SBIR/STTR Research Award
DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMPLE QUANTITATIVE TEST FOR CHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITY
Award amount
$51,739Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Zoion Research Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
WE PLAN TO ADAPT A LABORATORY ASSAY FOR ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITY FOR USE AS A TEST STRIP FOR CHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITY IN SALIVA AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF SERUM. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS TEST STRIP WILL BE SIMPLE TO USE AND NOT REQUIRE SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, AND WILL YIELD QUANTITATIVE RESULTS WITH ENZYME ON THE ORDER OF 250 UU. PHASE I EFFORT WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARDS PREPARING THE TEST STRIPS AND VALIDATING THE ASSAY WITH PURIFIED ENZYMES AND FLUID SAMPLES FROM NORMAL INDIVIDUALS.
Technology keywords
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