Enhanced Soy Protein Residue ELISA

Product Code: ESSOYPRD - 48

For screening for the presence of Soy Protein Residues in Food Products and Environmental Samples


Intended Use
The ELISA SYSTEMS Soy Protein Residue assay is an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that may be used to screen appropriate food products for the presence of Soy protein material caused by cross-contamination with Soy products and residues. This assay is a rapid and reliable test which significantly reduces the time required to screen appropriate food products for the presence of Soy residues. Samples that have been subjected to prolonged High temperature and pressure treatments ( such as in canning operations), Hydrolysis or Fermentation, may not be suitable for analysis using this test kit. Please discuss with your ELISA SYSTEMS representative regarding the suitability of this kit for these samples.

Background
Although the incidence of allergy to Soybean proteins is quite low in comparison with other major food proteins,the gradually increasing consumption of Soybean products makes the identification and characterization of major Soy allergens a focus of investigation (Helm et al 2000).

The major allergens of soybean have not been as well characterized as peanut allergens, however, two Soy proteins have been identified as antigenic. (Eigenmann et al. 1996) Soy Trypsin Inhibitor and other Soy flour proteins were chosen for the detection of Soy protein residue material for this assay.

Interpretation of Results:
This assay is based on comparison to Soy Flour Protein Concentrations

Controls Supplied
0, 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, 25.0 ppm

Total test time is approximately 80 minutes on extracted samples.