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Radioimmunoassay for the detection and quantitation of bruceantin

  • Kei Lai L. Fong
  • , Dah Hsi W. Ho
  • , Carol J.K. Carter
  • , Nita S. Brown
  • , Robert S. Benjamin
  • , Emil J. Freireich
  • , Gerald P. Bodey

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Abstract

A radioimmunoassay for a new anticancer drug, bruceantin, has been developed using [3H]acetylbruceantin and antibody induced by immunizing rabbits with succinylbruceantin-bovine serum albumin conjugates. [3H]Acetylbruceantin was synthesized by reacting bruceantin with [3H]acetyl anhydride. The assay is simple and reproducible. The standard curve was linear on a logit-log plot, and the lower limit of sensitivity of the assay was 1 ng/ml. Using this assay, drug levels were easily determined in tissues of experimental animals following bruceantin administration. The assay procedure does not require sample extraction for plasma, urine, and bile. Bruceantin in other tissues can be extracted quantitatively with ethanol before being measured by the radioimmunoassay.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)281-286
Number of pages6
JournalAnalytical Biochemistry
Volume105
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1980

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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