TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tippkötter, Nils
A1  - Stückmann, Henning
A1  - Kroll, Stephen
A1  - Winkelmann, Gunda
A1  - Noack, Udo
A1  - Scheper, Thomas
A1  - Ulber, Roland
T1  - A semi-quantitative dipstick assay for microcystin
JF  - Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
N2  - An immunochromatographic lateral flow dipstick assay for the fast detection of microcystin-LR was developed. Colloid gold particles with diameters of 40 nm were used as red-colored antibody labels for the visual detection of the antigen. The new dipstick sensor is capable of detecting down to 5 µg·l−1 (ppb; total inversion of the color signal) or 1 ppb (observation of color grading) of microcystin-LR. The course of the labeling reaction was observed via spectrometric wave shifts caused by the change of particle size during the binding of antibodies. Different stabilizing reagents showed that especially bovine serum albumin (BSA) and casein increase the assays sensitivity and the conjugate stability. Performance of the dipsticks was quantified by pattern processing of capture zone CCD images. Storage stability of dipsticks and conjugate suspensions over 115 days under different conditions were monitored. The ready-to-use dipsticks were successfully tested with microcystin-LR-spiked samples of outdoor drinking- and salt water and applied to the tissue of microcystin-fed mussels.
Y1  - 2009
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00216-009-2750-8
SN  - 1618-2650
VL  - 394
IS  - 3
SP  - 863
EP  - 869
PB  - springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  -