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The plate cells are coated with rabbit antibodies to estradiol. ANTIBODIES. Stds and Unks compete with estradiol linked to horseradish peroxidase in enzyme conjugate for antibody binding sites. E-HP. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x.
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The plate cells are coated with rabbit antibodies to estradiol. ANTIBODIES Stds and Unks compete with estradiol linked to horseradish peroxidase in enzyme conjugate for antibody binding sites. E-HP x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x E x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x E-HP x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x E-HP x x x x x x x x x x E E E-HP The bound estradiol peroxidase is measured by its reaction to Tetramethylbenzidine (TMB), producing a blue color. TMB E-HP E E E E E-HP E-HP E-HP E-HP E E E E E-HP E E-HP E-HP After stopping the Rx with sulfuric acid, color turns yellow. H2SO4 E E x x x x x Spectroradiometric plate reader measures optical density of cells at 450 nm and at 630 nm for correction. @ of estradiol peroxidase detected, which is inversely proportional to the @ of estradiol present.