Abstract: In a fluorescence polarization assay for determining the amount of a target analyte in a test sample, wherein the amount of analyte is related to the amount of fluorescence emitted from the analyte-containing reagent medium, the improvement comprising contacting the analyte-containing reagent medium with of at least one compound from the group consisting of 1,10-phenanthroline, 8-hydroxy-7-iodo-5-quinoline, naphthalene-1-sulfonic acid, salts thereof, and any combination thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 21, 1998
Date of Patent:
May 23, 2000
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostics Corporation
Inventors:
Charles Cheng, Raymond Thomas Wong, Kathryn Sarah Schwenzer