Megazyme K-GLUT: L-Glutamic Acid Assay Kit
Product code: K-GLUT
The L-Glutamic Acid test kit is a simple, reliable, rapid and accurate method for the measurement and analysis of L-glutamate (MSG) in foodstuffs.
Note for Content: The number of manual tests per kit can be doubled if all volumes are halved. This can be readily accommodated using the MegaQuantTM Wave Spectrophotometer (D-MQWAVE).
| Content: | 60 assays (manual) / 600 assays (microplate) / 700 assays (auto-analyser) |
| Shipping Temperature: | Ambient |
| Storage Temperature: | Short term stability: 2-8oC, Long term stability: See individual component labels |
| Stability: | > 2 years under recommended storage conditions |
| Analyte: | L-Glutamic Acid, MSG |
| Assay Format: | Spectrophotometer, Microplate, Auto-analyser |
| Detection Method: | Absorbance |
| Wavelength (nm): | 492 |
| Signal Response: | Increase |
| Linear Range: | 0.4 to 20 µg of L-glutamic acid per assay |
| Limit of Detection: | 0.21 mg/L |
| Reaction Time (min): | ~ 8 min |
| Application examples: | Fruit and vegetables (e.g. tomato), processed fruit and vegetables (e.g. tomato puree / juice, ketchup, soy sauce), condiments, processed meat products (e.g. extracts, bouillon and sausages), soup, pharmaceuticals and other materials (e.g. biological cultures, samples, etc.). |
| Method recognition: | Methods based on this principle have been accepted by ISO, GOST and NMKL |
