Product Overview
Background
17beta-Estradiol (Estradiol) is considered the true ovarian hormone in women. It is the most potent estrogen, including Estrone and Estriol. Estradiol is responsible for the reproductive epithelia, breast growth, maturation of long bones, and development of secondary female sex characteristics. The estradiol level in plasma is used in assaying for fertility, amenorrhea, and precocious puberty in girls.
Assay Principle
This is an ELISA for quantitatively analyzing Estradiol levels in biological fluid. This test kit operates based on competition between the hormone conjugate and the estradiol in the sample for a limited number of binding sites on the antibody-coated plate.
The sample or standard solution is first added to the microplate. Next, the diluted hormone conjugate is added and the mixture is shaken and incubated at room temperature for one hour. During the incubation, competition for binding sites is taking place. The plate is then washed removing all the unbound material. The bound hormone conjugate is detected by adding substrate, which generates an optimal color after 30 minutes. Quantitative test results may be obtained by measuring and comparing the absorbance reading of the wells of the samples against the standards with a microplate reader at 450nm or 650nm. The extent of color development is inversely proportional to the amount of estradiol in the sample or standard. For example, the absence of estradiol in the sample will result in a bright blue color, whereas the presence of estradiol will result in decreased or no color development.
If using urine as a sample it is recommended to run our
Creatinine Assay kit (CR01)
in conjunction with your samples since urinary creatinine levels may be used to normalize the rate of excretion of other analytes.