Insulin (Mouse) ELISA Kit

Insulin is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets, and by the Brockmann body in some teleost fish. It has important effects on the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and protein by promoting the absorption of, especially, glucose from the blood into fat, liver and skeletal muscle cells. In these tissues the absorbed glucose is converted into either glycogen or fats (triglycerides), or, in the case of the liver, into both. Glucose production (and excretion into the blood) by the liver is strongly inhibited by high concentrations of insulin in the blood. Circulating insulin also affects the synthesis of proteins in a wide variety of tissues. In high concentrations in the blood it is therefore an anabolic hormone, promoting the conversion of small molecules in the blood into large molecules inside the cells. Low insulin levels in the blood have the opposite effect by promoting widespread catabolism. BioVision’s Insulin ELISA kit is a sandwich ELISA assay for the quantitative measurement of mouse Insulin in serum, plasma and cell culture supernatants. The density of color is proportional to the amount of mouse Insulin captured from the samples.

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Mouse

This ELISA kit is used for quantitative measurement of Insulin in mouse serum, plasma, tissue homogenates and other biological fluids

Absorbance (450 nm)

Easy, convenient and time-saving method to measure the level of insulin in mouse serum, plasma, tissue homogenates, culture supernatants and other biological fluids. Detection Range: 78 - 5000 pg/ml Sensitivity: < 46.9 pg/ml

gel pack

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