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Cross reactivity

Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-002709

The ability of an antibody or other binding agent to react with substances other than the specific analyte it was designed to detect. This phenomenon can lead to false positive or false negative results in immunoassays and other analytical techniques. The degree of cross reactivity is typically quantified as a percentage relative to the primary analyte.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CHM-002709
FieldChemistry
SubjectAnalytical Chemistry
ReferencesPAC, 2021, 93, 69. 'Vocabulary of radioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)' on page 75 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0302)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-002709",
  "term": "Cross reactivity",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The ability of an antibody or other binding agent to react with substances other than the specific analyte it was designed to detect. This phenomenon can lead to false positive or false negative results in immunoassays and other analytical techniques. The degree of cross reactivity is typically quantified as a percentage relative to the primary analyte.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2021, 93, 69. 'Vocabulary of radioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)' on page 75 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0302)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/cross-reactivity/"
}

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