Principle of Assay
Bovine Non-esterified Fatty Acids ELISA Kit (A77028) employs the competitive enzyme immunoassay technique for the quantitative measurement of bovine Non-esterified Fatty Acids in serum, plasma, tissue homogenates, and other biological fluids. The 96-well microtiter plate has been pre-coated with Non-esterified Fatty Acids antigen. During the incubation, Non-esterified Fatty Acids present in the samples or standards competes with the fixed amount of immobilized Non-esterified Fatty Acids for binding sites on the Biotinylated Anti-Non-esterified Fatty Acids Antibody. The more Non-esterified Fatty Acids present in a sample or standard, the less Biotinylated Anti-Non-esterified Fatty Acids Antibody that binds to the plate. Following incubation, unbound Biotinylated Anti-Non-esterified Fatty Acids Antibody is removed by washing, and an HRP-Streptavidin conjugate is added to the wells and the microtiter plate is incubated. Following incubation and washing, TMB substrate solution is then used to visualize the HRP enzymatic reaction by catalysis to produce a blue-coloured product that changes to yellow after addition of acidic stop solution. The density of yellow is inversely proportional to the amount of Non-esterified Fatty Acids present in each sample or standard. The concentration of Non-esterified Fatty Acids can then be calculated by reading the O.D. absorbance at 450nm in a microplate reader and referring to the standard curve.
