DEVICE AND ASSAY FOR DETECTION OF ANTIBIOTICS IN INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS

摘要

Disclosed are a device (150) and an assay for detection of antibiotics in industrial effluents. The reaction mechanism used in the device (150) is sensitive and specific towards aminoglycoside antibiotics and requires minimal sample preprocessing. The detection mechanism used in the device (150) is cell-free, enzyme free and hence has good reproducibility and does not require ancillary equipment. The use of automated syringe pumps ensures precision in reagent additions, thereby minimizing human error to a great extent. The assay of the present invention utilizes fatty acid peroxidation as a means for antibiotic quantification.