
- MostSensitive
- MultiSpecies
- USE-MeasureFormaldehydeinSimple30MinuteReaction
- SAMPLE-Urine,WaterorTCM
- SAMPLES/KIT-88inDuplicate
- STABILITY-Stable4˚CLiquidReagents
- SENSITIVITY-Measure<80=""pm="">
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TheDetectX®Formaldehyde(HCHO)FluorescentDetectionkitisdesignedtoquantitativelymeasureformaldehydepresentinbuffer,tissueculturemediaandurinesamples.Aformaldehydestandardisprovidedtogenerateastandardcurvefortheassay.StandardsordilutedsamplesarePipettedintoablackmicrotiterplate.ThefluorescentreactionisinitiatedwiththeDetectXFormaldehydereagent.Afterashortincubationtheemissionofthegeneratedfluorescentsignalisdetectedinamicrotiterplatereadercapableofmeasuring510nmfluorescenceutilizing450nmexcitationwavelength.
Formaldehydeisatoxic,colorless,flammable,strong-smellinggas.Materialscontainingformaldehydecanreleaseformaldehydegasorvaporintotheair.Formaldehydecanalsobereleasedbyburningwood,kerosene,naturalgas,orcigarettes,fromautomobileemissions,andfromnaturalprocesses.Studieshavesuggestedthatformaldehydemayaffectthelymphaticandbloodsystemsandthatexposuretoformaldehydemaycausehealthproblemsinhumans.Industrialworkerswhohelpproduceformaldehydeorformaldehyde-containingproducts,laboratoryandhealthcareprofessionals,andmortuaryemployeesmaybeexposedtohigherlevelsofformaldehydethanthegeneralpublic.Exposureoccursprimarilybyinhalingformaldehydegasorvaporfromtheairorbyabsorbingliquidscontainingformaldehydethroughtheskin.TheNationalCancerInstitutehasdeterminedthattheremaybeanassociationbetweenoccupationalexposuretoformaldehydeandanincreaseintheriskofcancer.SeveralNCIstudieshavefoundthatanatomistsandembalmers,professionswithpotentialexposuretoformaldehyde,areatanincreasedriskforleukemiaandbraincancercomparedwiththegeneralpopulation.Forexample,amulti-centeredUSstudydeterminedincreasedriskofnasopharyngealcancerwithformaldehydeexposure.
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