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Human-hemoglobin cassette test for forensic blood traces, including aged stains, with laboratory and field configurations.
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SERATEC AmylaseTest
Immunochromatographic detection of human alpha-amylase for saliva screening, with laboratory and crime-scene kit formats.
Read the product overviewFor forensic examination of biological traces by trained professionals. Interpret findings with the manufacturer instructions and the laboratory’s validated methods.
Product overview
AmylaseTest detects human alpha-amylase with monoclonal antibodies. It adds a human-protein test to a saliva investigation after visual examination or presumptive stain mapping, with a qualitative result in approximately 10 minutes.
The laboratory format supplies 40 individually packaged cassettes and extraction buffer. The CS format groups a cassette, forensic swab and buffer vial into each of 20 field kits. Both belong to the same saliva-screening family; the photograph shows representative components.
The manufacturer documents compatibility with DNA extraction and STR typing, including recovery from residual buffer or test material. Alpha-amylase can occur in other body fluids, so a positive result requires context; the assay is not an unconditional proof of saliva origin.
- Direct antibody-based detection of human alpha-amylase.
- Visual result without a dedicated reader.
- Laboratory and individually equipped crime-scene formats.
- Compatible with saliva mapping and subsequent DNA analysis.
The supplied brochure prints an ng/mL unit for sensitivity. Current SERATEC documentation specifies 50 mIU/mL; the catalog follows that current specification.
Specifications
- Marker
- Human alpha-amylase
- Method
- Qualitative lateral-flow immunoassay
- Analytical sensitivity
- 50 mIU/mL, according to current manufacturer page and IFU
- Result time
- Approximately 10 minutes
- Storage
- 2–30 °C; observe the supplied expiry date
- Specificity note
- Potential primate reactivity; alpha-amylase is not exclusive to saliva
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