Principle of Assay
Vitamin K1 ELISA Kit (A3326) employs the competitive enzyme immunoassay technique for the quantitative measurement of Vitamin K1 in serum, plasma or other biological fluids. The 96-well microtiter plate has been pre-coated with Vitamin K1 antigen. During the incubation, Vitamin K1 present in the samples or standards competes with the fixed amount of immobilized Vitamin K1 for binding sites on the Biotinylated Anti-Vitamin K1 Antibody. The more Vitamin K1 present in a sample or standard, the less Biotinylated Anti-Vitamin K1 Antibody that binds to the plate. Following incubation, unbound Biotinylated Anti-Vitamin K1 Antibody is removed by washing, and an HRP-Avidin 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 Vitamin K1 present in each sample or standard. The concentration of Vitamin K1 can then be calculated by reading the O.D. absorbance at 450nm in a microplate reader and referring to the standard curve.
