title: Superiority of human complement for assaying bacterial lipopolysaccharides by their anticomplementary activity.
abstract: In assaying bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) for anticomplementary activity, human complement (C) allowed detection of approximately 200 times smaller amounts of LPS than guinea-pigs C. Pig C was slightly inferior to human.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003167:Complement Activation / Q000187:drug effects*; D003169:Complement Inactivator Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D004926:Escherichia coli; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000494:pharmacology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D003169:Complement Inactivator Proteins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial