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AssigneeVicam, L.P.
InventorsSteven J. Potts, David C. Slaughter, James F. Thompson, Jennifer J. Payne, Barb Ariel Cohen
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This invention provides novel methods for the detection of chitinous contaminants of non-chitinous biological materials. The methods are accurate, highly reproducible, rapid and relatively inexpensive. The methods are well suited to commercial applications, particularly in the food and agriculture industry where biological materials (e.g. food products) are regularly screened for contaminants (e.g. insect, mold, fungus, etc.). In one embodiment, the methods involve contacting a biological sample with a probe that is a lectin that binds chitin, contacting the sample with a pectinase; and detecting binding of said lectin to a chitin where the binding indicates the presence of chitin in the biological sample.
A method of detecting chitinous material in a processed non-chitinous biological sample, said method comprising
A method of detecting chitinous material in a non-chitinous biological sample, said method comprising
In a biological sample, a lectin that specifically binds to chitin, wherein said lectin is bound to a chitinous contaminant of said sample, and said lectin is labeled with a label that provides a signal distinguishable from a background signal where said signal indicates the presence or quantity of chintinous contaminant in said biological sample.
A kit for detecting chitinous material in a non-chitinous biological sample, said kit comprising:
A method of detecting a fluorochrome bound to one phase of a two-phase mixture, said method comprising
A surface-reading fluorometer comprising:
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