title: Synthesis and Characterization of Hapten-Protein Conjugates for Antibody Production against Cyanogenic Glycosides.
abstract: Consumption of cyanogenic plants can cause serious health problems for humans. The ability to detect and quantify cyanogenic glycosides, capable of generating cyanide, could contribute to prevention of cyanide poisoning from the consumption of improperly processed cyanogenic plants. Hapten-protein conjugates were synthesized with amygdalin and linamarin by using a novel approach. Polyclonal antibodies were generated by immunizing four New Zealand White rabbits with synthesized amygdalin-bovine serum albumin and linamarin-bovine serum albumin immunogen. This is the first time an antibody was produced against linamarin. Antibody titer curves were obtained from all the four rabbits by using a noncompetitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. High antibody titer was obtained at dilutions greater than 1:50,000 from both immunogens. This new method is an important step forward in preventing ingestion of toxic cyanogenic glycosides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, PMB 4000, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. ifbolarinwa@lautech.edu.ng islamiyat202@yahoo.co.uk.
authors.forename: Islamiyat Folashade
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Bolarinwa
mesh_terms: D000678:Amygdalin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006027:Glycosides / Q000032:analysis*; D006241:Haptens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D009570:Nitriles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D011817:Rabbits; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D006027:Glycosides; D006241:Haptens; D009570:Nitriles; C007173:cyanogenic glycosides; D000678:Amygdalin; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; C005091:linamarin