Abstract: The present invention relates to a simple immunochemical semi-quantitative assay method according to chromatography, which comprises trapping a certain amount of an analyte in a sample with a predetermined amount of a fixed antibody for the analyte before qualitative analysis of the analyte, the certain amount corresponding to the amount of the fixed antibody, and thereby decreasing a concentration of the analyte to be subjected to subsequent immunochemical qualitative determination, and an apparatus therefor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a simple immunochemical semi-quantitative assay method according to chromatography, which comprises trapping a certain amount of an analyte in a sample with a predetermined amount of a fixed antibody for the analyte before qualitative analysis of the analyte, the certain amount corresponding to the amount of the fixed antibody, and thereby decreasing a concentration of the analyte to be subjected to subsequent immunochemical qualitative determination, and an apparatus therefor.

Abstract: Novel immunochemical assay reagents comprising combinations of (A) a carboxyl-containing water-soluble mono-olefinic polymeric compound combined with a hapten or its chemically modified product, or a hapten-supported latex resulting from the chemical linking of the hapten-bound polymeric compound to a polymeric latex, with (B) a hapten antibody, or a hapten antibody-supported carrier; and a method for immunochemically determining haptens by using the aforesaid reagent. This reagent is very stable and can be stored for an extended period of time without degradation. It enables transition from an agglutination inhibited pattern to an agglutinated pattern to be discerned clearly and rapidly with high sensitivity.