Patent ID: 7175993
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: G01N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An immunoassay method for detecting taxol in a sample providing a mixture of a sample, containing an antibody selectively reactive with taxol and not substantially cross-reactive with both 6-α-hydroxypaclitaxel and 3′-p-hydroxypaclitaxel and a conjugate of a carrier or a polyamine polymer with a compound of the formula: wherein A is Y is an organic spacing group; X is a terminal functional group capable of binding to said carrier or said polyamine polymer; p is an integer from 0 to 1; and Ph is phenyl or compounds of the formula: wherein X, Y and p are as above and B is or mixtures thereof, causing the taxol in the sample and said conjugate to bind with said antibody and thereafter measuring the amount of said conjugate in said mixture which is bound or unbound to said antibody whereby the presence of taxol in the sample can be determined.