Abstract: There is disclosed an effective direct-acting iodinating reagent for biological specimens which, because it is direct, avoids the necessity of having present at the same time both an oxidizing agent and sodium iodide. The reagent is a conjugate of an iodous ion and a water insoluble support. The manner of conjugation is such that the ion is complexed onto the surface of the support but is still free to react with groups in proteins susceptible to iodination and thus be transferred to the biological specimen being iodinated. Apart from the advantage of being direct-acting, the reagent has those desirable attributes which are associated with water insoluble oxidants.

Abstract: An improved oxidant useful in mediating the iodination of biological specimens containing tyrosyl or synthetically incorporated phenolic residues is disclosed. The oxidant is water insoluble, is easy to handle, and can be prepared with a determinable oxidizing capacity. An illustrated oxidant is a polystyrene bead having covalently attached to its surface N-chlorobenzenesulfonamide groups.

Abstract: New fluorigenic thiol specific reagents, 4-chloro-7-sulphobenzofurazan and salts thereof, are disclosed. The reagents are prepared by sulphonation of 4-chlorobenzofurazan. Ammonium 4-chloro-7-sulphobenzofurazan is used to label glutathione as a model thiol peptide and bovine serum albumin and jackbean urease as thiol containing proteins.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for synthesizing a peptide chain involving reacting, in aqueous solution, an amino acid containing a blocked alpha amino or carboxyl group with a polynucleotide handle to form a covalently bonded complex. The complex is separated from unreacted acid by reversible coupling to a complementary polynucleotide adsorbent immobilized on an insoluble support, and then the complex is eluted from the support as an aqueous solution. The complex is then enzymatically deblocked and used as the precursor for repeating the reaction with a further acid and the process reiterated. During the process, those chains which failed to react with a given acid can be removed by enzymatic degradation.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for synthesizing a peptide chain involving reacting, in aqueous solution, an amino acid containing a blocked alpha amino or carboxyl group with a polynucleotide handle to form a covalently bonded complex. The complex is separated from unreacted acid by reversible coupling to a complementary polynucleotide adsorbent immobilized on an insoluble support, and then the complex is eluted from the support as an aqueous solution. The complex is then enzymatically deblocked and used as the precursor for repeating the reaction with a further acid and the process reiterated. During the process, those chains which failed to react with a given acid can be removed by enzymatic degradation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for accelerating the Hantzsch reaction, for the clinical determination of triglyceride, so as to permit the reaction to be analytically complete within 15 minutes at 37.degree. C. As is known, in this Hantzsch reaction, one mole of aldehyde is reacted in a solution predominantly containing alcohol and water with two moles of a betadicarbonyl compound in the presence of ammonia to yield, as a colored derivative, a lutidine. In the disclosed technique, the solution also contains an organic accelerator compound. This compound is capable of forming a clear solution with the mixture of components of the reaction solution and is further characterized as having an aprotic internal dipole such that said compound has a distinct center which is electron rich and a center which is electron deficient.

Abstract: A combination of hydrazine and a hydrazide is used to destroy residual diazotized sulfanilic acid in the Jendrassik and Grof procedure for determining bilirubin glucuronide.

Abstract: An aqueous solution useful in connection with a redox type spectrophotometric or colorimetric determination of uric acid in a biologic fluid is disclosed. The solution contains either a multivalent metallic ion reducible to a lower valence state by uric acid, a water soluble chelating compound capable of complexing with a metallic ion after reduction by uric acid to yield, in complexed form, a colored complex, or a combination of said ion and said chelating compound. The solution also contains, as an added constituent, imidazole, an alpha-amino acid, or a combination thereof. This constituent is present in an amount such that, when said solution contains a biologic fluid containing protein and uric acid, a buffer system such that the pH of the solution is 6 to 12, and a multivalent metal ion, the protein in the fluid does not significantly reduce said multivalent ions present in the solution.

Abstract: A new selective adsorbent for use in affinity chromatography. This adsorbent comprises, as one part, a water soluble covalently bonded complex of an affinity ligand and a biospecific handle. The other part thereof is an insoluble matrix or solid support which has covalently immobilized on its surface an adsorbent which has specific affinity for the biospecific handle of the complex. Attachment between the complex, containing the ligand, and the support is achieved by reversible coupling between the adsorbent and the biospecific handle and, as a result thereof, the ligand is not covalently bonded to the support. In turn, substantially complete recovery of the enzyme from the column can be effected.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for the preparation of the monoalkyl polyethyleneglycol derivatives of enzymes containing free amino groups. The process involves reductively alkylating the free amino groups of the enzyme with the aldehyde derivative of a monoalkyl polyethyleneglycol.

Abstract: New radioactive compounds are disclosed which are useful for labeling proteins and the like for radioimmunoassay techniques. These compounds are imido esters of radioactive substituted hydroxy or alkoxy phenyls.

Abstract: A one step method for the spectrophotometric determination of phosphorus in the presence of protein using molybdic acid is disclosed. Protein precipitation is avoided by including a long chain amine ethylene oxide adduct in the sample reagent mixture being analyzed.

Abstract: A method for the determination of amylase activity and a useful highly stable color reagent aqueous solution therefore are disclosed. The solution comprises, as a color reagent, an aromatic nitro containing compound such as 3,5-dinitrosalicyic acid, a color stabilizing chelating compound such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, and a hydroxide base. Eliminating the necessity for centrifuging prior to the determination of amylase activity can be achieved by including potassium hydroxide for at least a part of the base in the solution.

Abstract: The new compound, 2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorobenzyl chloroformate, can be directly used to form amine, particularly tertiary amine, derivatives for detection by, for example, electron capture.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes preparation of the novel compound, dithiobis-(succinimidyl propionate) represented by the following structure: ##EQU1## MW 404.