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From a single aflatoxin B1 oxime — bovine serum albumin conjugate, polyclonal and monoclonal antibody preparations were produced. The four rabbit polyclonal antisera were specific for aflatoxin Bi in a microtitration plate enzyme — linked immunosorbent assay. The monoclonal antibodies showed a wide range of differing specificities, recognizing, for example, aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2; B1 and B2; B1 and G1; and G1 alone. No antibody preparations reacted with aflatoxin M1. The significance of these results to the strategy of anti-aflatoxin antibody production for use in quantitative enzyme immunoassays is discussed.
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Ward, C., Wilkinson, A., Bramham, S. et al. Production and characterization of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies against Aflatoxin B1 oxime-BSA in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Mycotox Res 6, 73–83 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03192146
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