The Monoclonal anti-Ractopamine antibody has been validated for ELISA. It is suitable to detect Ractopamine in samples from . There are 2+ publications available.
ELISA: Propose dilution 1:2,000~1: 10,000. Determining optimal working dilutions by titration test.
Restrictions
For Research Use only
Storage
-20 °C
Knaus, Heyworth, Evans, Curnutte, Bokoch: "Regulation of phagocyte oxygen radical production by the GTP-binding protein Rac 2." in: Science (New York, N.Y.), Vol. 254, Issue 5037, pp. 1512-5, (1992) (PubMed).
Diekmann, Brill, Garrett, Totty, Hsuan, Monfries, Hall, Lim, Hall: "Bcr encodes a GTPase-activating protein for p21rac." in: Nature, Vol. 351, Issue 6325, pp. 400-2, (1991) (PubMed).
Target
Ractopamine (RAC)
Alternative Name
Ractopamine
Target Type
Chemical
Background
Ractopamine is a phenolethanolamine alpha-adrenoceptor agonist that is used for the improvement of weight gain, carcass leanness and feed efficiency in pigs. It has been known for years that ractopamine enhances growth in meat animals by repartitioning nutrients. This means that the nutrients that the animal consumes in its feed are shifted away from being stored as fat and are instead used in lean tissue production. This shift occurs as the animal reaches the top of its growth curve and lean tissue production drops off and fat deposition increases. Fat levels also appear to decrease, due to an increase in lypolysis (fat breakdown). Using the ractopamine monoclonal antibody, it is possible to detect ractopamine and other agonists in urine, muscle and liver both rapidly and with accuracy.