| Description: |
Corticosteroids are a group of natural and synthetic analogues of the hormones secreted by the pituitary gland.
These include glucocorticoids, such as dexamethasone, flumethasone and β-methasone. Synthetic glucocorticoids are commonly used in veterinary medicine as anti-inflammatory agents, and illicit use as
growth-promoters is suspected.
Dexamethasone is rapidly absorbed and excreted in urine and faeces, primarily as the parent molecule, tracer and inactive 6-hydroxy metabolites. (3)
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| Buffer:
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20mM Phosphate, 150mM Sodium Chloride, pH 7.2
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| Format:
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Ig fraction
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| Host:
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Sheep
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| Ig Con:
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10mg/ml (U.V. abs @ 280nm)
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| Immunogen:
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Dexamethasone (21) -BTG
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| Lot:
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S171-11
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| Preservative:
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0.09% Sodium Azide
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| Specificity:
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Compound % Cross-Reactivity
Dexamethasone 100
Flumethasone 50
Betamethasone 43
Prednisolone 1.7
Triamcinolone 1.0
Cortisol <0.5
Cortisone <0.5
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| Storage:
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≤ -20C, avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles
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| Work Con:
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10μg/ml (EIA)
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| References:
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3. JECFA (1995) Evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food: Forty-second report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives, WHO Technical Report Series. 1998, 851: 27-30.
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