the chlor­am­phe­ni­col induced aplastic anemia. This has caused low li­mits in Germany, e.g. 1 µg/kg for milk, meat and eggs. Till now the chloramphenicol concentration was de­ter­mined by radioimmunoassay or by gas chro­ma­tography. However, compared with con­ven­tio­nal methods, enzyme immuno­assays show some essen­tial advantages. There is no need to work with radioactive ma­terial, the required assay time is shorter and the sen­sitivity is better than with chro­ma­to­graphic methods. The Chloramphenicol test provides a rapid, sensitive and reliable assay for the determina­tion of chloramphenicol in food and urine. 40 sam­ples can be assayed in duplicate within 60 minutes.