%0 Journal Article %T The use of ferromagnetic dacron as solid-phase in enzyme immunoassays %A Le£¿o %A Ana Maria dos A. Carneiro %A Carvalho Junior %A Luiz B. %A Malague£¿o %A Elizabeth %J Mem¨®rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz %D 1994 %I Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Minist¨¦rio da Sa¨²de %R 10.1590/S0074-02761994000200012 %X ferromagnetic dacron is proposed as an alternative solid-phase for magnetic enzyme immunoassays. human serum albumin (hsa) was covalentlyimmobilized onto ferromagnetic dacron and as enzyme immunoassay was developed using anti-hsa rabbit sera. peroxidase, o-phenylenediamine (opd) and hydrogen peroxide were used anti-hsa rabbit sera. peroxidase, o-phenylenediamine (opd) and hydrogen peroxide were used as the enzymatic label and substrates, respectively. best results were observed when particles of 63-100 ¦̀m (diameter) and 10 ¦̀g of immobilized antigen were used. positive reactions were detected until dilutions of1:51200 of immune sera. its reproducibility was similar to standard elisa. disruption of the immunocomplexes formed and recuperation of the immobilized antigen in other immunoassays also proved to be reliable. %K magnetic elisa %K ferromagnetic dacron %K human serum albumin. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0074-02761994000200012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en