RADIOENZYMATIC [TRANSFERASE] ASSAYS

The ‘radioenzymatic assays’ have gained their abundant acceptance and recognition for the assay of aminoglycoside antibiotics e.g., amikacin, gentamicin,...

Rapid-Reliable-Reproducible Microbial Assay Methods

It is worthwhile to mention here that the usual ‘conventional agar-plate assays’ not only require stipulated incubation for several hours but also are...

TYPES OF MICROBIOLOGICAL (MICROBIAL) ASSAYS

There are mainly two different types of microbiological assays usually encountered bearing in mind the response of an ever-growing population of microbes...

VARIANTS IN ASSAY PROFILE

There are several well-recognized variants in assay profile for antibiotics, vitamins, and amino acids, namely : (a) Calibration of assay, (b) Precision...

MICROBIOLOGICAL (MICROBIAL) ASSAYS :ANTIBIOTICS–VITAMINS–AMINO ACIDS

INTRODUCTION There are, in fact, three most critical and highly explicite situations, wherein the absolute necessity to assay the ‘antimicrobial agents’...

Natural Killer Cells [NK Cells]

It has been amply proved and widely accepted that the body’s cell-mediated defense system usually makes use of such cells that are not essentially the...

Phagocytosis

Phygocytosis may be defined as — ‘the engulfing of microorganisms or other cells and foreign particles by phagocytes’. Alternatively, phagocytosis (from...

Internal Defense Mechanisms

Internal defense mechanisms emphatically constitute the ‘second-line of defense’ comprising of the body’s internal mechanisms that may be critically...

NATURAL RESISTANCE AND NONSPECIFIC DEFENSE MECHANISMS [OR DEFENSIVE MECHANISMS OF BODY]

In a broader sense the ensuing interaction existing between a host (human body) and a microorganism designates an excellent unique dynamic phenomenon...

IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY

response gets adequately reflected by the ‘antibody titer’, that accounts for the total quantum of antibody** present in the serum. Soonafter the...

DUALITY OF IMMUNE SYSTEM

Evidences from an exhaustive survey of literature has revealed that during the early stages pertaining to the historical development of immunological...

IMMUNE SYSTEMS

INTRODUCTION Immunity may be defined as — ‘the state of being immune to or protected from a disease especially an infectious disease’. Importantly,...